Growing My Stockpile Through Bulk Purchasing

I have always been one to stockpile anything that is a good deal. In our small 2 bedroom apartment I had groceries tucked under our beds! But I've always done my stockpiling in smaller amounts by purchasing multiple items. In the past month I've started stockpiling through bulk purchases. This month I placed a huge Azure Standard order which included 50 lbs of organic flour and 50 lbs of Sucanat. We purchased a 1/6 share of a grass-fed cow and will be receiving that in about two weeks. I'm hoping that by purchasing large quantities of food, I will be able to afford more organic food with my budget.

Now that I have all of this huge quantities of food, I had no idea how to store it. My sister and a few friends rant and rave about their FoodSaver so I bought one at a yard sale two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it didn't work (even though the seller told me it did!) and I passed up 3 others at yard sales that weekend. So I went ahead and purchased a new machine. I know have 40 lbs of Sucanat (my sister bought 10lbs from me) and 50 lbs of flour vacuum sealed and stored away.





Our beef arrives in two weeks and will take up approximately 4.4 square cubic feet to freeze. We have a lot of eating to do in the next two weeks to make enough space in our chest freezer!