Long-Term Food Storage Lists

Work in Progress

The following examples demonstrate how you might compile a shopping list or target inventory for your long-term food storage needs.

Best written guide to food storage: Making the Best of Basics. Highly recommended.

The bare-boned approach:

The “Mormon 4” – One Person / One Year
FOOD	MIN/MAX (lbs.)	SHELF LIFE	COMMENTS
Wheat	200-365	Indefinite	Hard Red, packed in nitrogen
Powdered Milk	60-100	1-5 yrs.	None
Sugar or honey	35-100	Indefinite	Keep sugar dry and pest free
Salt	1-12	Indefinite	More needed for canning or preserving
*This does NOT make for a very good or interesting diet, but it will keep you alive. It may be improved significantly with the addition of vitamins and mineral supplements as well as a source of fat and oil.
*The “Mormon 4 was created to provide one year of food at low cost with a very long shelf life.
Source: Millenium Ark