With proper storage, you can preserve wheat for 30-plus years. That’s 3 decades. The most important factor in wheat storage is an oxygen-free environment, and for that, we need to repackage the wheat. The best way to store wheat is in moisture-proof food-grade storage like Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers that protect kernels from oxygen, … Read more
Wondering how much food to store, the answer depends on the age, activity level, and food preferences of those in your survival group, but also on how long the emergency food should last. I think you should stockpile at least 3 months of food for everyone in your family, but FEMA suggests a minimum of … Read more
Let’s learn how to store food in buckets because you can store just about any food in buckets as long as they are low in moisture and fat. 5-gallon buckets are especially suited to storing bulk emergency foods for the survival pantry: foods such as dry staples like beans, rice, salt, and sugar have decades … Read more
Learn how to store food in buckets; most of my DIY food storage is in 5-gallon food-grade buckets because they are the cheapest, most effective storage container for stockpiling hundreds of pounds of dry staple food quickly and effectively. Buckets are tough, stackable, and relatively inexpensive. Still, it is important to note that food will … Read more
Following is a list of non-food supplies to stockpile for food shortages and emergency situations like natural catastrophes, and civil unrest. If food shortages get bad enough, they can lead to societal collapse where electricity is out, and grocery store shelves are bare. Next, let’s examine some of the non-food supplies to start storing for … Read more
Following is a list of fifteen foods to store for shortages in preparation for empty grocery shelves. None of these foods require refrigeration and they have the longest shelf-life. I’ve seen a lot of lists for food shortages that include perishable foods. I would avoid storing perishables unless they are freeze-dried or canned because they … Read more
Fat is one of the most challenging types of emergency food to store for a survival scenario or natural disaster because it has a relatively short shelf life and isn’t provided in a high enough quantity by staple emergency foods like dry beans, rice, and wheat. For this reason, it’s important to plan ahead to … Read more
Knowing how to store beans long-term is essential because proper storage methods can increase shelf life by decades. Dry beans are one of the top emergency foods for storage because they are shelf-stable, non-perishable, and packed with protein and nutrition. The best way to store dry beans long-term is storage in a cool, dry location … Read more
In the United States, Wheat stored for long-term storage is called wheat berries (wheat kernels with the husk removed.) Removing the husk also removes fats, lipids, and oils that reduce shelf-life. I’ve used hard white Wheat to make homemade bread and pasta, but it has many more uses than that. Removing the husk doesn’t detract … Read more
Learn how to store dried beans long-term to build an emergency food supply using buckets, Mylar bags, and oxygen absorbers. After a lot of research, I found the easiest and most effective do-it-yourself method for quickly storing hundreds of pounds of dry beans for maximum shelf life. Store beans by repackaging them from store packaging … Read more