EPHRATA, Pa. — In the turmoil of wars and natural disasters, people need food, preferably high-quality and nonperishable. A dedicated group of volunteers organized through Mennonite Central Committee cans meat to help fill this need.

Four young men volunteer to operate the only mobile meat cannery in the world — a tractor trailer with two extensions that holds eight commercial pressure canners (retorts), two cooling units for the hot cans, a can sealer and a boiler. There is also a meat grinder and a printer for the USDA codes on the cans.

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