Last month I bought several hundred pounds of grains and beans in bulk at the local Mennonite store. Went back a week later and they only had a few bags left, so I bought some more. Went back a week later and they were wiped out, so I went to the regular grocery store which has about 15 feet of bulk products. They had two bags of barley (yuck) and two bags of green split peas, the rest of the shelves were bare. I took the green splits and felt like the cat that just ate the canary.

Last week the Mennonite store got their Azure Standard bulk order delivery but, surprise, all the grains and beans were back ordered. On Tuesday they were supposed to get a large order of bulk grain and beans, but NOTHING was delivered. They were even out of yeast for bread. The Mennonites. No food. They had other smaller bags of oatmeal and rice but at full retail.

Next crop -- September.