Long Term Emergency Food Storage

[Skean Dhude]

Brian,

You are right about that. Your solution is one solution and is perfectly OK.

My view though is that I don't like those rations. They are expensive and not that good but they are ideal for scouting and surveillance use. So it is worth having some on hand.

If you are looking at living on food that needs to last that long you will need a warehouse just to store it. It will be 1K plus meals just for one person for 1 year. Multiply it out for a family and 20 years and you have 100K meals. A very expensive method and don't forget that is just the food. I know you are looking at only a months supply but in the scheme of things it would be pointless for simple living.

For normal use cans and properly stored rice, etc. will stay good for 5 years easily. If you have not managed to convert to growing your own long before then you are in big trouble.