too late to stockpile buy grain wheat russia missiles odessa ukraine food shortages hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper maybe you woke up this morning and you also saw this image
which is Russians missiles striking Ukraine's Black Sea ports of Odessa do you realize just
hours ago Moscow and Kiev signed deals to allow grain exports to resume an agreement had been
brokered through Turkey and the United Nations to allow grain to be exported to help feed the hungry
in the world yet missiles then are fired upon the port of Odessa Ukraine where the grain should be
allowed to be shipped and exported it took less than 24 hours for Russia to launch missiles
on Odessa's port which is breaking its promises and undermining its commitments before the U.N
so now Ukraine is saying if they can't fulfill the shipment of grain to feed other countries
Russia will bear full responsibility for a global food crisis now we have been warned
for many many months that there are food shortages wheat crops aren't being planted there are
droughts in some areas foods in the grocery shelf right now are from last year's harvest this year's
harvest food isn't underway the food produced this year is replacing the foods that we've been
eating stockpiling just like we should want in our prepper pantry that is the reality in the world
are you going to stand around like the dull stare of a dairy cow or are you finally going to say
this is the last chance to stock up on foods that i need for my family what are the grains that we
should be stockpiling now here are some examples of what you can do to prepare for an imminent
shortage of food wheat grain on a global scale there are many ways to purchase grains wheat food
many ways to store them there isn't one right grain or one right way to store food choose foods
that you want and store them the best that you can the more air tight you can store grain food in a
cool dark dry place the longer foods are going to last do the best you can if you don't have
all the supplies maybe you can store it better later but right now stock up on the food so that
you'll have it a top grain that i like to store is oatmeal i like to eat it for breakfast you don't
even have to cook it you can soak oatmeal make overnight oats grind oatmeal make oat flour you
can add oatmeal into meatloaf to extend it further there are so many ways that you can use oatmeal
i like to buy oatmeal from Mormon LDS church food comes in number 10 can sealed to last for 30 years
and it's very top quality food i also buy food at the store repackage dry food into jars because
food needs to be stored in an airtight container you can't continue to store oatmeal in the
paper carton because it's not only going to get stale but bugs can get in it rodents can
chew on the package things can spill and get into it so you want to store food in
airtight container next grain that i store the most is probably rice rice is one of the most
versatile grain foods you can find rice is easy to prepare rice is eaten all over the world combine
rice with beans you have a complete protein i have also purchased rice from the LDS Mormon church it
comes in the number 10 cans food already sealed to last for at least 30 years LDS Mormon foods are
very inexpensive they're top quality but it's not the only way you can buy food it's very convenient
if you do want to buy foods from the LDS Mormon church i'll put a link to the website down below
know that when you're buying food from LDS you're buying a box six cans food price is for six of
these cans food not just one like you see when you go to other sites Augason Farms grocery stores
those are per can canned dry food LDS are for six cans i also buy rice in bags i store rice in jars
i store rice in buckets i add oxygen absorbers and sometimes i use the foodsaver vacuum seal jar lid
attachment if you have food saver you can seal your jars another grain food i like to buy in
number 10 cans is flour flour comes already sealed long lasting shelf life LDS i do buy bags of flour
also but then you have to seal flour sometimes it's harder to seal food to last as long as
this flour is already professionally prepared to last longer LDS Mormon flour is very good
at the beginning of the pandemic when we couldn't get regular flour we opened a can LDS flour it
smelled a little like a tin can but we left it to air out for just a short period of time and then
it was just as nice as fresh flour if you can find flour that's already stored to last that's the
easiest way ever to make sure that you're going to have it long lasting i made a video about how much
flour to store if you were going to be baking bread i'll put a link to that video if you want
to know how much flour you need to store to bake your own bread if you can't get any at the store
you can watch that video and it can help teach you a little bit of that information my next favorite
grain is pastas you can get them in all different shapes i buy them and sometimes i seal them in a
jar i use the food saver vacuum sealer or you can just tighten the lid you don't have to do anything
else because you've sealed out the air and i've had pasta that i have stored that's lasted for
decades and it's always been fine another thing that i did recently was i bought this banker's box
at walmart and you can see it has a latch it's not completely air tight but the lid comes over
about an inch and it helps keep the air out and then i've been able to store lots of pasta in here
on top i have egg noodles because those are not going to last long term so i put them on top so
that i remember to use them sooner rather than later they have eggs in them and so the eggs will
spoil so you need to use your egg noodles within maybe a year or two they're not going to store as
long as pasta i also purchased some bay leaves i need to open these up and put them around in the
flour the pastas the grains because it will help repel bugs then i use the vacuum sealer to seal
up the pasta i put it into the foodsaver bags these are very sturdy bags they're airtight and
i can put them into this container so they're not going to get punctured or chewed on by anything
the plastic container is going to help these last longer just as if you put them into a 5 gallon
bucket except the long pastas don't fit in a five gallon bucket but they fit perfectly in here
