How to Buy and Store Bulk Food for the Coming Food Crisis

Awesome! Thank you.

Glad to be of help!

remember, the powers that be will be aware of this and have tainted canned foods, probably loose foods too, with mind control chemicals.

To store rice & beans to last over 20 years, mylar bag them w/ oxygen absorbers.

Search words on Ebay: Mylar storage & oxygen absorbers. There are several good sellers.

Hmmmm Chocolate....lasts indefinitely...I like that!

Thanks OP great thread!

As an addendum - re storing flour, freeze the flour first for 48 hour at least in order to kill off all those weevil peskies that have been incubating in there...(pack in plastic bag and tinfoil)
Then take out of freezer and store as recommended here - airtight container.
I also have methods of preparing and storing wheat etc - and many other preparedness subject areas see here

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Thanks for the link and info

You guys can buy food for storage here at below wholesale costs. http//:www.5298.freefood2go.com I know this is promoting a particular site, but they do have the lowest prices on the internet. I have been ordering a little each month and the food is actually better than you would expect.

What coming food crisis?

Since we live in strange times, I thought it would be good if would show you this amazing collection of books for preparedness that I have just discovered.

Collection of 297 eBooks how to prepare and survive in the case of a disaster.

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i hope book one is "how to create your own power source for running your ebook reader.

I have read the best way to store flour is to store the wheat berries and just grind them as you need them.

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When I was in Russia I ate honey that was over 30 years old with no problems but honey is rather expensive.
Also buy canned foods that do not need to be cooked to save fuel and also not to send out signals that you have food to the many starving zombies outside...

Good points, thanks

If you are just now figuring out that having a decent amount put by in case of ______ happening, you are way behind the curve.

There are 1000s of websites devoted to the subject, and hundreds of vendors online who can provide you with LTS (long term storage) foods.

Many "survival" websites also have a resources page, with various recommendations about what to store, and how much and in what way.

Here is a good way to start:

[link to providentliving.org]

those estimates are off.
Most of those foods last way longer.

Yep....I recently ate a 20yr old can of spam....it was still fine.....the flavor was muted and the texture softened but fully edible.....

For those in NC, SC, and VA, I have some pretty good prices on bulk dry goods. Check out www.TheGrainMillWF.com when you get the opportunity. I can get over 4000 different products in with $0.06 / lb freight to my retail store in Wake Forest. That's only a $3.00 freight fee for a 50 lb bag of beans or rice when you pick up here.

Well done, well done. Basic info everybody should know.

I keep honeybee hives. not difficult or labor intensive at all & placed under vulnerable windows, they make great little security guards.

I shop locally @ Honeyville in Ontario, CA. I hardly shop @ grocery stores anymore! You can buy their products online...Their shipping is always $4.94 per order, whether its 1 can or 1 semi-truck full..Google them & check it out.

They are the #1 food storage supply in CA. You can buy food that's already canned, or buy the 50# bags. They also sell a ton of recipe books!

P.S. (I don't know anyone who works there. I don't work there, & I'm not Mormon)

Nice resource of info. Thanks for the share

Honeybee hives, that is most impressive Jane Smith I looked into honey bees as this is something I would try if I was forced out into the wilderness.
Honey bees, swords, karate Jane Smith you are an excellent catch...

Good info! Thanks! I shop @ Honeyville too!

When storing food and other survival suppies. don't forget the guns and ammo. When TSHTF you may need to defend your food from roving gangs, or even hungry neighbors. You should also start thinking about how far you are willing to go to insure the survival of you and your family. If you are not willing to protect your food, you may want to rethink your survival plan. Maybe start looking for the nearest FEMA camp.

I have a Kindle 2 completely full of survival texts and ebooks. It takes so little power and uses so little space, that 1 little solar cell will keep it going forever.

Mylar bag FTW! It doesn't matter if you are down with the Mormons or not, but they tend to be very good at this sort of thing, you might be buying from them.

While I am in favor of being wise for any manufactured food crisis, and any that happen are or will be manufactured, this article places far too much emphasis on the availability of un-interrupted supply of electricity for the storage purpose.

This is a dangerous path to follow as my personal belief is that if or when food crisis starts it could be part of a chain reaction which would also lead to the loss of electrical power.

cool dry and dark suggests a basement or storm cellar. This, though a proper suggestion, does not cover it all for enough people.

Unfortunately this article also failed to mention that anything which has undergone any type of processing is also designed to have a very short storage time frame. All that means is that you are not able to "store" food you purchase in the average grocery store.

There is no clean/cut and dry method of preparing.

Here is my best suggestion for any who are thinking of storing food.

Store it cooked or store things which do not require cooking. Reason why is simply that if you cook it you advertise you have it. If you stir up a food smell in a food shortage it is like placing a neon sign on your house that says you are the target for their hunger. The smell of cooking food can travel much further than one may think and if you attract people to the smell of cooking food you can almost imagine that they will hunt you down and kill you for your food if necessary, that is if they don't simply rob you and leave you with nothing.

I am assuming that as you store these foods that you actually will be eating and replacing them..which is the best way to keep your food fresh.