Azure Haul! We Saved OVER $1000! | Fermented Homestead

[@FermentedHomestead]

If you enjoyed finding these great deals on everyday items and you want to check out Azure Sandard checkout this link! www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=5c97db9cf5

[@LG-gw6xw]

I’m going to try Azure. I have a very tiny house so I probably shouldn’t, but feel it a wise thing to do right now. Thanks for showing us how much we can save.

[@FermentedHomestead]

You’re welcome! You don’t need to buy the large quantities I did, they sell in all sorts of sizes and you still save a ton.

[@marieparks5674]

I soak my beans for at least 24 hours, as much as 48, changing the water several times. I have found that eliminates all my digestive problems with them

[@gracechadi]

Eating a combination of raw carrots, ginger and lemon also helps. I couldn't soak my beans recently but I drank carrot juice (the combination above) after eating my beans. Normally I would get bloated with pain but this time round - there was no bloating and no pain.

[@gracechadi]

I love Azure hauls. Thank you for sharing and including the price comparison to Amazon.

[@JoEllacd]

As a mother of 3 kids in their twenties….. I laughed and snorted so loud, I scared my cat!!! Happy birthday to your son, and a happy “birth” day to you as well.

[@FermentedHomestead]

I did no when she told me that! Thank you 😊

[@homesteadmccoy]

Love love love your Azure haul videos!

[@minifarmwife6753]

"Like let's be real." LOL! Thank you for that laugh. :)

[@BecomingaFarmGirl]

I always enjoy how you point out the savings between Azure and Amazon. I've bought mylar bags and food grade buckets and will definitely use your link when I make my first bulk order later this month! You have the BEST (most informative) hauls!!

[@cristinap6394]

Love your videos! I think you mean “glyphosate” gly-pho-sate. And I completely agree with you! If we can’t avoid it all we should at least try and attempt to avoid as much as we can! Azure has definitely helped us with that!

[@FermentedHomestead]

😂 Yes, I said it wrong for years…totally thought there was an extra o 🤦🏻‍♀️ figured it out like a month ago. Love Azure!!

[@greenfoxgaming6721]

Just found you!!! You are my spirit animal!!!!

[@kristiebaker7125]

I love the time and effort you put into finding all the pros and cons of Azure vs Amazon. Thank you for sharing. Kris in Orlando

[@FermentedHomestead]

I do love me a good price comparison

[@1971Brena]

Thank you for sharing your haul. I always enjoy you sharing your thoughts on why you get what you do especially sharing about items being sprayed.

[@FermentedHomestead]

I’m happy you enjoy! I love to share what I’m doing and learning

[@KellyS_77]

Dang...you got your order just in time!

[@jc10907Sealy]

Sad 😞 Fire destroys Azure Standard Headquarter Facility. April 19, 2022. We pray 🙏 for their rapid recovery.

[@FermentedHomestead]

Agreed! I’m thankful it wasn’t their warehouses

[@ruthcarter5920]

Thank you for all your information and Thank you for letting me know about the spaying our crops. I love Azure for being organic.

[@Artiefrog]

Now I know why I didn’t get my hard white wheat lol. If you add rice to your beans it’ll make a complete protein

[@journeytothehomestead9713]

Great haul, love the breakdown of savings!

[@FermentedHomestead]

I enjoy sharing the savings because I love saving 😂

[@danazimmer]

Ooooh! That’s a great idea for the heavy whipping cream! I just added a 6 pack to my Azure cart so I can freeze and have on hand as needed!

[@joyceduesel7966]

I am glad you where able to get wheat berries and beans.

[@happydays1336]

When you said it was your son's birthday I figured he was around 8 years old. My mouth dropped open when you said he is 20 years old. (I thought it was awfully sophisticated for an 8 year old to want to go to Outback for his birthday dinner!) Maybe it's from all of your healthy eating. I've just subscribed to your channel.

[@louiseeyahpaise795]

Totally agree, It's organic all the way for my family as well!!!🧡💚

[@FermentedHomestead]

Yay!

[@fallenangelwi25]

Thieves oil is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!!!!