get a variety of shapes but pay attention to how much more space the shapes take
up than say just a spaghetti noodle i have two pounds of pasta spaghetti noodles in here
and this is one pound of penne you can see because of the shape of it it takes up far more space if
space is an issue for your food storage then try to get food that take up the least amount of space
i can load these in push down the lid and seal it and it's going to help my food last longer i
decided i like this so much i went back and bought a few more of these and then i used them to store
some other foods like nor pasta and rice sides and some idaho and mashed potatoes this has just been
a really handy stackable space-saving airtight container to store some of my extra food it's just
getting harder and harder to figure out where to put everything and it's harder to get
some of the supplies to store the foods another grain to think about is barley barley is great you
can add it into soups and stews you can cook it up and serve it like a hot breakfast there's lots
of things that you can do with barley so if it's a grain that you like get some and store it in
an airtight container popcorn popcorn is great you can grind it up if you want and make it into flour
you can make popcorn how easy is that it's a delicious easy way to have extra grain on hand
and the popcorn is going to last nearly forever you want to make sure that you store it correctly
there's a little tiny drop of moisture inside each kernel and then when it heats up boom that's what
makes it pop store your popcorn air tight so that that little kernel doesn't dry up but if it does
you can still grind it up and use it to make cornmeal quinoa is another great grain to have
on hand i just shoved the bag inside the jar it gives it an extra layer of protection and then
there's a lot of interesting information on this bag so i wanted to be able to read that and refer
to it when i wanted to cook some of my quinoa if gluten sensitivities are a concern for your diet
then you can look at the Bob's Red Mill i picked up the one-to-one flour it's a gluten-free flour
replacement and Bob's Red Mill one-to-one gluten free flour you can use substitute it exactly as is
into your recipes for banana bread or whatever you want to make and you don't have to try to convert
it like many of the other types of gluten-free flours Bob's Red Mill one-to-one gluten free
flourt measure it the same another item i like from Bob's Red Mill is the egg replacer it's not
eggs it's made out of potatoes tapioca and flour but you use it just like you would an egg you
stir Bob's Red Mill egg replacer into your recipe to replace the actual farm eggs this is a great
product for baking Bob's Red Mill egg replacer has the equivalent of 34 eggs in it the cost of eggs
is just rising ridiculously and so that's another reason you might want to have this on hand to go
with your other baking supplies and if you're planning on baking with some of these make sure
you stock up on baking powder baking soda salt and yeast then you can also look at some of the
products that you would use that would be packages of foods that include grains that you enjoy
eating if you like grits get a box of them but don't store them in the box then put them into an
airtight container i store the grits in a jar and then be sure you label whatever you put into a jar
and that you tape the directions on it if you want to be able to refer to it quickly when you pull it
out of your pantry and you want to prepare it another cereal you might consider looking for
if you like it is cream of wheat if you like making pancakes it's great to have the just add
water pancake mix i usually buy the big bags from Krusteaz and i put those in an airtight container
and then i've also found some pancake mix at Dollar Tree pancake mix are just the right size
that you can use them to bake a loaf of bread with pancake mix a beer and some butter
you can make a nice full loaf of bread i'll put a link to that video in case you're wondering on
how to make pancake mix into bread rice is great but you may not always have the time or maybe your
power goes out you can just boil a little bit of water and put it over minute rice and your food
is ready faster and you don't need as much power to get it cooking plus if you're going camping
it's nice to have some rice along and you want to maybe make a campfire meal and you can add
some of this into your foil packets think about foods like stove top stuffing hamburger helper
that you would add other ingredients but they're full of grains to help make a bigger better meal
i also have some instant oatmeal packets i put those into an airtight container these
are great you can just pull one out add a little boiling water and it's ready to go you want to
put something in your bug out bag look for some of the just open and eat things that include
grains it's very important that we keep prepping we keep gathering food for our long-term prepper
pantry food stockpile that you buy foods that you know how to use that you're willing to eat then
you need to prepare them rotate them and replace them if you don't have an ample supply of foods
right now when you go to the store if you buy one then instead buy two you have one that you might
want to use and one to put in your pantry then when you finish one then you buy another one or
if you want to build your stockpile you would buy two so then you're buying foods today when they're
probably going to cost less than in the future so prepping is really sensible we know that there
are shortages we also know that there are winter storms there are summer hurricanes and tornadoes
there are times when we might get sick or we just don't want to go to the store if you have a nice
amount of food in your pantry you don't need to go to the store if you don't want to or it isn't
safe because of some crazy event that's going on you have the choice to stay home enjoy your time
with your family put a meal on the table and you don't have the stress and the pressure of
what am i going to make for dinner you're going to have options prepping means preparing your
family to have life run as smoothly as possible we want every day to be the best it can be for
ourselves and our family and having plenty of food on hand is one way to make sure that that happens
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