While I'm not a Mormon, I've LONG appreciated your stand on preparedness. In fact, pre-Y2K, many Mormon churches opened up their canning facilities for non-church-members to purchase their food and do their own canning. I did it on 3 separate occasions - it was fun, and as a result I still have a buncha big cans of dried food :)
Thanks for the post, UG!
You are welcome! The canneries are still open for anyone to use, regardless of religion. The cannery in my area is doing salsa and bumbleberry jam in October and November. Yum. I'm glad to see the salsa, it is much easier to make there instead of the big mess at home.