Buying organic staples in Bulk

The basic idea for buying a month's worth of organic staples at a time is it is a lot cheaper usually than buying in little amounts.

So, we found in 1980 when we first bought our land (2 1/2 acres) that because of both distances (around 25 miles) to buy less expensive food that buying our staples like Organic brown rice, Organically grown whole wheat pasta, 25  pounds of peanut butter, a gallon of Maple syrup, 10 pounds of powdered Carob,(to replace chocolate), organically grown spaghetti, Organically grown rainbow noodles, as well as other things like this, we found by ordering it all at once through a health food store that it often cost about half as much as buying it from a store piecemeal.

So, time, distance, money, are all factors in buying in bulk one month at a time of staples that might last a month or more.

Then we would go out once a week or so and buy veggies and anything perishable like milk, lettuce cheese and things like that as well.

Also, often we would buy canned goods along with the pastas, peanut butter, maple syrup etc.

Since we had a wood cook stove we also bought organically grown whole wheat flour to bake our own bread with also because it had an oven with a temperature gauge.

However, one of the reasons we did this was that the distance we had to go to get food along with being able to save money were the two main factors in this.

However, then you have to find a bulk shipper who you can buy from in order to make it worth your while to do this.

However, this worked great except that the peanut butter might be a little difficult at the end of the month in a 2 to 5 gallon container. Also, though we didn't have electricity then there we did have a water spring at 4000 feet in elevation that ran mostly all year long and varied in temperature from 34 degrees Fahrenheit water in the winters (when it didn't freeze) and then about 38 degrees in the summer since it was snow melt from off the mountain direct. This was helpful in keeping things cool without a refrigerator at that time. We could get a 5 gallon bucket and put jars of different things in it to cool them for a day or more to keep things cool even if it was 100 degrees or more out during say August. So, the temperature range there was from about 105 degrees Fahrenheit to about zero or below that in the winter.

In the winter times then since it often could be 7 feet of snow at one time or more it was necessary to have an A Frame house so the roof wouldn't collapse if we weren't there to shovel the snow off the roof. With an A frame the snow is always going to fall off because it is so steep.

Since My older 3 kids then were 5 to 12 years of age, (between 1980 and 1985) we celebrated the end of the month and buying all new staples by taking the last of the peanut butter and mixing it with carob powder and maple syrup which made something that we nicknamed in jest  (Moose turds).

This became a monthly ritual with the kids who were being home schooled with independent study through:

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