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minus-squarebacon_pdp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days ago30+ years is not too long? https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-the-harvest/research/storing-white-rice
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIf anyone could pull this off it’s probably Japan but rice is notorious for failing here. During previous rice harvest shortage many countries opened up their rice reserves just for nobody wanting it so theres a lot of work to do here still.
minus-squarepitaya@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 days agoIf stored in a sterile refrigerated vacuum, sure. But it might be more practical on a large scale to just buy new rice every few years
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agothe sterile vacuum isn’t hard, nor is the refrigerated.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoFor the scale required to store hundreds on tonnes of rice? Anything less wouldn’t be much if a national food reserve.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoyeah. you can refrigerate naturally just by digging down. vacuum seal the bags then pasteurize them.
30+ years is not too long?
https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-the-harvest/research/storing-white-rice
If anyone could pull this off it’s probably Japan but rice is notorious for failing here. During previous rice harvest shortage many countries opened up their rice reserves just for nobody wanting it so theres a lot of work to do here still.
If stored in a sterile refrigerated vacuum, sure. But it might be more practical on a large scale to just buy new rice every few years
the sterile vacuum isn’t hard, nor is the refrigerated.
For the scale required to store hundreds on tonnes of rice? Anything less wouldn’t be much if a national food reserve.
yeah. you can refrigerate naturally just by digging down. vacuum seal the bags then pasteurize them.