It’s super easy to practice long term food storage. First, whenever you go to your local grocery store, buy a few extra cans of whatever you normally buy. If you get 5 cans of Corn, then get 10. Use the 5 and put back 5. If you start doing this, you’ll find that your stockpile will grow quickly. You’ll soon be avoiding buying junk food so you can buy extra food for your stockpile.

Another good way to stockpile food for long term is to buy in bulk from warehouse stores like Sam’s and Costco. Since there isn’t a Costco in our area, we buy in bulk from Sam’s. We buy cases of can goods for our stockpile each time we visit.

Although can goods are great, they do take up a lot of space. That’s why I also buy bulk grains in sealed 5 gallon cans. Well, actually I buy bulk grains such as rice and beans and then seal them myself in 5 gallon buckets.

If this seems a little extreme for you, or you don’t think this is something you’d like to do, then Costco has a full line of long term food already packaged in sealed containers. You can even buy a whole years supply at once if you so choose!