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One of the major tenets of prepping is the repurposing of items that would normally be discarded after use. Soda...

When I wrote The Lost Ways Series, I thought I had covered all of the long-lasting foods that people need...

Everyone agrees that 2020 has been a strange year, with disaster after disaster that we’ve had to deal with. More...

There have been over 300 victims of shootings in NYC in a month’s time. This is up 3-fold from the...

The US Army has a facility in Fort Irwin, California, known as the National Training Center (NTC). There are a...

Making your own MREs and emergency food is a healthy alternative! This is one recipe I never thought I'd get...

Shelf stable nutrition is a big part of creating a sound food storage program. Nutritional diversity should be something you...

When I heard that Ron Melchiore and his wife had written The Self-Sufficient Backyard I knew I had to get...

I love having meals in a jar on my storage shelves.  It is so nice to spend a few minutes...

The big M word in the survivalist and prepper world, Martial Law, is a very disturbing concept and one we...

In today’s day and age, most of us have access to a luxury that we often take for granted -...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2016. Given the recent events going on around us, I believe the information...

The world is facing the biggest catastrophe it has faced since World War II. As the Coronavirus spreads around the...

Canned and preserved foods are found in the pantries of most preppers. And they have also been popular when packing...

In October of 1347, 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. The people who...

Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2017. This is an updated version of the article, given the recent Coronavirus...

Most of the time, it makes more sense to bug in, than it does to bug out. There have been...

Everyone in the prepping community gets around to talking about bug out bags at one time or another. I’ve done...

We go through a lot of food here in the US; some 815 billion calories per day. Unfortunately, about 200...

Can you see the sun breaking the horizon? The fire is already going, and you see others in camp stirring...

There are so many projects that you can do on your homestead. Have you considered DIY projects with PVC pipes?...

About 50 years ago, Venezuela was one of the most stable countries in the world. Even with huge oil reserves,...

Watching the Democratic debates over the last couple of months, it’s amazing how all the candidates are talking about having...

In 1861, following a riot and the destruction of the transportation system Abraham Lincoln enacted Martial Law in Maryland. 12...

Stockpiling necessary supplies is at the very core of prepping. Most of us start out by trying to build a...

Editor’s note: This article was written by Maybell Nieves, a professional physician from Venezuela. Dealing with this subject has been...

Prepping can take on many different styles. Some preppers focus on bugging in, while others focus on bugging out. There...

Editor's note: This article was written by Maybell Nieves, a professional physician from Venezuela. As a professional physician having always...

It seems like one of the favorite “fun” subjects for people to talk about in the prepping community is bug...

Have you ever wondered what the structure of your garden soil is? It would help when making decisions on what...