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Have you and your family started a home feed storage program? Do you feel the need? Did you know that before families could come over on the Mayflower, the family had to be “prepared” and were not permitted to venture over to the New World unless they could fend and care for themselves…in other words, there wasn’t going to be any one, but the family, to ascertain their extreme survival? There are a good deal of reasons to have a home feed storage program. What if there is a loss of employment? Could you feed your family even even though income is not coming in for a few weeks, months, years? What if there is a natural disaster and you are unable to get to a store; or trucking is wholly stopped and feed at the supermarket just isn’t there? What if there is a global circumstance where growing conditions are upended by freak weather or drought? Recently an article was published called, 2009 Global Food Catastrophe and may be read thru the links provided at the end of this article. After reading this grim forecast, I felt it of the utmost importance to give hope or courage to all you out there to once again get started a home feed storage program TODAY! To get started you will need either canning jars or storage containers in which to place your feed stores. Here are 7 practical ideas where you may obtain these necessary items at little or no cost. 1. Look in the classified ads in your local newspaper. Since Y2K, there are those people or companies which specialize in marketing 5 gallon buckets or 55 gallon plastic drums. Often these are used, but are effortlessly cleaned! And, you will save a lot of money. Also, you may find very good deals on employed canning jars for pennies on the dollar. It’s a great way to get started accumulating canning equipment. 2. Visit or call restaurants. Delis, fast-food restaurants, ice-cream outlets are magnificent places to go. Restaurateurs buy each thing from pickles to mayonnaise in bulk, and these foods ofttimes come in 5 gallon, feed grade buckets. These establishments will many times trade ( or perchance give) these buckets to you. 3. Go to your local recycling center. You may find jars for canning, 5 gallon buckets, or even 55-gallon drums. I have found applied 55 gallon barrels….they once kept jalapenos! These were effortlessly cleaned, and I couldn’t beat the price! 4. Look in the yellow pages for wholesale and merchandising bakers, candy and confectionary manufacturers. These are prime places to perhaps pick up a lot of new and perchance numerous used containers. 5. Go to your local building supply stores. They many times have buckets and now and again barrels that may be used for feed storage. 6. Check in at a local feed store. Often they will have barrels that may be applied for feed storage…for you or your animals. 7. Finally, there are a heap of companies that specialize in new storage containers. They are easy to find on the internet. Follow the links at the end of this article for retailer suggestions. In conclusion, there is no pardon Not to commence a home feed storage program today. Take good care of your investment by getting your bulk feed out of bags where bugs, mice, air, light, and dampness may spoil your best efforts. You may obtain containers at a very reasonable cost, or no cost at all. We are facing financial, environmental, social, etc. turmoil. Be pro-active! Be like those who had the guts to crusade over to the New World, yet only relied on themselves to see themselves through the unknown that lay in front of them. Start preparing today for the unknown that lies in front of you! |