[@FermentedHomestead]

I have heard how great it is but I’ve never really used it, now I really need to!

[@fallenangelwi25]

@@FermentedHomestead it's great!!! Also can make hand sanitizer that works as a shoe spray too lol. Then when diluted works on gums for teething babies. A friend gave us some for Niklaus. He's 9 months and has 8 teeth and already starting his molars currently

[@mylittleruralhomestead]

Great haul!! I love the stevia liquid sweeteners, I will have to bite the bullet and check out what Azure has to offer in that regards. I have one sweetener and it's the only "substitute" sweetener that I like. I save all my glass jars, you just never know😀

[@LG-gw6xw]

Just FYI. I used to eat chili: jalapeño, green chili, or red chili every single day. I loved it to be hot. Well, now I have leaky gut and chronic inflammation. I suggest that everyone (sensitive stomach OR NOT) limits how often you eat night shades plants (peppers) and certainly don’t eat constant hot chili. It does ruin your insides. If you want hot chili powder in larger quantities look at Chimayo chili from NM.

[@FermentedHomestead]

I really appreciate you sharing that! I have a lot of gut issues, currently SIBO but likely leaky gut too. I will look up that chili now

[@motostarwheels]

Anna you rock! Love it, hoping my haul will be similar this month if the items are still available. Thank you for the great videos

[@marinar3772]

I love watching your hauls. You do such a great breakdown. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@adammurray-Kelly]

I had no idea you have a kiddo! You do a great job keeping your personal life quiet. I thought it was just you and Robert. Happy birthday to him!

[@FermentedHomestead]

He’s an “adult” and doesn’t have any interest in what I’m doing 😂

[@adammurray-Kelly]

@@FermentedHomestead 😂😂😂

[@kristasahlin]

Wow!! I see where all of the hard white wheat berries went. Haha!! You’re lucky. I’ve been trying for a little while. Good score on gallon jars too, I haven’t been able to get those either.

[@his-sweetie]

Love Azure. Thank you for sharing your awesome haul experience.

[@FermentedHomestead]

I do too! They’re awesome!

[@loritrotter6354]

Hi Anna! I really enjoyed you sharing your Azure haul with us. I've been shopping Azure for 10+ years and they are a wonderful company to support. I would LOVE to see a video on how you prepare and store your goods for long term, especially the grains... Also, if you have less difficulty ingesting resistant starch, and if you or others are unaware, if you refrigerate your cooked white beans before eating them, they become a resistant starch. Same with potatoes... I came across resistant starch information while on GAPS. Pretty interesting and worth the research. I'm really enjoying your videos. Thanks again!

[@FermentedHomestead]

We did just make a video on storing these grains but I’m not sure when it will hit the editing floor. I just started hearing about resistant starches and I was actually curious if you know whether the starches stay resistant starches if you reheat them? I’ve been mostly keto/low carb but I’m trying to learn the more balanced way when I’m ready for it. I will defiantly be sharing how I’m using them when I do!

[@loritrotter6354]

@@FermentedHomestead Yay! Looking forward to the upcoming video! I try and freeze my grains for 2 weeks and then store them. Currently my freezer real estate is a bit low and food grade buckets have been difficult to get... So, I'm curious if you have run into the same situation and how you work around that. You have a lot of big bags to deal with!! As far as the resistant starch, yes, you can reheat once they (cooked white beans, cooked potatoes and if I remember correctly, cooked lentils) have been refrigerated without reversing the process back to it's original form. I used to use 1/4 C cooked/cooled navies in my kefir smoothie and did not notice anything offensive in doing so. It was a bit thicker, though. Speaking of kefir - I saw in one of your videos that you were thinking of giving milk kefir a shot. I've been making it daily for 3+ years and have dried grains to share if you are interested. Just let me know... I got mine from Cultures for Health and I can recommend them highly. Thanks again, Anna!

[@BrattyPatriot]

$1000 savings, sure when comparing the prices to Amazon but locally and shopping sales, not even close. I don't find Azure to be cheaper in the long haul but whatever one chooses to do is fine with me.

