Calculating Food Storage Space Needed + Bulk Food Storage Tour ~ Azure Standard Haul

Come take a tour of my basement root cellar, where I will show you how I store all of the bulk food that I buy from Azure Standard, as well as how I plan to store produce and preserved foods in the coming season. I will also give you numbers and visuals to help you calculate how much storage space you need to store food bought in bulk.

As a homesteading family of 9, Azure is a big part of our plan to ditch the grocery store and instead source the grocery items we can't grow ourselves from other sources. This allows us more control over where our food comes from, and allows us to buy in bulk on a budget.

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[kamilastraker]

Excellent video. Thanks for all the detailed info. You must love math!

[MidwestGirl]

The visual showing how many containers it takes to store large bags of bulk items was extremely helpful.

[karavolkman]

Your charts for how many lbs of food would fit in how many gallons was so helpful, thank you!

[Esther_]

this is super helpful! thank you for the pics of how much a 50# bag takes up! we are transitioning to a "fully stocked pantry" vs. shopping is small weekly quantities.

[kathyjensen]

Just made my first Azure order. This is information I needed! Thank you!

[AllAboutTheHarvest]

Fellow Wisconsinite here! How far up north are you? Also, I loved the graphics showing how many gallons 1 bag of dried food takes up! Thank you!

[guytech]

Food for long term storage should be stored in a mylar, glass or metal container. Those food grade plastic containers are air & moisture permeable. If you must store in plastic, don't place items that outgas like onions & garlic near the plastic containers because over time the oders will taint items stored in plastic containers. You can buy mylar 5 gal pail liners.

[jessicahawki]

I'm in Wisconsin too! Hello neighbor!

[Homeschooling]

Great information 🙌🏼 When I started buying in bulk I had no idea 🤷‍♀️ what would fit in what 🤦🏻‍♀️ it’s trial and error for sure 🥴
This will be very helpful to many 💖

[n.a.garciafamily]

I also just purchased corn for the first time for storage. I have seen some videos on it exploding... It's a peculiar one to store. Oh and thank you for your information!!

[conichaney]

you can also buy gallon and half gallon jars come with lids and cheeper than asure from u-line products

[gladysover]

I would put some critter screens on your air vents

[Hannahsunshine-]

This is SO helpful! I appreciate your info! 🌼💖

[dalepres]

By the way, Sam's Club has similar shelves with 500 lb rating per shelf and includes the shelf liner for $129 as I write this.

[suburbanfarms]

Nice, I'm glad I only got the 25 lb bag of oats, I had no idea how much space it'd take up

[hollymarshall]

thank you for this wonderful information - super helpful!

[sherryschneider]

Great video and information. Love your root cellar.

[TS-nwim]

Great video
The charts are very helpful.
I am planning my food storage area and this is very useful information.
Thank you

[CarolsCreativeCooking]

How long do your potatoes last? How long does the squash last on the shelf I saw? When I was growing up my grandmother had a root cellar in the family homestead house. They had wooden shelving for things she canned and "put up" and they had barrels with sand for carrots, and root vegetables. They had sacks of onions stored in the root cellar too. It was a very interesting place to me as a child.

[lindaburris]

For nuts - you can store for years if you put in jars and suck out the air.