Wheat Storage

I think wheat is a really inexpensive and important start to your food storage. If you buy the big bags from the LDS Cannery and store them properly in buckets it should last for a long time (at least 30 years). Another reason wheat is great food storage is that it can be sprouted for more nutrition, so its like a grain and vegetable!

It is recommended that you store 300 lbs of wheat per person for a year supply. In addition is recommended that you store 60 lbs of dry beans and other legumes per person for a year supply, but this post is about wheat.

To get more information about how to store it go to the link for the http://www.providentliving.org/. (Remember that is .org and not .com for the right webpage.) Click here to find out more about the longer term supply. Specifically, product and packaging recommendation and storage conditions.

My favorite way to store wheat is in the #10 cans from the LDS Cannery. I like them because they are easy use and store. One problem is that they are more expensive than buying a big bag and storing it yourself in a large plastic bucket. I think the large plastic bucket also takes up less room. If you choose to store wheat in a large plastic bucket, follow the instructions listed here, because dry ice should be used instead of the oxygen packets (which is a fairly new discovery).