Survivalism has become more popular in recent years. With natural disasters and social unrest on the rise, it is no surprise.
So, more people are realizing that it is wise to have a stockpile of essential items to ensure survival in such situations. One of the most critical items in any survival kit is food.
In times of emergency, you’re going to be grateful if you have a stockpile of non-perishable and long-lasting foods on hand.
While many people might head to their local grocery store to stock up, there’s another option that might be better: Amish stores.
These stores often carry a variety of survival foods that are not only healthy and long-lasting, but also delicious.
And, when considering foods that are beneficial for a prepper’s stockpile, we should look to the Amish world for guidance. They have a long history and reputation for living off the grid and they have done it quite well for a very long time.
Also, the Amish make wonderful foods, as often found in restaurants, stores, and roadside stands. So, it just makes sense to look to them for creating or adding to your own prepper stockpile of foods.
1. Canned Vegetables
Canned vegetables, like most canned goods, are a staple survival food for a reason.
They have a long shelf life if they are kept in a cool and dry space. And, they are packed with nutrients. Amish stores carry a variety of canned vegetables such as canned peas, corn, and green beans.
2. Canned Fruit
Canned fruit is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals and can be used in a variety of dishes, or eat it as a side dish or snack.
Amish stores offer a wide selection of canned fruit options, including peaches, pears, and pineapple.
3. Rice
Rice is a good option due to being a versatile and filling survival food. It’s also easy to store, as it can be kept in an airtight container for up to 25 years.
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Amish stores often carry a variety of rice, including brown rice, white rice, and wild rice. Rice can be used as a base for many meals, such as stir-fries, casseroles, and pilafs, or as a side dish as well.
4. Dried Beans
Dried beans are another great addition to a prepper’s food kit.
They’re packed with protein and fiber and can be stored for several years if kept in a cool and dry place. Amish stores typically carry a good variety of dried beans, including black beans, kidney beans, and chickpeas.
These can be used to make hearty soups and stews or can be cooked and served as a side dish.
5. Pasta
Similar to rice, pasta is also a versatile and filling survival food. Pasta can be stored for years if kept in an airtight container. Amish stores carry a variety of pasta, including spaghetti, macaroni, fettucini, and lasagna noodles.
Some of these kinds of pasta might have unique flavors as well. Pasta can be served with canned tomato sauce, meat, and cheese, or used as a base for a pasta salad.
6. Flour
Flour is a basic staple in a pantry and should be added to a survival food kit.
It can be used to make a variety of baked goods, such as bread, biscuits, and cakes.
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And, it can be stored for a long time if kept in an airtight container. Amish stores often carry whole wheat flour, which is more nutritious than white flour.
7. Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is a great choice of food to keep on hand because it’s high in protein and healthy fats. It can be stored for a long time if kept in a cool and dry place.
Amish stores often carry natural peanut butter, which is free from added sugars and preservatives. Peanut butter can be eaten on its own, or used as a spread for bread or crackers.
8. Sugar
Sugar is a necessary ingredient in many recipes and can also be used as a natural preservative.
Amish stores offer high-quality sugar options, including granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Store it in an air-tight container, and keep it in a cool and dry place.
9. Canned Meat
Canned meat is an excellent option for those who don’t have access to fresh meat. It’s loaded with protein and can be stored for a long time as long as it remains sealed, in a cool and dry area.
Amish stores often carry canned chicken, beef, and pork. It’s versatile as it can be used in a variety of dishes, including sandwiches, soups, and stews.
If you find the canned meat from the store unsatisfactory or wish to save some money, an alternative option is to can your own hamburger meat, using this recipe.
10. Jerky
A high-protein survival food like jerky can be stored for a long time. It’s also a great option for a quick and easy-to-eat item to get more protein in your diet. It’s easy to pack and doesn’t require any cooking.
The Amish stores typically carry homemade jerky, which is often free from preservatives and additives. Jerky can be eaten as is, or used as a protein source in soups and stews.
11. Dried Fruits
Dried fruits are a great source of vitamins and minerals.
