Marcy Smith stands with her relative, Tom Stockton, in front of commercial-sized freezers, shelving and equipment inside her "survival kitchen" in southeast Texas County. Stockton has been responsible for much of the work in transforming an old house into the kitchen facility. In the background is a fully functional 66-year-old Home Comfort wood stove (made in Poplar Bluff).

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