LDS canneries closing ???

[Mello]

Read that all LDS canneries east of the Mississippi are closing after 27 June.

[Cat]

Got a link?

[Twilight]

Old news?

http://www.skcfc.org/yeswecan/

[lumabean]

are they closing to everyone, or just non-members?

[lumabean]

I figured i'd check out a lady's YouTube channel - she does a lot with the LDS cannery (somewhere in the south). Anyway, about 4 hours ago she posted a video on this topic.

 

According to her, it's effective July 1, 2013 - no more canning in the east, but that you can still buy the pre-canned items or the supplies and borrow the manual canner (depending on individual cannery policy).

 

She did mention too that she believes it's eventually going to happen with *all* of the canneries.

 

Edited May 4, 2013 by lumabean

[ScrubbieLady]

Old news?

http://www.skcfc.org/yeswecan/

This is about up in the northwest. But this quote from the page makes me wonder:

 

"Second, new federal food regulations with an eye on homeland security have made it virtually impossible to rely on volunteers, the core of the cannery workers"

 

What does homeland security have to do with using volunteers in the canneries?

[Jeepers]

Good catch Scrubbie.

[Twilight]

This came in one of my emails.....

 

 

 

I got this from a reliable source, but he wasn’t sure of its
authenticity and I don’t know how to verify it because it hasn’t
happened and the Church hasn’t made an announcement about it
yet.
The Article says that Canneries West of the Mississippi River
will be closed. That is wrong, the Canneries affected are those
EAST of the Mississippi as the article states farther on, the
Western Canneries will have to pick up the slack for the closed
Eastern Canneries.
This is a harbinger of more and tighter regulations on food of
all types by the Food and Drug Administration and the
Agricultural Department. As a result, farmers and producers are
burdened with more regulations that will result in shut downs
because of higher operating costs and fines for those not in
compliance.
How does this affect you and me? One; food will be in shorter
supply as farmers and producers cut back growing and packaging
because of the added costs to comply with the new and stricter
regulations. Two; we will see the price of food skyrocket
because of shortages and the added costs to grow and package/can
the available food.
The bottom line is, now is the time to “top-off” and “fill-in”
your food supply.
Sell a gun or some ammunition if you have to but get it now before it’s
not available or too costly.
The Lord said through Isaiah: “Wherefore do ye spend money for
that which is not bread . . .” Isaiah 55:2. The Lord is
talking to you and me, as the things spoken of in the Book
Isaiah is directed to those at the end of this “Last
Dispensation” that prayerfully study them.

[lumabean]

I wonder what new regulations are in play now, and if they will eventually extend to the home gardener at some point??

 

I wish I had more money to allocate toward food storage at the moment. Praying we all have the things we need before the regulations and such lead to too much of an issue in the future.

Edited May 6, 2013 by lumabean

[Lindals]

http://www.preparednesspro.com/breaking-news-lds-canneries-halt-canning-2/

 

The government even raided several canneries looking for lists of the
patrons.

 

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/06/govt-shuts-down-lds-canneries-demands-list-of-patrons-2668888.html?utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fb4in.info%2Fs7jG&utm_content=awesm-fbshare-small&utm_campaign=&utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fb4in.info%252Fs7jG%26h%3DdAQHMD-tH%26s%3D1&utm_medium=facebook-post