I read an article about food storage today on MormonTimes, and I want to paste a piece of the article here, to keep this information at my fingertips:
What are the basic foods and suggested amounts?
The LDS Church gives the following recommendations:
Store grains: 25 pounds/person/month. Grains include oatmeal, long-grain rice, pasta, cornmeal, barley and white flour. White flour has a shorter shelf life. Many people choose to store wheat, which stores a very long time. With a grinder, you can take your time to use your stored wheat when you feel like it.
Store beans: 5 pounds/person/month. This can include other legumes like lentils and split peas.
Four big reasons for storing these basic foods
1. They are the least expensive foods to store.
2. They are the most space-efficient foods to store. Think of all the space taken up in packaging of the usual foods we eat.
3. They have a significantly longer shelf life than the usual foods we eat. Dry beans and most grains will store 30 years when packaged for long-term storage and stored in a cool, dark place. Storing some canned beans and meats, too, can save time and fuel; they store for around five years in a cool, dark place.
WATER
Oh, I also read that you should add 8 drops of bleach to a 2 liter soda bottle and fill it with water. This is the cheapest way to gather a water storage supply. Just don't throw away your soda bottles and after you rinse them out, fill them with water and a tiny bit of bleach to keep the water from growing things that you don't want to drink.
BULK
At the local LDS cannery, bulk foods (grains, sugar, beans) are incredibly cheap. You can buy huge sacks of grains (25 lb) for about $5. You can buy huge cans of grains for a little bit more, too, which I recommend over the sacks because we got weevils in our sacked grains last year.
What are the basic foods and suggested amounts?
The LDS Church gives the following recommendations:
Store grains: 25 pounds/person/month. Grains include oatmeal, long-grain rice, pasta, cornmeal, barley and white flour. White flour has a shorter shelf life. Many people choose to store wheat, which stores a very long time. With a grinder, you can take your time to use your stored wheat when you feel like it.
Store beans: 5 pounds/person/month. This can include other legumes like lentils and split peas.
Four big reasons for storing these basic foods
1. They are the least expensive foods to store.
2. They are the most space-efficient foods to store. Think of all the space taken up in packaging of the usual foods we eat.
3. They have a significantly longer shelf life than the usual foods we eat. Dry beans and most grains will store 30 years when packaged for long-term storage and stored in a cool, dark place. Storing some canned beans and meats, too, can save time and fuel; they store for around five years in a cool, dark place.
WATER
Oh, I also read that you should add 8 drops of bleach to a 2 liter soda bottle and fill it with water. This is the cheapest way to gather a water storage supply. Just don't throw away your soda bottles and after you rinse them out, fill them with water and a tiny bit of bleach to keep the water from growing things that you don't want to drink.
BULK
At the local LDS cannery, bulk foods (grains, sugar, beans) are incredibly cheap. You can buy huge sacks of grains (25 lb) for about $5. You can buy huge cans of grains for a little bit more, too, which I recommend over the sacks because we got weevils in our sacked grains last year.
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