MUKILTEO, Wash. — Food storage warehouses owned and operated around the country by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are stocked with nonperishables sealed to withstand natural ...

Funeral potatoes were memorialized as a collector pin during the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake. And just last year, a local food truck called Cook of Mormon started dispensing the ...

The Mormon emphasis on self-reliance dates back to the mid-1800s when food storage began as a pragmatic way to ensure survival as church members trekked across the country to Salt Lake City, said ...

A stockpiling Mormon has food in his thoughts. By Jennifer Dobner . Dec. 28, 2008 12 AM PT . ... but I’ve always been able to feed my family because of food storage,” he said.

Food storage is now tied primarily to a family’s ability to weather ordinary problems — a job loss, a health crisis — rather than to the imminent end of the world.

An example of Mormon food storage, 2020. Photo by Jana Riess I learned to love beans during this time period. I know ...

The Mormon emphasis on self-reliance dates to the mid-1800s when food storage began as a pragmatic way to ensure survival as church members trekked across the country to Salt Lake City, said ...

The Mormon emphasis on self-reliance dates back to the mid-1800s when food storage began as a pragmatic way to ensure survival as church members trekked across the country to Salt Lake City, said ...