Safety
12 Fun Ways to Teach Your Kids Survival Skills
Twelve hands-on ways to teach children survival skills, from growing a garden to building a campfire, that double as family bonding time.
Robert
Robert put in years on remote terrain before he ever wrote a word about it. He started US Preppers in 2015 because he'd watched too many families wing it and get burned when it counted. The site's changed a lot since then, but he's still the one doing the same job: threat assessment, supply chains, regional risk, finding the gap in a plan before something finds it for you. Nobody teaches that in a classroom. It's what sticks after enough trips where the nearest help was hours away and you didn't have the luxury of guessing wrong. His garage doubles as wherever he's currently testing something half-finished, and he'll walk the property checking water levels after a storm before he's dealt with his coffee. One son, lives in the U.S., and still spends most weekends outside with a pack on and nowhere he needs to be.
Food & Water
Climate Change and Drought: Homesteading in the New Normal
How shifting rainfall and warming trends affect food production, and the drought-adaptive gardening and water-saving steps homesteaders can take.
Safety
Life After Ammo
What happens when the ammunition runs out, and the manual weapons and skills that take over for hunting and self-defense when guns go silent.
Health
The 10 Best Starter Herbs for your Medicinal Garden
Ten starter medicinal herbs to plant now, covering which common ailments they treat so you have natural remedies when pharmacies are out of reach.
Gear
Top 5 Survival Hacks
Five MacGyver-style hacks for when you are caught without your gear, from making a candle to cooking and opening cans with everyday objects.
Gear
Top 5 Bug-Out Mistakes to Avoid
The five most common bug-out mistakes, from leaving without a plan to poor physical shape, and how to avoid them before an evacuation forces your hand.
Food & Water
8 Food Preservation Techniques You Need To Know Now
Eight food preservation methods beyond canning and dehydrating, including waxing cheese and making it from powdered milk, to keep your family fed.
Skills
Top 10 Bushcraft Skills for Every Prepper
Ten foundational bushcraft skills, from building shelter to reading your surroundings, that give you the confidence to survive in the wilderness.
Food & Water
How to Start Your Own Seed Bank
How to start a seed bank for long-term survival, the difference between heirloom, hybrid, and GMO seeds, and which ones actually reproduce year after year.
Skills
Community After the Collapse
Why going it alone is a losing plan, and how forming a community with pooled skills gives you a real chance to survive and rebuild after the collapse.
Gear
Bugging Out in Mom’s Grocery-Getter
How to turn your everyday car into a capable bug-out vehicle, with the roadside emergency kit that serves both daily breakdowns and evacuations.
Food & Water
A Beginner’s Guide to Aquaculture in Your Own Backyard
A beginner's guide to raising fish in your own backyard, from ponds and tanks to the supplies and common species you need to get started.