Where should you buy your buy flax seed from?
Flax seed in its various forms (flax seed, flax seed meal etc) can be kept for varying amounts of time before they go off (go rancid! – yuk!). It is not a surprise therefore people ask where can I buy flax seed? This is a good question because there is no point in buying in bulk if it is going to go off before you get a chance to eat it all.
As a general rule flax seeds in their whole seed form are going to have the longest shelf life and so buying a bulk bag is fine. Flax seed meal (a.k.a. ground flax seed) has a shortish shelf life even if stored in a dark cool place and will go rancid over a relatively short period of time. You therefore must buy flax seeds and grind them down (e.g. in a coffee grinder) as and when you need the flax seed meal if you want to buy in bulk or you need to buy small bags of flax seed meal and use it relatively quickly.