Vacuum packing works well. I need pet food too, but I hope I've stocked in enough that I don't need to eat it for them. A 50 pound bag of wheat costs less than a 25 pound bag of dog food, so I'll be grinding a lot of whole wheat flour!
I found a coop that has that plus buckwheat, barley, spelt, and half a dozen other bags of seeds. I have happily spent a lot of cash there...but I'm planning to go back soon.
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And some of these "older" grains have not yet been GMO'd ; some are hard to find, while others have become "premium". lol.
And yes, I get dry pet food for my own laziness, but real meat is much cheaper if the cheap cuts. I avoid canned food as the cats have been sick on that shit.
I picked this coop specifically because it doesn't handle GMO seeds. If the farmers insist, they make them prepay, and unload them in the parking lot. They never being them inside, and they call him to come get them when they arrive!
I'm pressure canning as much meat as I can lately, but I see the rise in costs; and that might stop that prepping soon. I've been buying canned meat to store too, so we should be good!
But I do need to buy more dog food, for my spoiled rotten beasties, LOL! 😆 They do prefer what I eat over dog food anyway....
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smart dogs!
cats are smaller and I calc ages ago costs about half the price feeding them real meat - they also eat less of it as more nutritious.
when I did have dogs I'd buy bags of soup bones - dogs less fussy, as cats are strict carnivores.
They do like soup bones! I'd have to pressure can them, to put them on the shelf for later, but I'd end up with bone broth; so I may try that.
My dogs like people food best anyway, ROFLOL! They will eat anything I'm eating, which will help me feed them.
I have pressure canned several dozen quarts of meat in the last two weeks, but I'd like a lot more! I have experimented with pressure canning beans, because on solar power, crock pots are out....
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