> Every culture has one, I'm sure. I'll be that guy today. Every industrialized country should have decades worth of dried food stockpiled for every person. Th

> Every culture has one, I'm sure. I'll be that guy today. Every industrialized country should have decades worth of dried food stockpiled for every person. The Mormons come closest-- they stockpile for a year. They're a good resource when you need a shopping list for the next pandemic: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2006/03/random-sampler/food-storage-for-one-year?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2006/03/ran... Decades is too long. Nothing lasts forever, even if it's the container itself degrading. You get rat infestation, rot, botulism, etc.