why not sock the grain itself?
get some 5gal buckets (food grade #5 and states "meets FDA approved regulation" OR was previously used for food! Home depot no good, Home hardware are fine) line them with a large mylar bag. add a couple oxygen absorbers, some diatomaceous earth, squeeze as much air out as you can (where a mask and goggles with DE) and seal the bag with an iron (i use a 2x4 edge for a flat edge ) put a lid on it. mark it and it's set for 30 years. IF the grain is dry.

O2 absorbers remove the 02 (well duh) the DE will kill bugs and helps take the moisture down a little.

i know people that have used this method and their wheat has been good for 20 years!
of course rotation is important, but still.

ok, don't forget you need a grain mill. hand crank unless you have a good alt power system.
i have the country living mill. used it a little, there is a reason it's so expensive, it's worth it.
i've used a cheaper mill. it works, it'll last forever, but it takes more to get a lot less.
country living mill can be hooked to a motor, or set up to a bike etc.

why not stock the grain itself?

That's not a long term solution although with 50lb bag of wheat at $50 (at least it was when I last bought)you can hardly go wrong. What if you want a lot to use as animal feed? Or barter? Or your stash is spoiled by fungus, insects or rodents?

Amaranth is considered a weed and produces a lot of seed that can be used as a grain, some varieties are better than others for seed, others for eating the leaves. It can be grown on marginal land with little or no care. Hemp seed too might work. I find it tasty and satisfying. I think right now you need some kind of special permission but when times get tough....it also is a weed =little or no care and grown outside your garden.
Acorns need more processing but can be used too. Didn't the indians do something with cat tails?

Old School, have you looked into a Paleo(before agriculture) diet ? Worth a look if you have any issues with eating grains, gluten intolerance or celiacs(sp?), even IBS.

+1 for the country living mill. I'm working on hooking mine up to bike power.

I have FD eggs but I'm pretty sure chickens will be a popular "pet" in the coming years. Rabbits too.

Entropy thank you for the very detailed answer. I will have to look into that kind of storage as I have no idea what most of that stuff is. 😳

Perfesser thank you for reminding me about amaranth. I haven't tried to bake with it yet. Acorns do needs a lot of processing, much more then I am willing to give the time too. Quinoa is one of the ancient grains used in South American cultures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa I do have recipes for using cattail as well as "ditch" lilies tubers.

I had to google the mill. Wow now I have to get me one. 😀

why not stock the grain itself?

That's not a long term solution although with 50lb bag of wheat at $50 (at least it was when I last bought)you can hardly go wrong. What if you want a lot to use as animal feed? Or barter? Or your stash is spoiled by fungus, insects or rodents?

50lbs of wheat is not a long term solution i agree 100% but 3750lbs of long term food storage is . . . not all wheat, but rice, oats, beans, pasta etc.

i don't have the land to do small scale (or any scale) grain growing, but there is land around me, just not for sale yet 😡

the first time i bought wheat, i got clean, dry wheat from the feed store for $16 for 80lbs, the guy said if i came a year ago it was $4 (dating myself lol) i buy my wheat from the LDS bishops storehouse in Toronto, i think i paid $9.50 for 25lbs.
http://www.providentliving.org/pfw/multimedia/files/pfw/pdf/123151_HCS_OrderForm_DEC2011Canada_pdf.pdf (holy smokes prices have gone up)

you can grind, sprout or grow this wheat. . .(i have not grown it, but my LDS friends have sprouted it)

but we are talking about Gluten free diet's here....

so get a copy of
http://www.green-trust.org/freebooks/Preparedness.pdf
it talks about all the different grains that are useful for homestorage.

hope that helps, it's a great read.

Make sure you're using food grade diatomaceous earth. Small quantities are crazy expensive, dirt cheap in bulk. IIRC a feed store between Hamilton and St. Kitts has bulk amounts.
It's great to keep around for all manner of non-toxic bug control.

it can be fed to animals in small doses mixed with food to kill parasites/worms. . .
it's great stuff.

thank you Entropy

Make sure you're using food grade diatomaceous earth. Small quantities are crazy expensive, dirt cheap in bulk. IIRC a feed store between Hamilton and St. Kitts has bulk amounts.
It's great to keep around for all manner of non-toxic bug control.

do you have a name of the feed store? i had to order mine from the US, i couldn't find ANY local people who sold it. (maybe i didn't check the feed store here) but i looked everywhere else though.

Homestead organics has it..

www.homesteadorganics.ca

They sell it it in either 2.2pd bags or in 50pds bags

They have a list of dealers, so there might be one local to you, otherwise, the shipping could be costly.. I've gone to their place before and been pleased with the quality and the product (but not the price)

Homestead organics has it..

http://www.homesteadorganics.ca

They sell it it in either 2.2pd bags or in 50pds bags

They have a list of dealers, so there might be one local to you, otherwise, the shipping could be costly.. I've gone to their place before and been pleased with the quality and the product (but not the price)

i'm two hours away from the closest one, but i'm going to be driving with in a block of one of the dealers tomorrow lol.

Old School

Can I recommend looking for a second hand copy of either the 1st or the 2nd edition of the Food Substitutions Bible by David Joachim, I have the 2nd edition and when I got this book on sale, hubby was still unhappy at the cost of it but since then, when he says, I need this and we have this, I point to the book, and he looks it up and use's it.. its has over 6500 substitions for ingredients, equipment and techniques

As you were saying eggs, there are nine different ways to replace them in different ways to suit the reicpe, I have found it quite useful and I think it would be even more so, if you were needing to make do.

If you are thinking of stopping at the dealers, give them a call first if possable, I have found locally, that some carey stock, and others are pretty much a order it, pick up site once a week or in one case one a month, but it still saves alot of the shipping.

To funny that you will be driving right by, maybe fate will have them have a 50pd bag just waiting there for sale with your name on it 🙂

A trick I'll often use is to open Google maps and get it down to a scale I'm willing to drive to and search there.
Just did that now, took 30 sec.
Agrogreen Canada‎
1938 Regional Road 20
Fonthill, ON L0S 1E6
(866) 650-1136
agrogreencanada.com‎

They also have sponsored links I try to avoid if possible but here's one- http://diatomaceousearth.net/?gclid=CK6lmd2lvK4CFcNrKgodIjehnA

A few years back I ordered 4- 2 gal buckets from somewhere way out east somewhere.... memory failing..... gone.

Old School

Can I recommend looking for a second hand copy of either the 1st or the 2nd edition of the Food Substitutions Bible by David Joachim, I have the 2nd edition and when I got this book on sale, hubby was still unhappy at the cost of it but since then, when he says, I need this and we have this, I point to the book, and he looks it up and use's it.. its has over 6500 substitions for ingredients, equipment and techniques

As you were saying eggs, there are nine different ways to replace them in different ways to suit the reicpe, I have found it quite useful and I think it would be even more so, if you were needing to make do.

what do you mean substitutions for recipes? i thought those were LAW or something 🙂
damn, 2010 edition on amazon.ca for $18 http://www.amazon.ca/Food-Substitutions-Bible-Ingredients-Techniques/dp/0778802450/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330285425&sr=8-1