How to build up a year of food for 2 on $5 a week:

http://www.themormonchannel.net/tmc/1yrfor5.html

You can actually get more emergency preparation info at this link:

http://themormonchannel.net/tmc/prepare.html

All the other stuff is geared towards the religious parts.

Not sure what I could do with the wheat.

As a preface, I am not a Mormon.. But from a survival / provident living point of view, it is based on a shelter in place scenario (e.g. your home). For the wheat, you would need a hand grinder (since electricity probably won't be available in an emergency). Once ground, the uses are great. A goal of every Mormon for provident living is to have a year of food on hand when the "time" comes.

I like to reference their provident living techniques from a standpoint of "time" = bird flu type pandemic.

I guess the areas I'm lacking in would be where to get the grinder, and more importantly, where to get the wheat <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> and, I guess, how it is stored.

Walton Feed is your friend:

http://www.waltonfeed.com/

As it goes, there are many types of emergencies. I'd like to try to prepare for all of them. All of the below is still work in progress, but I try to identify what I would need based on scenarios.

Scenario #1: Building collapse based on earthquake / Terrorism - typical things if I'm still alive: whistle, water, cylunme light, flashlight, mask, first aid - All this would be in an EDC

Scenario #2 - If I am able to get away after a disaster, there would be 72 hour emergency kit in the trunk (BOB).

Scenario #3 - If I am at home, with family, load up the family BOB and go!

Scenario #4 - Is where the shelter in place, long term survival comes in play (e.g. wheat, etc)

Thanks. I've got some learnin' to do!

If you plan on long term storage you must refridgerate the wheat otherwise you will get grain beetles, moths and weevils. The eggs are already on the wheat so they will hatch under room temperature.

for small quantities, an old coffee grinder is just fine.....

When I got into survivalism (I'm still an amatuer) I tried making bread from scratch & it took me all day. I switched over to rice. No grinder needed. Very cheap. Stores well for a long time. Goes with just about any other food - most importantly with wild game & wild edibles. This past spring I made rice, cattail & wild onion stir fry that was excellent.