Storable food mega-supplier Augason Farms has ceased operations for 90 days, citing, "global raw-material shortages" and "substantial delays" in procurement and production.

"Regrettably, BCG [the parent company owner of Augason Farms] cannot fulfill your orders on time; therefore, this letter communicates our decision to suspend business for the next 90 days, effective immediately," says an October 7th, 2021 letter issued by Mark Augason, President of Augason Farms, to Augason Farms distributors and retailers (see letter below).

"During these 90 days, we will secure and stockpile raw materials and take measures to accelerate our round-the-clock production output," the letter continues. "We are confident that this reset period will help us better serve you with on-time, complete shipments in the future," the letter adds.

Augason Farms has been a large-scale retailer on Amazon.com, Walmart and many other retail outlets, typically offering non-organic dried fruits, vegetables and meal mixes to the preparedness and survival community.

In addition to this letter to its distributors and retailers, the Augason Farms website has announced it is no longer processing online orders from customers. "Due to an extremely high order volume through all sales channels we are currently not able to receive any orders through our web site," said an on-site message on Oct. 8th.