[@FermentedHomestead]

My next haul I do compare to local bulk prices and I don’t find it to be any better. When comparing to local and sales prices you have to factor in time and gas driving to this store and that and I don’t think it is worth it. But like you said, whatever one chooses to do is fine with me too

[@clmierau]

I love watching Azure hauls.

[@FermentedHomestead]

Me too! I never would have thought I would but they’re sort of addicting 😂

[@honeybee2356]

I love to save and repurpose my jars and containers when they're good. You saved a lot through Azure, Amazon is rediculous for most things. Excellent haul. God bless.

[@FermentedHomestead]

I agree! Love Azure!

[@jum5238]

Considering Amazon takes a bit of every transaction, the seller still has to make a profit, and you didn't think shipping via Amazon Prime was FREE, did you? You pay for that too!

[@Scott___T]

Definitely going to check them out.

[@FermentedHomestead]

Yay!

[@fallenangelwi25]

Most definitely important to prepare!!! Also to learn skills to further provide. Been trying the best we can!!

[@LittleGardenBigDreams]

Ooh I’m FIRST lol 😂 Love seeing what you buy xx Cathi xx 😘

[@FermentedHomestead]

Awesome Cathi! How are you?

[@LittleGardenBigDreams]

@@FermentedHomestead I’m going great thanks Anna. We are getting ready to move into our new homestead soon 🙌🏼 xx Cathi xx 😘

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

WOW... I am so jelly...!!! That's a lot, I just have to dream of buying a load of food.

[@FermentedHomestead]

Anything you can do is great at this point! I don’t think things will get better anytime soon

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

@@FermentedHomestead NO... Things will not be getting better soon, do to the fact it has been by design... I doing what I can, which is not a lot.

[@FermentedHomestead]

@@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83 anything is better than nothing! Are you able to do instacart or door dash for extra money? It’s a great way to earn money on whatever schedule you have

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

@@FermentedHomestead Not sure what instacart is, door dash, I am not sure I can get that here, we live 20 miles from town. And most the food money comes from EBT, I hate having to have them, but better than being hungry. Back b4 the PLANDEMIC I had a job and didn't need them for a few yrs, was so great to pay dor my own foods, I am disabled and have a hard time finding someone to hire me for a job I can do.

[@FermentedHomestead]

@@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83 oh my goodness! Instacart would be perfect for you! We live 20 minutes out too but you just head to town and use an ap on your smart phone to do grocery shopping for other people. Look it up and watch a few videos, you can work at your pace and on your schedule and make really decent money

[@liancabastian6732]

Great video Anna 😉thanks for sharing ♥️

[@FermentedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@whiskeywomanwhisks]

Ok now I know why my order of hard white went out of stock🤪😜😂. Great haul! Love these comparisons and it gives me ideas of other things I need to order! Hopefully I’ll get my 75# order packed up today-and hopefully my next order I’ll get my hard white mid May🙏🏻 Happy Easter everyone!

[@amywahl5644]

Azure head quarters burnt to the ground yesterday , just letting you know if you didn't know already

[@FermentedHomestead]

Yes, I have heard.

[@MegaCandylady1]

Just FYI, stevia is part of the hay fever family. I’m terribly allergic to hay fever, therefore I get very sick with anything that has stevia. Hubby is fine with it. I use monkfruit.

[@FermentedHomestead]

That’s interesting! I had no idea

[@therealmysticmoon]

I only dream of having this kind of $$. Happy for all of you who can, though! I'm waiting for my "little" azure haul in May ( fingers crossed).

[@FermentedHomestead]

We totally diverted finances from elsewhere for this and the next haul. It was a little over a month ago and we didn’t want to pay the insane price hikes coming. I’m excited for you to get your haul!

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

Once you start buying in bulk you will spend less weekly at your local grocery store, just save that money and increase your bulk buying, eventually you will work your way up to being able to buy a big haul :) But you have to follow your budget and save up for your order ! Blessings

[@evelinholmes6401]

It’s good when your younger but for people of senior age these bags are way to heavy to lift. Of course lag of storage. Glad people find there way back to home cooking.

[@tagalonggal]

I like red lentils mixed with ground beef to stretch the ground beef. I also think they taste good!

