Label and date everything in your pantry and adhere to the FIFO (first-in, first-out) rule. The last thing you want to discover during an emergency is that your rice has bugs in it and all the tomato soup expired two years ago. If you are not going to rotate foods in and out regularly (isn’t that what they do with Congressmen and lobbyists in Washington?), consider (gasp!) buying more processed foods, at least for some things. More heavily processed foods tend to keep longer.

Key Takeaways:

• The amount of food to stock is up to you and your available storage space.
• Label and date everything in your pantry and adhere to the FIFO (first-in, first-out) rule.
• Use food-grade plastic containers and bags for storage.

“However, as a non-survivalist survivalist, I feel like I have many intangibles as far as ability to learn and am on the upside. I’ve learned over the past year how to operate a tractor, how to administer medicine intravenously to livestock, and how to change a radiator out on a car.”

https://survivalblog.com/a-non-survivalist-survivalist-by-l-f/