7 Places To Buy Bulk Food and Grains, Regular and Organic

1. Azure Standard

They specialize in natural, organic, earth-friendly foods and products. We deliver directly to customers, buying clubs and retailers by semi truck and UPS. 

2. Eden Foods

Eden is the oldest natural and organic food company in North America and the largest independent manufacturer of dry grocery organic foods.

3. Bulk Natural Foods

We order fresh natural foods by the truckload….…but you don’t have to buy a truckload! We order the freshest natural foods from across America – apples and oranges, whole grains and nuts, and lots of other good things in between. A few weeks before we receive a shipment, we send out an email to the members in our group.

4. The Natural Vet

I love this company. I use quite a few of their products for our horses like the Grape Balm hoof support and the all natural worm check. I'm going to try the vitamins for people with my next order. They are very nice and even added a free wormer to my first order when I mentioned the cost of shipping. 

5. Freeze Dry Guy
Commit resources to your survival plan, acquire and maintain necessary safety equipment, train your family in how to react to all manner of global or personal disasters and conduct and assess drills to verify your family is prepared. Check out their Medical Kits.

6. Trees in Tennessee

Not food right now but will provide for the future either by producing fruit, shade for your livestock or by adding to your Permaculture.

7. IFS Bulk

International Foodsource is dedicated to supplying quality wholesale grains. If you are a restaurant, grocery store, or any other volume buyer, we are your one stop shop for all your grain needs. Our selection of grains include (but are not limited to) Barley, Bulgur Wheat, Millet, Quinoa, and Farro. Our grains are provided in a multitude of different colors and sizes.

Whether you are looking for Red Quinoa or Steel-Cut Oats, IFS Bulk can provide you with your wholesale needs. We specialize in high quality products at the lowest prices around. All of our grains are sold as 25 lb boxes, and we also provide the per-pound price so you can see your savings. Our devotion lies in helping you acquire the grain you are looking for.

These are just a few places to find bulk food to feed your family and livestock now or for long term emergency storage. What items do you currently buy in bulk?

Book Reviews and Stocking Up

You know when you are starting out or adding to your long term storage supplies for Emergencies please don't forget the obvious things like toilet paper, dish soap, laundry detergent and light bulbs. We all know or can get list of medications and what food to store but the above mentioned items are often forgotten.

Well today I made a trip to our local Grocery Outlet store to get some of those things. I try to shop for groceries just like I do everything else. Outlets, Dent and Dings, Warehouse stores and any other local wholesale places like Aldi's. I remembered to take my farm bags to load my groceries in too and for me that is awesome because I sometimes forget them.

You can find some great deals as long as you do your research. For instance I got 8 boxes of Rosemary crackers for 50 cents! I also got bleach for 39 cents a bottle. A lot of different canned goods for 40 cents to 69 cents.

After getting home and unloading everything in the rain, yes it's finally raining here thank goodness, I checked the mail and found one book I'd ordered called Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide by Jim Cobb. I just got started reading it but I like the way it is laid out so far. I'll let you know more after I'm finished with it.

As I started on it I heard a truck out at the gate so I went to look. It was Fed-ex with another book that I've been waiting to get called Butchering by Adam Danforth. This book is a must have for all homesteaders. It is all about how to butcher small animals including rabbits. It is well written in simple language with tons of pictures.

Here are some great links to find food in bulk which is another great way to save money while stocking up on what you need.

1. Little House Living has a good list.
2. Bulk Apothecary is another good place to check.

Have you added to your stash lately?

Books You Need To Have

Three more arrived in the mail. I am a certified book-a-holic and especially love ones that help you learn new skills or brush up on the ones you already have. I was very happy to get these three because they are all excellent. I've learned you could dehydrate peaches and finished one whole load of them.

There is banana chips, carrots and onions working as I write this. The best book about dehydrating that I've found is called Preserve It Naturally from Excalibur. You can get more information about it and order it HERE.

Next is a book called Herbally Yours by Penny C. Royal. I am starting to grow quite a few herbs and plan to have a lot more. One whole bed in the garden is filled with them. I figured if I'm growing medicinal ones that I should learn how to use them properly and this book is a great beginning. You can get your own copy HERE. 

The third book is called So Easy To Preserve. I went to a Fall Festival with a friend and met some wonderful ladies from the UT Extension service. They told us about this book from the University of Georgia. They extolled it's virtues for about 10 minutes and they weren't wrong. It is very detailed and has a ton of information. I don't make any affiliate money from this book. I just love it. Get your copy HERE.

What books do you recommend? 

Are You Prepared?

Today is a Prepper day. We aren't hard core survivalists or Preppers but we do try to have everything we need for most situations. No not the Zombies or the Apocalypse but the everyday emergencies. Power outage, bad weather, vehicle problems, sickness or livestock health problems so today I'm working on having more of what we need for those kinds of events.

I have been working on a quilt and got the third block started. It is the cutest baby lamb. The first was a rabbit that you can see HERE. The second block is a duck with her babies.

Quilts are something everyone should have especially with fall getting here. Winter is not far behind.

After finishing the lamb block I started on a basket of fresh peaches we got at a farmers market the other day. I'm going to can this bunch. They were still pretty hard so I waited until they softened up so the skins will come off easily when scolded in boiling water then dropped in an ice water bath.

I went to a garden festival that you can read about in my last post and while there I found an awesome canning book that every preppers kitchen should have. You can find information about it and order HERE.  More great kitchen self sufficiency ideas are over at Pantry Paratus. You can find all kinds of goodies there as well and they have FREE shipping for Military!

Overseas Military (with an APO or FPO address) always get free shipping. Please use the coupon code "apo-fpo" to apply that discount. It's our way of saying "thanks."

If you raise rabbits I have found an awesome product that can save your arms from scratches when moving them around. They are used by welders all the time and work great in your rabbit barn.



If you don't have a building to house your rabbits or supplies you should check out this post on how to buy shipping containers.

Books are a very good idea for your survival preparedness homestead. I have quite a few and try to add to our stash all the time. I've found some I think you might be able to use. I personally own all of these or plan to buy ASAP.



What do you do to add to your stash? I personally think you need to learn skills first then add lots of real books not electronic ones to your library. Most electronics won't be working in emergencies. After that medical supplies then water and food. If you need an idea of where to start or what kinds of food to get please leave a comment below and I'll do my best to help you.