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Food & Water
Despite all the heated back and forth surrounding climate change, as to who or what the catalyst may be, it is quite clear there are changes afoot. Temperatures are trending upward, severe weather is more frequent and rainfall patterns are proving erratic. No matter where on the political debate ...
Food & Water
As a mom, the first thing that comes to my mind when prepping is feeding my family. I love MREs and dehydrated food because they are easy to store and can last for such a long time. However, I think it’s important to educate yourself on a few food preservation methods that go beyond just […]
Food & Water
It’s spring time and everyone from professional farmers to amateur homesteaders are getting their gardens ready for warmer weather. It’s really not a surprise that so many preppers are also accomplished gardeners. Not only is knowing the skill of gardening an important asset if we are faced with ...
Food & Water
Having more fish is your diet has become more common and popular in America in recent years, but aquaculture farming, which is the raising of fish and other crops that thrive in water—has been around for many centuries. In China, residents have been using aquaculture since around 2500 BC, when th...
Food & Water
Urban homesteading is becoming more and more popular, for preppers and non-preppers alike. The truth is there is nothing better than being able to provide your family with fresh, healthy food and it doesn’t get any fresher than out of your own backyard. Even if you do not have much space, anyone ...
Food & Water
The country is witnessing a trend towards sustainability motivated by yearnings of self-reliance. Alongside comes a desire to produce one’s own food in any given living situation. The urban dweller is presented with the most challenges. Is it possible to produce enough food in an apartment or on ...
Food & Water
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.
Food & Water
Urban homesteading, suburban backyard homesteading or prepper gardening, the concept is one that comes in cycles. From Victory Gardens that helped families and communities deal with food rationing throughout World War II to the beginnings of the sustainable living movement in the early 2000’s tha...
Food & Water
Take a minute, sit back and think about all those things used throughout any given day that are not made of some sort of plastic. From your the keys you type up daily reports on to the spatula used to flip your egg this morning to the insulated coffee mug on your desk to reusable […]
Food & Water
As a prepper busy stockpiling all the emergency essentials as possible, usually on a shoestring of a budget, wondering where your household’s wastewater goes after it swirls down the drain could not be further from your thoughts. But just maybe that waste or gray water is worth some consideration...
Food & Water
Your prepper garden is all planned for next year, a full range of storable vegetable seeds ordered a month ago are sitting on a shelf in their individual packets but wait, there’s something missing. Where will you store all those fruits of your labors? The plan is to have plenty of fresh squash, ...
Food & Water
Food is one of those emergency essentials preppers jump to and stock up first. Along with stores of water, bins of dry or dehydrated goods and freeze-dried meals fill closets, garages or spare bedrooms making up the typical stockpile of food reserves but have many of you considered stocking away ...