Long-Term Survival Food Storage: Whole Wheat Berries

A procedure for preparing whole wheat berries for long-term survival food storage is demonstrated by "Survival Doc" of TheNewSurvivalist.com. 300 pounds of whole wheat berries that were purchased for only 21 cents a pound are stored in 10 five gallon buckets using Mylar bags and oxygen absorber packs.

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[jcrefasi1]

@thenewsurvivalist I too would like to know how to store yeast and baking powder long term. Any suggestions would be appreciated

[thenewsurvivalist]

@jcrefasi1 For the yeast look into making sour dough bread. For the baking powder you store the two ingredients used to make baking powder: baking soda and cream of tartar, which will store longer when stored separately, but they still have a shelf life.

[arshia2008]

Why not buy Animal feed? It's not treated with chemicals

[thenewsurvivalist]

@arshia2008 Animal feed is a great idea and is better than seed. All of them, unless organic, is treated with chemicals, even the ones bagged for human consumption.

[tahjbo11]

I love your video. As far as wheat berries/ Seed wheat berries can be purchased at live stock feed stores and how long does it take for the pesticide to be gone/ 3years / five years? What about storing rice long term?

[thenewsurvivalist]

@tahjbo11 I don't know how long. I have others which are organically grown that I will use first so maybe I won't need this for a long time-hopefully never! If you can find wheat berries bagged for animal feed, rather than for seed, prefer the animal feed. Rice won't keep as long as wheat berries. I've heard white rice will keep much longer than brown, but of course is not as nutritious. I have personally kept brown rice for several years without any problems. White rice will keep 10 years+.

[smallblockfuelie]

@jcgambit7 God isn't a bad word, it's ok to type it out.

[jcgambit7]

G-D bless your doc. for months i been looking for ways to store food for the long run (years). but never had any real infomation. your videos has to be one of the most informative, straight to the point no fluff contact ive seen so far. Thank you for taking the time to make them, its taken weights off my shoulders. Thank you thank you thank you.

[LLGoldstein]

you can tell the difference when an unseen stone destroys your flour mill.

[danthebeeman]

What type of Wheat berries is best I hhave found several types, hard red, gold, soft ect. Thanks

[danthebeeman]

Instead of using an oxygen absober can you just use a vacuum sealer for dry foods like rice beans ect? Thanks

[Jaenus80]

I just picked up a 100 lb bag of corn and 60 lbs of wheat for LESS THAN $40 today. Yeehaw!

[johnzimmer30]

For storing yeast and anything cultured: good luck. Learn how to make starters for breads from potatoes and just plain old flour starters. The air we breathe contains years molds and the starters "capture" them and ferment. In some cases you will see that others require sugar or honey to start. This gives you a sweeter bread in the end. Good luck and great vid.

[jcrefasi1]

Thanks! I forgot all about sour dough starters. It really does save your powdered yeast stash.

Ive never baked much bread but I decided that its a skill I need to master.