[@grandmashomemade9204]

Great haul....

[@LindaASJ]

I put a cup of red lentils in spaghetti sauce. It adds so much protein and mimicks meat.

[@FermentedHomestead]

Interesting idea!

[@tc1446]

Thanks for sharing your haul! We love Azure Standard. We have been stocking our pantry as well. Lots of beans and wheat berries here too.

[@celestejohnson9227]

The red lentils from Azure are wonderful. I like that they cook super fast and lentil soup is fantastic.

[@juliezaro8104]

I’m not sure where you live, but in California, I get some of the Alexandre farms dairy products at Whole Foods.

[@claudettehoyt1218]

I love Azure too! I’ve found so many new to me products watching these hauls.. I really appreciate your info you incorporate into to your hauls.. didn’t realize the loading of some of these plants 😡so disappointing.. great haul!

[@FermentedHomestead]

It’s surprising how they sneak nasty stuff into our foods!

[@HomeWithJackie]

Lots of grains! The cost of everything is going up so it’s great that you stocked up- you’re saving money. Do you store the berries in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers? Also, do you do a blend of the soft and hard wheat berries for bread making?

[@happydays1336]

Soft wheat is not good for yeast breads because it has less gluten than hard wheat does. 100% hard wheat flour still doesn't have as much gluten as white flour does. Because of this I add a tablespoon or so of powdered gluten to my whole wheat bread when I make it. Soft white is for pastries and cakes, etc.

[@jahart358]

Awesome video ❣️

[@FermentedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@parsimyrum867]

Anna, I went to my azure standard about and they don't have gallon jars available for my area...I guess! I was so looking forward to ordering those.

[@sonyareeder7855]

How did you get jars?! They always out..I check almost everyday.

[@GinaOzarks]

I love Azure!!! Great haul.

[@emilylandon3162]

And again I found something I needed to buy. Was going to get rye flour, but am now doing rye berries.

[@leahness3588]

Great haul!!

[@fallenangelwi25]

I have wanted to do an azure haul so bad. Hopefully soon!!!

[@FermentedHomestead]

I hope you can soon too!

[@allsorts4041]

Wish we had Azure in Canada. Great Haul!

[@FermentedHomestead]

Maybe someday they will!

[@amandagracedeal8710]

Thank you for the price comparison! I wonder if it's like that because Amazon's "free" shipping is built into their prices.

[@FermentedHomestead]

It sure is! Those heavy items on Amazon are crazy pricy

[@suzibee2156]

Love the haul! Thanks for sharing! Love red lentils too!

[@joannathesinger770]

AZ-ure. The emphasis is on the FIRST syllable. It's an English word that refers to a particular shade of blue...not some sort of French word.

[@FermentedHomestead]

I appreciate it but I do know how to pronounce it, I just say it how I say it 💜

[@G.W.H.]

Awesome haul!!!!

[@Maranatha_Homestead]

I’m picking up about 250# of grains today. I need some buckets and gamma lids!!

[@FermentedHomestead]

That’s awesome!!! I still need to get some gamma lids

[@debbieandrews9619]

Loved the video

[@beverlywhite6064]

So, how do you put your beans up and how long do they last?

[@daniellemarceaux7937]

I have a issue with my body that does not allow me to drink regular milk and I goggle what kind of milk I can drink but I think it is getting expensive so I was just wondering is the milk that you mentioned it it creamy

[@FermentedHomestead]

Yes it it, it is a type that many can have when they cannot have other types

[@rosanna3714]

I Order from Azure, Love it !

[@thethouse]

Would love to see how you store your wheat. I just picked up 150# yesterday, but 5 gallon buckets can get expensive. Do you store yours a different way?

[@FermentedHomestead]

We put them in Mylar inside 5 gallon buckets. Go around to fast food stores and ask for their pickle buckets

[@FermentedHomestead]

And we did film a video on how we do it and that will be out before too long 💜

[@RowesRising]

Walmart has buckets for $4.88 and you can ask bakery’s for their old icing buckets- often free!