They are also lightweight and easy to store.
Amish stores have a wide selection of dried fruits, including apricots, peaches, and apples.
Dried fruits can be added to a dish, or eat them as a snack. The average shelf life is up to a year past the “best buy before” date.
12. Honey
Honey is a natural sweetener and has a long shelf life if stored in an air-tight container and shelved in a cool and dry location. It can crystalize, but that is not spoilage. If you experience crystallization, then slowly warm it up to get it back to its best consistency.
It’s also a natural antimicrobial, which means it can help prevent the growth of bacteria in food. Amish stores often carry high-quality local honey, which has added health benefits.
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Honey can be used as a sweetener for tea, as a spread for bread or crackers, or as an addition to any food you would like to sweeten.
13. Nuts
Nuts are a great source of protein and healthy fats.
They are also lightweight and easy to store, making them an ideal survival food.
Amish stores offer a variety of nuts, including almonds, walnuts, and pecans.
14. Canned Soup
Canned soup is an easy and convenient way to get a quick meal during a survival situation. Amish stores offer a wide selection of canned soups, including chicken noodle, tomato, and vegetable. If you have high blood pressure, you might want to limit canned soups due to their high salt content.
15. Maple Syrup
Maple syrup is an excellent source of energy and can be used as a natural sweetener. Amish stores offer high-quality maple syrup, often sourced from local farms. It also has a stronger flavor than other syrups, so you might not need to use as much and have it last longer.
There are other foods that you will find in an Amish store that will make good options for your survival stockpile. But, this list is a good start.
Now, stocking up on long-lasting foods is important, but it’s equally crucial to store them properly. One excellent option is a root cellar, where you can keep your food stash safe and sound. If you don’t have one already, there’s a cheap and easy way to build a root cellar in your own backyard.
Amish foods are often healthier than some you will find at the grocery store. More importantly, they make their foods to last, survive off the grid, be tasty, and often made with healthier recipes. So, next time you are about to pass an Amish store, stop in to see what you could add to your own stockpile.
Amish foods have gained a reputation for being not only delicious but also healthier compared to certain options found in typical grocery stores. What sets them apart is their commitment to creating foods that are not only flavorful but also long-lasting.
By adhering to traditional techniques, the Amish community has perfected recipes that strike the perfect balance between taste and nutritional value. So, the next time you happen upon an inviting Amish store, it’s definitely worth taking a moment to step inside and see what you could add to your own stockpile.
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The Amish are not Preppers, this is just how they live.
The Right wing are the ones who can’t wait for the apocalypse.
Well, the Amish really ARE preppers, although not prepping for the same things, they prep for foods to can to eat in the future. Winter and droughts, dust storms, whatever… they prep to survive.
YOU ARE SO OUT OF TOUCH – sO SORRY FOR YOU
where are amish stores in NW florida?
You’re right Lisa … right wing people DO want an apocalypse, because living in an apocalypse would be better than what we’ve got now with your piece of sh*t president and all of the cronies that come with him.
Oh Missouri Prepper…I LOVE YOUR POST! Ms/Mr Blake is quite confused, you see. I chose not to respond to the ignorance of the post, but I’m so glad others did!!
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
shrieks Lisa the (((Bolshevik))) bigot
Keep crying, hater. Its how decent folks like us know we’re on the right track
I go to Indiana twice a year to visit my wife’s hometown Amish grocers. Usually the better deals are bulk items: staples (flour, sugar, potatoes etc.), cheese, canned items and meats.
Usually you’ll find some good sales and interesting general goods (wife loves perusing those deals).
Meat is usually half price or more compared to my local grocer or big box grocer. Same with the cheese. I pay 2.68 for a pound of bacon, 1.50 for brats. Have yet to find some good deals on ground beef though.
Fresh produce isn’t much of a deal unless they have a whole stock of it (around harvest times).
Make sure to store items like flour into metal cans. There are rats that can chew through plastic containers. Be surprised what a hungry animal will do when starved for food.
This article is what families still did 50 years ago, before the social media stupidity.
Remember my Mom still did some canning, as the years go by it became less.
