Making corn meal this good requires a bit more work on our part, but it's definitely worth it. We start with freshly harvested corn that is stone-ground each day by our in-house millers to the perfect consistency. We value the tradition of all-natural corn meal and wouldn't dream of chemically treating or altering out product in any way, Our wholesome corn meal could very easily have a self life of 10 to 20 years , but we've never known anyone who could let it sit that long, it's just too good !