[@jum5238]

@@RowesRising Our local store has a deli, and I asked about the buckets, and they looked at me like I was crazy and said they cost too much to give away, and so they re-use them.

[@wendystatz4268]

What do you use to grind your grains? I’m looking for a manual grinder.

[@FermentedHomestead]

We use the wonder mill jr? It’s the manual one from wondermill, we have a drill that we can use while there’s power but we have to option of manual when needed

[@janetgrooms4008]

How do you store your wheat grains

[@starbender4714]

You have to figure in shipping I live in Alaska and the shipping is steep

[@adriana10677]

now how are you freezing all that before storing all that?! my cart right now is $6000 on the site but how to freeze and store so no bugs? with that much at once?

[@FermentedHomestead]

No, we don’t freeze our stuff. We pack them immediately in large Mylar with appropriate sized oxygen absorbers without issue. But in this video we lived in Washington state with very little pest or environmental pressures. Since moving to Missouri we’ve had to put the bags in plastic tubs and that’s worked great for us. So happy you’re building your pantry!

[@adriana10677]

@@FermentedHomestead yeah having 2 boys in later teens and 20's and just being me plus the state of things wasn't to do what i can. hoping to get a small homestead going soon but that's down the road but going to try to garden in my SUPER SMALL YARD to. being in Houston and spending all that on food want to make sure it keeps but been really worried about weevils or what have you.

[@JFlower7]

I can never get the smell out of the jars--tried soda overnight, vinegar--still smells like jalepenos.

[@tdewtx]

I have Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, which is a non-curable chemical-based cancer. I strongly think first I got served up whacked genes from my parent's roulette of 50/50 they gave to me, and I think it came from our food system. I was shocked, literally shocked how many people are there for treatment. Some days it is almost standing room only.

[@fallenangelwi25]

The hardest thing is knowing all this chemical info and not being able to afford to avoid it. Even a little counts though

[@Mel-vu9ss]

Great haul!! So agree with stocking up and the craziness of this world!! FYI: you do NOT have a twenty year old!! Surely don’t look like your old enough. 😃

[@sandrajones7896]

How do you store the berries to keep from getting bugs?

[@mariafarmer988]

How much was your shipping from azure?

[@FermentedHomestead]

It was free because I lived in Washington

[@paulsansonetti7410]

Man I wish I could source raw cream pretty sure if that brand was raw they definitely couldn't ship it nationwide

[@charmingfrock101]

The gallon and half gallon jars are not "canning grade".

[@onthego5968]

75.33 is what I see for a 25lb bag. How did you get 250 for 226? I found a 25lb bag for 60 on Amazon. What I’m I doing wrong ? Lol

[@FermentedHomestead]

I did film this video a month and a half before it came out due to life circumstances so I’m not too sure. What product are you looking up and I can see what you’re referencing

[@onthego5968]

@@FermentedHomestead looking for white wheat berries. I’m new to this so looking for flour to bake with. I bought a mill already. Thanks for ur help.

[@FermentedHomestead]

It looks like azure is out of stock until April 27th but when they’re in stock a 25lb bag of soft white wheat berries is $18.52, I don’t see hard white wheat berries. I think you may have been looking at the “sprouted” wheat berries and those are about triple the price of the normal organic berries. Scroll further down and you’ll see the products they’re out of and if they have any on order it will show their expected arrival date when you click on them

[@Mindy56743]

Roundup is the biggest threat in our environment anymore. This is the main reason I started purchasing from azure standard and stopped eating corn products regular sugar because of the sugar beets and soy products. I also work hard to get grass fed and organic chicken

[@donnaingle1359]

I believe

[@anonymousme9329]

I've been checking the prices you quote and things have really gone up just since you posted this. For example the great northern beans on Azure Standard are now 25 pounds for $74.63. Your price was $45.68. :(

[@FermentedHomestead]

Oh wow! I didn’t realize they had gone up so much, I made this video at the beginning of march but didn’t have time to edit until I posted it

[@brittanyciboski7553]

The Azure Standard headquarters burned down this week. Could be why prices went up.

[@anonymousme9329]

@@brittanyciboski7553 It's super sad about the fire but I've been checking prices for a week before the fire. It's just the scariness of the world right now. Praying for America.

