While there are so many blogs out there that push for self-cooking and self-reliance on food, there are almost certainly staples which will only remain available through the stores. Having enough storage in your own home through the winter is costly and an investment that not everyone can make at any one time. We're also living in a time where space is getting more valuable. Taking for example Nampa, Idaho where I've lived for the past twenty years, seeing the city expand on all sides by three miles and grow out into the towns around it has shown me that we're expanding at an incredible pace and this idea that we can make our own personal room for all of our needs is becoming less of a reality. I bring up this issue of space to highlight the needs that have sparked our food industry here in the U.S. and more or less the rest of the world to grow to accommodate the need of a bigger population. Along with this, the population is growing more insightful on what they eat w