Honeyville Farms ~ The Store

We took a trip to Honeyville Grain and had a lot of fun! The retail store is really quite large, with lots of things from which to choose. I won't tell you how much I spent, but DH suggested I be content for a while with our emergency supplies as is. :)

The retail store carries many more products, at a cheaper price, than the online store. The first thing that caught my eye were the 5 gal. water containers.

Inside the front door there were more water containers on display, including a 200 gallon black barrel! One would need a large truck to carry that baby home. I'm thinking if it were set up in a sunny area, it would deliver hot/warm water during the summer or other sunny periods.

The carts are large with plenty of room for 50# bags if you'd like. We filled up three of carts. The aisles are wide, with many various products. However, we did have trouble with some of the items not being labeled clearly. There are two sizes of oxygen absorbers, but they aren't marked as such. Check the package itself. I picked up a 25# bag labeled WW All Purpose Flour. Instead of regular winter wheat flour, it was spring wheat. Spring wheat has less gluten, and is used for dessert items, such as cookies, pie crusts, cakes, etc. So check the fine print on each item!

I do like the grains they sell. Unlike some, the wheat and oats I've noticed are very clean with little chaff. I'm assuming all their cereal products are this way.

Also available are shelf stable milks (the chocolate milk is great!), packaged mixes, such as pancake, blueberry muffins, etc. For gluten-free diets, Honeyville has a nice selection of baking flours in 25# bags, or various packages of the mixes.

There are freeze dried #10 cans of veggies/fruits, dehydrated milk, butter and shortening. Packages of nuts and nut flours, flax seed and ground flax, seeds and just about any baking item you may want. The people working in the store will help you decide how many cans you'll need for what you're canning.

Honeyville sells Sun Ovens (although no one beats my price!), the Stove-Tec Rocket Stove and the Volcano Grill.

There are food grade plastic buckets in several sizes, along with the #10 cans/lids for dry pack canning. First aid items are available, also. Canning jars, pressure canners, recipe books and advice is available. The people working were very helpful, and someone always helped us get our purchases into the car.
Prepare for your trip to Honeyville by first making a list of what you need; it's easy to spend money there! Going with a friend is fun, and helpful as you discuss what you'll need and how you'll use it. Be sure to have lots of trunk space in your car. The last trip I took with a friend, we arrived at Honeyville about 9:30am. Shopping took a couple of hours, and at home we did stop to have lunch... after canning everything and cleaning our mess (just a little one!) it was 4pm. So give yourself an entire day or two for this project.