Food & Water - US Preppers (Page 2)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Food & Water

8 Key Elements to Successful Urban Homesteading

Eight elements of successful urban homesteading, from growing food in small spaces to alternative energy, for providing for your family on any size lot.

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Food & Water

The Essentials of Urban Beekeeping

How to keep bees on a small city plot, including the legal and neighbor concerns, so you can produce honey and pollinate your garden in town.

Plastic-wrapped food items and bottled water organized in storage containers and tin cans.

Food & Water

Emergency Food Storage 101: 10 Best Items to Get Started

Start with a 30-day food supply, not a five-year bunker. Rice, beans, canned meat, and vegetables cover the basics cheap. Buy an extra can each grocery run and rotate what you store.

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Food & Water

Urban Homesteading for Urban Preppers

How to homestead on a small city lot or apartment balcony, scaling up food production with container gardens and community-supported agriculture.

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Food & Water

Are Plastics Unsafe for Long-Term-Food-Storage?

Whether plastics are safe for long-term food storage, and what to know about BPA and chemical leaching when you pack away food for the future.

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Food & Water

Is Gray Water Worth a Look?

What gray water is, how reusing water from sinks and laundry can stretch your supply, and which household products make it unsafe for your garden.

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DIY Root Cellar For Long Term Food Storage

How to design and build your own root cellar so your garden harvest lasts through winter, covering size, temperature, drainage and the basics every cellar needs.

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Food & Water

The Keeper Vegetables

Which vegetables store naturally for months, from winter squash to onions and garlic, and how curing and proper handling extend their shelf life far beyond the average garden crop.