Farming, S*turday, July 6,'<1974
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Robert Rodcde
STORED FOOD IS “POOR MAN’S GOLD”
Disaster gamesmanship is the order of the day. Millions of
people are trying to hedge against runaway inflation or
economic collapse by hoarding gold coins, investing in gold
mining stocks, or buying currencies of countries with low
inflation rates.
'The smartest money of all, though, may go into plain old
food. In fact, ordinary people with stockpiles of grain, beans
and other staples may yet emerge as the real winners in the
race to find security against an uncertain future.
There are two important reasons why a home stockpile of
food-make?more sense with each passing week:
First, shortages of food are a growing problem. National
food stores are at dangerous lows, especially for grain, beans
and canned vegetables. Never before in recent histOiy has
the U.S. faced the possibility that there may not be enough
food to go around, but that possibility is in our future now.
Crop failures in other countries - caused by fertilizer
shortages could make the food supply outlook even more
ble&k. Fertilizer, we now realize, is made largely from oil,
gas and other energy sources. Without more fossil fuel,
farmers are hard pressed to increase yields to meet the
needs of growing populations.
The second reason for storing food is purely economical. As
high as food prices are now, they are likely to go higher.
Since everyone must eat to survive, the consumer has no way
to hedge against rising food costs other than by stockpiling.
Food for storage costs less, too, because it’s bought in bulk.
When you buy bread, for example, you’re paying as much as
50 cents a pound for the processed grain. But if you buy wheat
in bulk, you can get it for 21 cents a pound. True, your time
spent baking is valuable, but if you learn to enjoy baking you
can also enjoyjbig savings.
There’s also a third benefit to the kind of food storage that’s
now being practiced widely - better nutrition. Modem-day
food accumulators are not just stocking up on canned soup or
other processed foods. The big trend is toward storing
natural, unprocessed foods that are'rich in vitamins and
minerals and are free of additives.
A list of foods best for storage reads like an inventory of a
Dutch School
Natural Foods
LARGEST SELECTION OF
NATURAL FOODS AND VITAMINS
IN CENTRAL PENNA.
RT. 222, AKRON, PENNA.
PH. 859-2339
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THURSDAY 12:00 NOON |
Sale Order - Fat Bulls, Steers, Stockers, Beef i
Cows and Veal Calves. 1
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
Phone 717-354-4341
Abe Dlffenbach, Manager ||
Field Representatives - Bob Kling 717-354-5023 1
Luke Eberly 215-267-5608 1
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Lancaster Pipe &
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natural foods store. Wheat and rye grains are good. So is
millet, buckwheat, and brown rice. Fifty pounds each of
grain staples can be bought for as little as $10.50. Find a
farmer who will sell them to you directly and you’ll have to
pay even less.
Seeds for sprouting are also popular with food ac
cumulators. Soybeans, raung beans, sunflower and alfalfa
seeds lead the list. Other seeds, just for eating, include
sesame, chickpeas, split peas, lentils and white beans. Some
of these are now high in price, but they will likely go higher.
Dried fruits can also be saved for long periods. So can nuts,
which are very rich in food energy.. Honey, which lasts in
definitely, is also popular. Dried milk is also a good source of
protein for storage.
Essential to any natural food storing program is learning
how to use the food you put away. A few hundred poundsof
grain and beans won’t do much good in ah emergency
situation if you-don’t know how to prepare them attractively.
For that reason, buy smaller quantities at'first and learn the
best way to use them.
My personal favoritefood for storage is corn meal, which I
use to make little corn cakes that I eat instead of bread.
Twenty-five pounds of the meal cost only about $5.50, so the
com cakes or pones cost only 5 cents per person per day.
That’s considerably less than the cost of bread.
Another.trick of successful food storers is to find a food that
you enjoy eating, and that’s nutritious, then eat it regularly.
Most people do that anyway, zeroing in on French Mas,
hamburgers, and snack foods. Both your health and bank
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Craft Show
Planned
Entries from Penn
sylvania and neighboring
states are being sought for
the first' Lancaster Craft
Show to -be held July 21-
August 3 at Lancaster, Pa.
Prizes totaling $5OO will be
offered, including $lOO total
for best of show, made up of
$25 for category prize anil $75
extra. Second prize will be a
total of $5O. Other prizes will
be $25 for categories and
judges’ choice.
The show will be held as
part of the annual Lancaster
Summer Arts Festival,
which presents art, music,
plays, opera and other
cultural events.
Entries will be received
Thursday, July 11,6 p.m. - 8
p.m., and Sunday, July 14,1
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p.m. - 4:30 p,m., at 16 W.
King St., Lancaster, site of'
theshow.
Show times will be:
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m.
- 5 p.m.; Monday ~and
Friday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.;
Sunday, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Further information can
be obtained freon Lancaster
Summer Arts Festival, Box
1253, Lancaster, Pa. 17604
Tornado Damage
Buildings hit by a tornado
often appear to explode. The
phenomenon is caused by the
sudden drop in air pressure when
the storm’s center passes by,
which in-effect gives normal air
inside the building the force of
compressed air, and blows the
structure apart.
New Negley-Miller Silos
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silo blowers
conveyors -
barn cleaners
calf stalls
free stalls
cow mats
barn fans
Ritchie water fountains
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Back during World War n,food hoarding gotabadname.
But that shouldn’t happen now, because food storagethewiy
it’s currently practiced «j&i be a positive, benefit to society
Fewer trips to thesupermarket mean gasoUne saved tor*
other purposes. Andmore eating of gralns,belhaahd other*
vegetable foods uses pur agricultural products moree&
ficiently. Lessenergy is needed for processing, packaging;
marketingandfor chemicaladdltive* which are'' absent-, ,>f;
The biggest benefitofall, though, is the increased Sense #
confidence and securitythat home food storage can create/
Years ago, almost everyone filled a larder m late summer
and fall to insure a good supply of food through the winter,-
Why shouldn’t city dwellers and suburbanites do the samp
today - all year long? Having one can create a very com
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Stocking up on basic foods - from grains to fruit Juices?!
You’ll want to\ read the 48-page booklet, /‘Make It With
Natural Foods’]. It’s available for fifty cents from Robert
Rodale, Organic livings in care of this newspaper. Please
ask for the booklet by name, and allow three weeks for
delivery. ' V
(c) 1974 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Synd., Inc. World
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