Gov’t Buys Up Freeze-Dried Food

I’ve just learned that our government has bought up all the remaining and future freeze-dried food production (through 2009) of Mountain House. [link]

Mountain House, AKA Oregon Freeze Dry, was founded in 1963. From their web site:

…located on a 35 acre site in Albany, Oregon, and employs over 250 people. The company has three manufacturing plants… Collectively, these plants represent 32,000 square feet of freeze-drying capacity – over 60% of the freeze-drying capacity in the US.

In addition, the Internet Grocer is reporting the gov’t has bought an entire ship container load of their canned butter.

Looks like someone’s expecting trouble with food supplies…