The article is about what commonsense knowledge was about in America. Now we see pockets of old traditions kept. This is a reminder of the lost knowledge not taught in high school home-economics classes. Now the public schools teach Marxism instead.
Thank you as your post is correct about what most have forgotten or never chose to learn
Both of my parents grew up in the great depression. They learned what most today have forgot. I was smart enough to learn. When the SHTF today’s snowflakes won’t have a clue about growing food, preserving food or alternate ways of cooking, heating or having a water supply. That lack of knowledge equals death,. When slugs like Gates predicts a 90% population decrease, sadly he knows what he is talking about. Better set your alarm clocks sheeple. time is running very short.
Ha, Ha, we will have the last when the proverbial SHTF hits us.
The politician’s pick the banaid then the cure. As we see city govt’s buying up hotels for homeless. Their libraries are homeless ruining the atmosphere bathing in restrooms.
The Blue States like Cali & NYC don’t solve the problems. They are seeing more shootings, of Biden sponsored disarm 2A push, to disarm us.
No one is thinking of helping educate the normal Americans about prepping in general terms. Be independent mindset as we were decades ago.
Gates, CCP an others are locking up American farmland to starve us. Reduce America’s population. Poisoning our waterways with railroad derailments like in Ohio. Restricting our water supply like in Cali with the “Delta Smelt” BS.
FYI ; every action has a consequence or reward
poverty or wealth
Good or Bad
Ammish Know this and their values are based on this
when everything was designed for a purpose and improve life or destroys life
They know this , so they live for purpose , not pleasure
Wisdom
not idiocrosy
Someone needs to do a article or Food with Mnrna and Gates Apeal products
which is to kill you not save you
Like all the medical industrial : designed to keep you sick and in care , not healthy
Food with out preservatives , with out sugars , with out poisons in them
The thing about Food is : it was created by God to sustain life
Mankind turned it into a way to Forget God
Mankind is Responsible for the destruction of and problems with out life
thru : For Profit , Greed, and to agenda oriented goals and objectives
Watch the Food , Watch the water , Watch to true reason for What they the Greedy Do
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Good article. many points are hitting the nail on the head. No arguments on this one , it’s logical , reasonable , and the only thing missing is the area where I am ( upstate NY) , there are none ( 0 ) in a reasonable car trip. A ride down to PA is about a 2 hours drive.
same here, there are no Amish places within hundreds of miles from me, dang it! I love anything Amish…..they’re practical, frugal, love God, honor God and each other, and make a decent life for themselves, helping each other, and so on. too bad we’ve gotten so far away in lifestyles…..they live by God’s word and his provisions….
I would love to go to an Amish store too. There is none in my neck of the woods. Some I believe have online shopping. But like everything the shipping costs make some item too expensive to buy.
We got liberals here that hate conservative businesses. Seems like vegans hate people that eat meat. Don’t Americans have freedom of choice anymore?
Great article, thanks!!!
There are two Amish stores in Upstate that I have been to. One is inear Verona Center and the other is in Cazenovia.
I have stocked up on food supplies in the Amish country for some 40 years. If you look in the smaller bulk food stores you will find very economical prices. The quality is as good as it gets. Amish people in the food business are very clean. They do not hire minimum wage riff raff of the street to work in their grocery stores or restaurants. Most are very courteous and polite. The Amish are very capitalistic and work hard for what they have. If you plan a trip to the Amish country do not expect to od business or buy anything on Sunday. That is their day of worship and rest. They do not handle money on Sunday. They are Christens and live a Christan life every day. All have a skill doing something. Their normal way of life is what most of us would call ” Super Preppers”. The rest of America could learn a lot from the Amish people.
The TROLLS on this site could be part of the AI morphing our society, like Lisa.
One thing noticed on this blog, is there is no edit button to correct our spelling.
Many posters have wondered how to correct their spelling and sentence structure.
Otherwise great input on lost art information we read, thanks.
Where can you find the Amish stores?
