PREPAREDNESS

What happens when the grid goes down? The temperature in your fridge goes up. Dairy curdles, meat starts stinking, and once-crisp veggies melt into a sad puddle of slime. A fridge loses temperature rapidly without power, keeping food safe for just four hours. Read More.

Over the past ten years, I’ve managed to gather a lot of survival gear and various items that I consider useful for my survival preps. However, I, like many other good folks out there, often get caught up in the culture of consumerism. We often believe that we need the newest and most badass gear because only so will we be successful in our quest for survival. Read More.

No matter what kind of breed you have, where you live, or how you raise your chickens, one thing they will always need is a coop. The coop is where chickens go to sleep at night and stay safe from predators. Read More.

Salt fermentation is one of the safest and oldest forms of food preservation that you can use to turn your garden vegetables into super healthy sources of probiotics. Read More.

The bug-in/bug-out debate has been around the block a few times in the prepping and survival community. Most people today say that its best to bug in, rather than bugging out. Without getting into the whole discussion, allow me to just say that I agree with that assessment in most cases. Read More.

In a survival situation, you can depend on the fact that you’ll have to eat some things that you never ordinarily consider eating otherwise. This includes a few things that you might use as bait to catch something that is good to eat. That thought has some harrowing implications for sure, but what exactly are we talking about here? Well, take minnows for instance. Minnows are used the world over as live bait for the catching of larger, tastier fish. Read More.

The best place to be in an SHTF scenario is one where there’s no disaster at all. However, if a nationwide crisis does occur, some areas will be easier to survive in than others. Having the right materials and knowledge will go a long way, but you can’t overlook the importance of location. Whether you’re looking for a place to move before an SHTF scenario or want somewhere to flee, you’ll need to know which states are safest. Here’s a closer look at what those are. Read More.

As if we needed more bad news on the drug front: A common livestock sedative, street name “Tranq,” has made its way into other dangerous drugs like fentanyl. Also called xylazine, Tranq was first manufactured in 1962 by Bayer Pharmaceuticals and is used by veterinarians on cattle and horses to relieve pain, relax muscles, and sedate them for procedures. It is not FDA-approved for any purpose in human medicine. Read More.

Moose are the largest and most majestic of the deer species on Earth. Found in North America, Europe and Asia, these massive, antlered herbivores are most often found in northern forests and subarctic areas. Read More.

Are you truly prepared for an emergency? Not unless you have an adequate water supply. Even if you spend years planning for a disaster, you’ll only survive three days without water. Fortunately, disaster hasn’t struck yet. There’s still time to make arrangements, and you need a water storage tank you can count on. Read More.

As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, more and more individuals are turning to preparedness as a means of safeguarding themselves and their loved ones against emergencies and crises of all sizes. Read More.

Water. You can’t live without it, but in a survival scenario, bad water could be the reason you don’t make it. In this episode, Dr. Joe Alton discusses various ways to deal with questionable water, including disinfection methods, filtering, getting fresh water from salt water, and much more. Read More.

Did you know that food makes up the biggest percentage of material deposited into landfills each year? So much food gets discarded that according to the FDA, “food waste is estimated at being between 30–40 percent of the food supply.” Almost one-third of our global food supply is wasted each year. Read More.

In an emergency situation we don't always have access to clean drinking water, however, there are several ways to purify water to make it safer for consumption. Here are a few methods: Read More.

There is a possibility of encountering a bear population regardless of whether you reside in a heavily forested region, the desert, or near large lakes, in North America. Living in a remote location raises the likelihood of encountering a bear, particularly during camping. While camping in a bear sanctuary is not advisable, taking precautions can prevent a bear attack. Read More.