[@NanaMom104A]

You have a 20 year old son?!!!!!! You don't look much older than that yourself, I can't believe it. I am 61 and have 4 kids and my baby boy is 24!

[@FermentedHomestead]

😂 my son is more responsible than I was, I did not get by without a teen pregnancy 😂

[@paulsansonetti7410]

its glyphosate, not glyophosphate btw

[@therealmysticmoon]

WOW, lol, it would take me 10 months to spend that kind of $$ for groceries.

[@FermentedHomestead]

We definitely diverted finances from elsewhere, we knew prices were about to go up and we didn’t want to pay higher prices. This haul was a little over a month ago before the latest price hikes so really we saved even more.

[@pennydyer9719]

@@FermentedHomestead because of the grain shortage it looks like hoarding & panic buying to me.

[@FermentedHomestead]

@@pennydyer9719 you’re welcome to your opinion but neither is true. This as well as my next haul were purchased early March, it’s simply having common sense and preparing for what was obviously coming down the pike. I’d rather pay the prices 6 weeks ago than the prices today.

[@pennydyer9719]

Because grains last for so long you should have been buying a little all along so as not to put a strain on the current inventory. But now because you & others know there is a grain shortage your buying astronomical amounts & your haul looks like panic buying & hoarding which makes less available to others. Ugh!

[@FermentedHomestead]

When I am doing a haul I don’t tend to go over what we already have because it’s just focused on what was just purchased. However, I did reference in the video that we were refreshing our pantry, meaning we already do purchase these items. You’re welcome to check out my azure haul playlist if you’re curious. Your finger pointing at individual people trying to prepare for what is obviously coming soon is in the wrong direction, we are simply trying to take care of ourselves and our families. Instead try using your voice to shine the light on the last 2+ years of governments around the world systematically shutting down the supply chain, destroying crops and euthanizing animals in what any rational person would describe as intentional destruction and centralization of the food supply. I choose to teach people the importance of being prepared, how to prepare and how to use those prepared items in their everyday life, if you don’t understand the importance of that I hope you do your research. Have a blessed day 💜

[@pennydyer9719]

@@FermentedHomestead I absolutely understand the importance of that. This is not new. People have been preparing for years....You should have been buying grains in these amounts for years now since their shelf life is 30 years. But now you have decided to stock up on grains, due to the shortages, at a time when more people are trying to prepare for their families. If you have to buy that many grains at this time it tells me that you are completely unprepared. And if you are prepared & have a good supply on hand then that tells me that you are hoarding & are adding to the man made crisis. Azure is having challenges keeping items in stock because of this. You might consider watching some prepping videos to understand what it means to be prepared so as not to find yourself in a position of having to buy so many grains at one time when there is already a strain on the system. Alaska Prepper is a good one. God bless 🙏🏻

[@jum5238]

@@pennydyer9719 I'm having a loss in understanding what your point is. Are you upset because your order didn't come in? Do you have a need to get into (and tear down) their purchases? Are you saying you're so much smarter for implying that you've been prepared already? (yay!) I just discovered I have to dump a lot of my canned food storage because of expiration dates - for some I go an extra year. When you get a bunch of food from drug reps that bring in food and it goes uneaten, we feed our family off that on many nights, and thus our food storage doesn't get rotated/eaten as we planned. The point is... you don't know what her purpose for buying so much is. So what if it's for panic buying? What is the other option, honestly? "Oh, sorry hun. you shoulda been putting food aside for the last several years, and so you deserve to starve?" I think you should listen to yourself sometime, and be more supportive. Or just not say anything at all. I expect if the SHTF, I'm probably going to be either feeding a number of other people as well by choice... or it gets stolen by hungry people who didn't think ahead. May you have the earlier choice, and not be confronted by the latter option.

[@pennydyer9719]

@@jum5238 No Im not an expert on preparedness but I guess I just believe that when you are teaching others how to prepare that you should know something about it. And from what I’ve been learning from skilled preppers she is incorrect in her method of purchasing. I like what Alaska Prepper says “Slow & steady wins the race”