Keep the rice and beans in separate mylar bags; they could share the same bucket, but bag them separately. Make sure to write with a magic marker what is in each bag and the date that it was sealed, so that you can always reference that later. Write all of that on the flap portion of the bag, the flattened out part that you sealed.

I wouldn't worry about the expiration date, because once you put them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and seal them they will last for decades. make sure that you get as much air out as possible when you seal them, don't seal them like balloons with tons of air or else the oxygen absorbers will be wasted. The idea is that you put them in a mylar bag which does not allow oxygen in or out, and then you put oxygen absorbers in there, and the absorbers use of all the remaining oxygen in the bag, so nothing can grow, no bugs can survive, etc. you're basically creating an environment that is hostile to life.

On top of using sealed mylar bags, if you put all the bags into a gamma seal bucket (I put a link somewhere in the comments here to that bucket), that will further prevent oxygen and bugs and rats and everything else from getting anywhere near the bags. Not to mention it makes them much easier to manage, stack, etc.

If you put a few oxygen absorbers in each bag, you should be good, but if you wanted to be extra about it, you could also put each bag of rice and each bag of beans in the freezer for a few days to make sure that you kill any potential insect eggs, etc. if you do this, do it before you seal the bag and without oxygen absorbers in it. Then take the bags out and let them warm up to room temperature while standing upright, then put the oxygen absorbers and seal them.

Keep the rice and beans in separate mylar bags; they could share the same bucket, but bag them separately. Make sure to write with a magic marker what is in each bag and the date that it was sealed, so that you can always reference that later. Write all of that on the flap portion of the bag, the flattened out part that you sealed.

I wouldn't worry about the expiration date, because once you put them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and seal them they will last for decades. make sure that you get as much air out as possible when you seal them, don't seal them like balloons with tons of air or else the oxygen absorbers will be wasted. The idea is that you put them in a mylar bag which does not allow oxygen in or out, and then you put oxygen absorbers in there, and the absorbers use of all the remaining oxygen in the bag, so nothing can grow, no bugs can survive, etc. you're basically creating an environment that is hostile to life.

On top of using sealed mylar bags, if you put all the bags into a gamma seal bucket (I put a link somewhere in the comments here to that bucket), that will further prevent oxygen and bugs and rats and everything else from getting anywhere near the bags. Not to mention it makes them much easier to manage, stack, etc.

If you put a few oxygen absorbers in each bag, you should be good, but if you wanted to be extra about it, you could also put each bag of rice and each bag of beans in the freezer for a few days to make sure that you kill any potential insect eggs, etc. if you do this, do it before you seal the bag and without oxygen absorbers in it. Then take the bags out and let them warm up to room temperature, then put the oxygen absorbers and seal them.

Keep the rice and beans in separate mylar bags; they could share the same bucket, but bag them separately. Make sure to write with a magic marker what is in each bag and the date that it was sealed, so that you can always reference that later. Write all of that on the flap portion of the bag, the flattened out part that you sealed.

I wouldn't worry about the expiration date, because once you put them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and seal them they will last for decades. make sure that you get as much air out as possible when you seal them, don't seal them like balloons with tons of air or else the oxygen absorbers will be wasted. The idea is that you put them in a mylar bag which does not allow oxygen in or out, and then you put oxygen absorbers in there, and the absorbers use of all the remaining oxygen in the bag, so nothing can grow, no bugs can survive, etc. you're basically creating an environment that is hostile to life.

On top of using sealed mylar bags, if you put all the bags into a gamma seal bucket (I put a link somewhere in the comments here to that bucket), that will further prevent oxygen and bugs and rats and everything else from getting anywhere near the bags. Not to mention it makes them much easier to manage, stack, etc.

keep the rice in separate mylar bags, they could share the same bucket, but bag them separately. I wouldn't worry about the expiration date, because once you put them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and seal them they will last for decades. make sure that you get as much air out as possible when you seal them, don't seal them like balloons with tons of air or else the oxygen absorbers will be wasted. The idea is that you put them in a mylar bag which does not allow oxygen in or out, and then you put oxygen absorbers in there, and the absorbers use of all the remaining oxygen in the bag, so nothing can grow, no bugs can survive, etc. you're basically creating an environment that is hostile to life.

On top of using sealed mylar bags, if you put all the bags into a gamma seal bucket (I put a link somewhere in the comments here to that bucket), that will further prevent oxygen and bugs and rats and everything else from getting anywhere near the bags. Not to mention it makes them much easier to manage, stack, etc.