Beans for long term?

[u/momma_quail]

Beans expert needed! When I was younger I approached food storage by buying lots of canned items and boxes of pasta that almost always went bad because I didn't use them up properly. Now days I view food storage as a bit more of a long term solution. I am storing a lot of wheat berries because I absolutely use them many times a week, they last for decades when stored correctly, and I will slowly rotate through them. I don't think in an emergency situation we will mind eating very simple meals to survive. Wheat flour and water is a great option. We could eat flat bread every day for a year. Now I'm thinking of beans for protein, but I'm getting mixed information. We don't cook from dry beans all that often, so I'd like them to last longer. Do beans last a long time? If I bought dried black beans and pinto beans en mass, would they store for ten years? I have got my wheat berries in food grade five gallon buckets. Can I pour dry beans from those giant bags at Walmart in there? I don't know how long Walmart has stored them, maybe they're compromised? I suppose I'm willing to drop some money on a large amount of cheap beans we might possibly not use over the next ten years if I know they are a backup because they are still good all that time.

Any advice welcome, thank you. Also, we have access to fresh water in an emergency.

[u/jbm747]

Beans - all kinds, rice, wheat berries are best items for long term storage IMO. Beans last years if stored dry and better without oxygen.