Create a Food Storage Plan

CREATE A FOOD STORAGE PLAN

“See that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength.  And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent…” Mosiah 4:27.  Food storage is a commandment, but wisdom and order are also commandments. Make a food storage plan—see info below, multiply by number of persons in your family. Decide what you can spend/month and how long to take. Pray for confirmation. Systematically follow the plan. Make sacrifices. Succeed in food storage.

Sometimes we don’t start because we feel overwhelmed—this time you can succeed.

Minimal 1 year storage plan TOP PRIORITY:  Wheat, Beans, Salt, Water  because 1) stores 30+ yrs; 2) contains all needed nutrients; 3) most inexpensive. Once obtained, feel peace 30+ yrs! Famine insurance: $254.50/30+yrs = $8.48/yr

Wheat 300 lbs/person/year minimum, canned at cannery costs     $180/person      $15.00/mo.

Beans 60 lbs/person/year minimum, canned at cannery costs       $ 55/person       $ 4.58/mo

Salt 5 lbs/person/year                                                                $  2/person        $   .25/mo

Water (abt $1.25/gal to buy containers, or wash used ones free)     $17.50/person  $ 1.46/mo

            To acquire a yr supply for 1 person within 1 yr:                             $254.50/person  $21.21/mo

            Don’t go into debt, be systematic, prioritize, make sacrifices, save and buy. For cannery purchases see provident living specialist/RS sign up.

Protect investment: Store properly, sealed, dry & cool as possible. Need insect, rodent, & moisture protection. Cans protect best. (Compare prices: Wheat--cannery .60/lb; sacks .46/lb; online pre-packed cans .85/lb. Pinto Beans--cannery .90/lb; sacks .74/lb.; online pre-packed cans $1.30/lb. Cannery you can your own. Sacks from cannery you pack in containers or buckets, sometimes inferior seals. Online is already canned & shipped to you in cans/cases. Salt $1.70 4lbs at Cash & Carry, iodized best. Water containers: Walmart, Winco, or order barrels online (good to have a cheap siphon pump, order with barrels), hard plastic/glass wash and fill (don’t use milk type soft plastic containers—they leak in time). Wheat must be HARD white or red, other wheat has too much oil/moisture to store well. Wheat available in buckets at Walmart. Above food storage amounts provide only 1-2 cupcake size portions of food/day (alive but skinny and hungry—better than nothing.) Increase wheat to 400+ lbs and beans to 120+ lbs ASAP. Get any other storage items after the top priority wheat/beans/salt/water. Only 10% of our ward has a year supply. Let’s not all starve sharing. Let’s ALL be prepared through quiet, steady diligence. Start by increasing your supply by 3 mo.—set a goal and date. Start saving. 

(Also reference "Be Prepared" Post)

(Courtesy of Mom)