The following guide for food storage is to help you get started and to provide some sort of a list of the things that you possibly might need to put away for your family. Keep in mind your families needs and what their bodies can tolerate. It is a good idea to have their bodies familiar to the following items. If they haven't eaten wheat and all of a sudden you start to use it on a daily basis then it might be hard on their bodies. So start to use your supply now on a daily basis.
The first things is to start with a 3 month supply and then on to a year supply.
Having a food storage and using out of it is the way that I have lived all of my life.
Keeping track or a tally of what you have used and then replacing it, is habits that is essential for a good food storage program. You can abtain a food storage easily by watching the adds in your local newpaper. Setting aside a certain amount of money just for food storage is a good idea. It would be fun to get your whole family involved as a team effort.
Food Supply for 1 adult
300-400 lb per adult
Wheat
Grains
Rice
Oats
Flour
Spaghetti
Macaroni
4 gal per adult
oil
shortening
butter
salad dressing
60 lbs per adult
Beans
Legumes
Peas
Lentils
16 lb per adult
Powder milk
60 lbs per adult
sugar
honey
molasses
8 lbs per adult
salt
14 gals. per adult
1 gal per adult a day
water
A good rule of thumb is to store what you eat, and eat what you store. The key to having a food storage is to rotate, rotate!!
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