Faith Farm

Basic food storage amounts

I have looked for some time for a guideline of how much food to store for each person in a family.  What I did was take my monthly shopping list and compile a yearly total-It worked out pretty good-it is surprising the amounts of some things we purchase.  I found a guideline on the internet yesterday that I thought I would share with you.  These are per adult averages.

Grains = 400 lbs

Milk and dairy = 75 lbs

Juices and dry beverage mix = 25lbs

Fats and oils = 20 lbs

Canned or dried Meats = 20 lbs

Fruits and Veg. = 90 lbs Dried or 370 Qts canned

Beans = 90 lbs

Sugars = 60 lbs

This does not include misc items such as spices, condiments, or Auxillary foods i.e. Baking powder, mixes, yeast, and salt.

I hope this helped.  Blessings>faithfarm

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{ 08:07, Thursday, February 7, 2008 } { Posted by keeperofmyhome }

Good post! Most people don't think about the quantity it takes to be prepared for a given time. I don't know if you've seen the book "Making the Best of Basics" by James Talmage Stevens but its a family preparedness handbook and he also gives some good guide lines for quantity of foods per person and also per age of person for nutritional needs. Happy Proverbs 31ing.
God's blessings
Lea