Do a Google search on Amish stores. That’s what I just did. The nearest is about 2 hours away in a direction I rarely travel, so I’ll probably not be checking them out. There’s an Anabaptist community about that far south which I have been to, though it may be a while before I get that direction again. I’ll check it out again when I get down there.
Don’t ask the head of the N**CP if there is an Amish store in Florida.
BTW The head CEO of N**CP lives in Florida; Hypocrisy at best, Ha, Ha!!!!!!
Amish are continuing traditions most of our families have forgotten in the 21th century.
Two sources I like are “The Vermont Country Store” and “Lehmans”. You can find both online.
They actually don’t prep at all.I live among the largest settlement outside of Lancaster Co.Pa and they only prepare for the next meal but do store up goods( not prepping) for the upcoming months.
They do not think in the terms of “prepping”. Preserving food for later use is just their lifestyle. Another thing about Amish stores is that they buy in bulk and repackage for resell. They often buy from the same suppliers as grocery stores but just buy it in quantities that are not retail packaged from the factory. You have to watch expiration dates in the Amish stores because they buy expired and near expired products and just resell it. That is often why the prices are lower. Yes there are good buys there that are due to their bulk buying practices. Actual Amish produced foods are not that common. If you pay attention you will find that some of the supposed Amish foods are carried in your local non Amish grocery stores. That is not saying that there is anything wrong with what you are getting. A pig with lipstick on is still a pig. Also, compare prices in several Amish stores. You will find that 1lb packages of yeast, as an example, will sell for $6.99 and at another Amish store nearby the same 1 lb of yeast will sell for $3.99. I keep a list of products and their prices at the different Amish stores so I make sure I’m getting the best price.
We have an Amish bulk food store about an hour and a half from us that we go to every six or eight weeks. Sometimes I will spend $400 or more when we go. I buy lots of wheat berries for my flour mill, oatmeal, rice, dry beans, sugar, pasta and many other items. Most of these items get re-packaged into my alarm bags with oxygen absorbers and put into food grade plastic buckets. My wife buys all of her canning jars and supplies there. This is probably my favorite store and has gotten me further in prepping. Then I would have even going to a place like Sam’s Club.
What is an alarm bag?
Martha, please stop coming on this site. You and your husband need to join your own kind of sites. We are a peaceful and informative site, but you two really should take your woke bullshit elsewhere! Get Lisa (her) in to some form of rehab and make sure she gets her meds!!!
Where I live I am surrounded by Amish. When the gardens are in full force I have at least 5 veggie stands within a mile of my house. Which is great since I do NOT have a green thumb.
1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14. Grow and can/preserve your own. A big part of preparing is not relying on someone else to do it for you. The Amish do it well. Learn from them.
I live close to several Amish communities as well as Mennonite ones. I don’t feel the need to buy the products but I do need them for the wisdom they have. They are also teachers! You don’t have to be Amish to learn from them and they have much to teach. I can do what they do to be self sufficient, just like everyone else can. Stop being lazy and expecting someone else to save you. Try saving yourself!
Not a lot of Amish here in Arizona …. making their presence known anyhow … though in my travels, I have run into some Amish foods, and they have been quite tasty. However … something that doesn’t get talked a lot here … with natural cures, and such is honey. I was told a long time ago, (maybe it is an old wives tale) but whether or not you have allergies, but especially if you have pollen allergies … buy local honey. It is made by bees that are collecting pollen from a lot of those plants that cause you to sneeze … and ingesting local honey gives you some protection against that wind swept pollen. I do know that all the allergic and asthmatic sufferers in my family, eat local honey, and it has really helped.
Amish survival during the “Great Correction” will not be due to their food nor their stores of it. Rather, it will be their sense of community and adherence to the principles of the great commandments and humility of faith. It will work for others, too, who do it rather than talk about it.
we have 2 omish stores close to us. we go there alot but watch the expiration date on foods. we have seen food out of date for a year . dried cranberry beans can only be found at the omish store and they are the best bean. rada brand knives can only be found at the omish stores. thats the only ones we use. they have good prices on bulk dry foods too. this was a good article, it gives food for thought.