Year’s Supply: Too Much, Too Little?

Provident Principles and Practices

© David Edwards, 2009

PRINCIPLES: Current church counsel is to first obtain a reserve of several month’s worth of ordinary foods that we regularly eat, and then, once we have done that, to acquire additional food-storage items such as grains and legumes that can be stored for a long time, which can keep us and our children alive if nothing else is available to eat. The Church also mentions that we may wish to store sugar, nonfat dry milk, salt, baking soda, cooking oil, Vitamin C and other essential nutrients. (See Elder Keith B. McMullin, General Conference, April 2007; and providentliving.org.)
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PRACTICES:























Current Church guidelines supersede older guidelines for a year’s supply of food for one person of 400 lbs. grain, 60 lbs. legumes, 60 lbs. sugar or honey, 16 lbs. powdered milk, 10 quarts oil, and 8 lbs. salt, as illustrated in the photo at the top. Divided into daily portions, such a supply is only sufficient for one loaf of bread and a third of a cup of beans, as shown in the lower photo. Would you want just this, or more? Are you ready for the events of these, the latter days?

Photos used by permission from “Bakersdozen”; taken from http://www.ldsavow.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113857&page=2 (accessible only by subscription).