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Cooking/Baking... Fuel for cooking is more the problem, there are sun ovens, rocket stoves, volcano stoves, and for baking look up apple box ovens... This uses very little fuel...apple box oven [ rocket stove (lot's of how to make them on youtube even one out of bricks) or to buy Official Home Page of the Best Rocket Stoves on the Planet - Welcome to StoveTec Volcano stoves work well with dutch ovens Sun Ovens (There are a lot of different DIY kinds) then there are some you can buy also (I didn't watch so FWIW)The car windshield reflectors are supposed to work well although I haven't tried any of them. I have talked to people that have used this one and like it

What containers are suitable for longer-term storage of dry products? Recommended containers for longer-term storage include # 10 cans (available at Church home storage centers), foil pouches (available through Church Distribution Services), and PETE bottles (available commercially). Visit Welfare and Self Reliance Principles | ProvidentLiving.org for additional information on recommended storage containers. http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7636-1-4104-1,00.html#question_7 The Church used to talk about using the dry ice method with plastic buckets...maybe they still do but I couldn't find the instructions when I looked... My experience is that if you don't have perfect storage conditions you are usually better off using the cans in a dryer climate. If you are lucky enough to have a "cold storage" area in your basement storage methods are not as important...like some people use diatomaceous earth (food grade) or nothing at all in buckets and report they haven't had problems with vermin. Others say that the mice can eat through the plastic buckets and your back to square one so you should also use mylar bags inside the buckets. Misc. Using diatomaceous earth for pest control article Frequently Asked Questions Dry Ice Method (There are probably better sources on the web) little blurb on what to do Family & Consumer Sciences | Cooperative Extension | Publications | Consumer's Guide If you live near West Valley City, Utah you can get great prices on six gallon buckets, Pete bottles, gamma lids, etc. at Industrial Container Supply You can from Youtube on using an iron (or food saver I don't know if this works long-term) to store in mylar bags which is the best way to store in buckets...be careful there is also a lot of misinformation there... I have seen mylar bags at Waltonfeed.com and I'm sure there are other places, you need to make sure they are thick enough

I started posting a while ago, but thought I would take a minute to post a little about myself. I am a middle aged mom of mostly boys, one of them is on a mission to Brazil currently, two others have also served in the South and South Korea. My youngest son has health issues and so I home school him. My one and only wonderful daughter will be headed off to college in a couple of very short weeks. I love my little Sunbeam class and enjoy teaching children. I also enjoy genealogy (I need to do more of it) and studying the gospel, particularly the blessijngs of the Abraham Covenant and as Elder Bednar has repeatedly advised us to do, I am trying to "watch with all perseverance" for the prophesied events in the last days. I have a testimoney of Jesus Christ and support the prophet and the leaders of the LDS Church. Glad to be here!

You guys are seriously funny! :) But when there is a laugh button what ya gonna do but make everything a joke? and I have to admit you made me laugh. But seriously...since I'm not making predictions, I'm not trying to con anyone, I'm not into numerology and there are no prophecies involved...I'm not getting how they apply. I do care about my brother's and sister's and thought there might be some that might want to know what's going on with food production this year since that is an interest of mine. FWIW

I think that a lot of people don't realize that it is a commandment from Heavenly Father...most think of it more like doing their home or visiting teaching.

Now if I said that we were headed into a famine...that would be a prediction...and I really don't know if we are...although they are predicted in Matthew 24 in the Pearl of Great Price which as we know was about what to expect before the second coming of Jesus Christ. Fortunately, usually disasters in some areas are balanced out with bumper crops in others...but going into this year things do not look very good for bumper crops in the world as a whole and global food stocks are presently exceptionally low. So I was just saying, it might be provident to prepare just in case, that is if you can without going into debt to do so. Unfortunately, higher food prices are also a given, at least until the new crops are harvested but most staples are still pretty affordable right now. Your friend...

Sorry friends these are not predictions...they are happening now...news reports today from mainstream media sources.... China floods China flooding worsens, toll rises - UPI.com England Drought grips parts of UK - Home News, UK - The Independent Texas WINDMILL COUNTRY: Drought yields mostly lower wheat harvests Standard-Times Current state of rice and wheat crops Crop Weather Mayhem Delays U.S. Corn, Rice Planting as Prices Extend Gains - Bloomberg Europe and higher prices Europe Drought Adds Pressure to Food Prices | Live Stock Trading News | Equities, Forex, Gold, Silver and Oil Trading

Did you know that parts of China (the grain producing areas) have seen the least rain this century (and other parts in 50 years) and the drought they experienced this past winter has been followed this week by 200 year flooding?...did you know that they are a major grower of food and that they weren't able to get their spring rice crop in and that it looks bad for the summer crop as well? That at least 40 percent of the US rice crop won't even be planted this year because of flooding and we are usually a major exporter? England is currently in an ALL record breaking (as in since records started being kept) drought and that Russia had an all record breaking drought last summer where it lost 1/3 of it's crop? That many European countries are currently the driest they have been in 50 years? Did you know that almost half of thise winter's US wheat crop is rated as poor or worse? That Texas (the 2nd largest producer of wheat in the US) will not see 2/3 of it's wheat crop this year and exceptional drought is effecting the surrounding wheat producing states as well. Cotton is also greatly impacted. Did you know that because of drought or wet weather/flooding (in many if not most states of the US and even Canada) farmers are behind, have not been able to get all their crops in yet and/or have had to switch to crops needing a shorter growing season? In my area the farmers should have been working on their second cutting of alfalfa and many haven't been able to cut their first as we have had almost daily rain/showers. The message this month in Relief Society was on temporal self-reliance and I've been thinking that perhaps that message was very timely...there have been many articles lately about how food prices are only headed UP this year...isn't it about time to buy some (food) as the First Presidency told us to do in 2007...http://www.providentliving.org/fhs/pdf/WE_FamilyResourcesGuide_International_04008_000.pdf If you will notice in the first presidency letter in the pamphlet the Lord has COMMANDED us to do it... Did you know that wheat, rice, beans and other foods are already canned and waiting in cases at the Church Dry Pack Canneries? All you have to do is walk in, pay for them with your card and take them home? Isn't it about time??? Articles/Monitors... Crop Weather Damage Grows as Europe Drought, Canada Rain Boost Grain Costs - Bloomberg China Goes From 50 Year Record Drought To 200 Year Record Deadly Floods | zero hedge US Drought Monitor NOAA - National Weather Service - Water

This year I am planting my garden in buckets (to hopefully keep the plants/produce away from the rabbits and chickens) and because the soil is so poor where I live I've never grown anything but tomatos/herbs. I learned about them from this site... Global Buckets it has been put together by a couple of teens trying to create solutions for feeding the world and these can be used in places where plants don't usually grow like on the roofs of flat buildings. I used grow bags last year and they did well, I really liked that I could bring my tomatos/herbs in and keep them from freezing for a bit longer this winter. I also like their idea for using the clay pots in grow bags...haven't tried it yet though...and the "automatic" watering systems...