Storing Rice

[donk79]

Recently our local Costco stopped carrying the short grain rice (Calrose) that we have been buying for years.  I ventured out to our local international foods store and found that most of the short grain rice there was close to it's expiration date.  This was the last push I needed to check out the Rice Factory in New York (via their website).  We read through the options, realized we had no idea what we wanted, and ordered 6 different 2lb bags of rice. 

 

They arrived today!  And then I saw that the Rice Factory recommends consuming the 100% milled rice we ordered within a month.  That's not going to happen!  Our 12 lbs of rice will more likely last 9 or 12 months.  So how do we best store good rice longer than we should?  Do we freeze it?  Is it better left sealed and unfrozen?  I appreciate your wisdom!