If you need them badly, get on the website and order them. It is about 25 year shelf life if kept in the basement cool and moderate temps. Avoid attics and garages where summer temps can go to high and ruin the shelf life. You will need plenty of water and means to boil the water and use it to re-hydrate the food. There are companies that sell canned meats like beef, roast beef, chicken, chicken chunks, etc. These cans require a can opener and extra shellac coat where the top/bottom of the can touches the body of the can. This allows for a good seal. Meat are cooked and can be eaten straight out of the can.
Tab open cans are good for about 2 years. Avoid them. Do not mix up the can types if buying can food for good shelf life.
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Do you have tips on what to do (other than moving!) if you live in South Florida (like us)?
We have a pretty large garden and we get a lot from it. We grow three plantings... probably your Spring planting in the Fall, another like planting in maybe late February early March, and a “summer” planting (cowpeas, sunflowers, several types of peppers, sweet potatoes) in mid to late May . But “summer temps” for you are winter here, and we have no basement (water table not too deep).
We do get about 100 avocados each year from our tree, and trade them with our neighbor for mangoes, but more variety is always nice.
We are getting into home canning, but as latecomers.