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Crop Catastrophe In The Midwest – Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Indicates That A Nightmare Scenario Is Upon Us
Crop Catastrophe In The Midwest – Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Indicates That A Nightmare Scenario Is Upon Us The last 12 months have been the wettest in all of U.S. history, and this has created absolutely horrific conditions for U.S. farmers. Thanks to endless rain and historic flooding that has stretched on for months, many […]
Floods And Drought Devastate Crops All Over The Planet – Could A Global Food Crisis Be Coming?
Floods And Drought Devastate Crops All Over The Planet – Could A Global Food Crisis Be Coming? It looks like global food production could be well below expectations in 2019, and that could spell big trouble in the months ahead. In recent weeks, I have written extensively about the problems that we have been experiencing […]
Total Catastrophe For U.S. Corn Production: Only 30% Of U.S. Corn Fields Have Been Planted – 5 Year Average Is 66%
Total Catastrophe For U.S. Corn Production: Only 30% Of U.S. Corn Fields Have Been Planted – 5 Year Average Is 66% 2019 is turning out to be a nightmare that never ends for the agriculture industry. Thanks to endless rain and unprecedented flooding, fields all over the middle part of the country are absolutely soaked […]
How To Put Measures Together to Weatherproof Food and Water in Winter
How To Put Measures Together to Weatherproof Food and Water in Winter Over the course of the past few years and several winters past, I have written articles on the importance of water supplies and food during the winter months when traveling. The bottom line is that most of us are in a vehicle and/or […]
25 Hardcore Healthy Foods You Need in Your Emergency Pantry
25 Hardcore Healthy Foods You Need in Your Emergency Pantry Natural disasters like hurricanes, Nor’easters, and winter storms can cause you to be stuck in your home for days (or even weeks) on end – and stuck eating whatever you currently have stashed in your pantry and freezer. Normally, enough notice is provided to allow […]
How to Feed a Family for a Month from Your Stockpile
How to Feed a Family for a Month from Your Stockpile There are all sorts of situations that can have you eating from your stockpile for a month or so. Maybe you have an unexpected expense that means a weekly trip to the store is out of the question. Maybe there’s a problem with the […]
5 (More) Foods That Last Forever
5 (More) Foods That Last Forever When planning and storing food for emergencies or survival situations, we have long advocated incorporating foods that will last forever (or at least longer than you will). By doing so, this does double duty by boosting your emergency supplies. panties, and your bartering power, as well as ensuring you […]
20 Perishable Foods You Can Freeze For Later
20 Perishable Foods You Can Freeze For Later You likely already keep a supply of basics like vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry, and grains in your freezer. Some items keep better in the freezer than others, as you’ve probably noticed by now. However, there some items that can be frozen that might surprise you. Here’s a […]
Food Prepping: Why You Should Store Wheat And How To Use It
Food Prepping: Why You Should Store Wheat And How To Use It Although wheat is the cornerstone of a prepper’s food storage, many don’t understand why they should have a bunch on hand, or even how to use it if the SHTF. It certainly feels like every single preparedness author out there recommends the storage of […]
How to store meat long-term when living off-grid
How to store meat long-term when living off-grid (Natural News) Preppers know that there are several methods that can be used to prepare meat for long-term storage. However, canning is one of the simplest ways to store meat when SHTF because it ensures that the food has a long shelf life. Canning meat when you’re […]
11 Emergency Food Items That Can Last a Lifetime
11 Emergency Food Items That Can Last a Lifetime Did you know that with proper storage techniques, you can have a lifetime supply of certain foods? Certain foods can stand the test of time, and continue being a lifeline to the families that stored it. Knowing which foods last indefinitely and how to store them […]
Inventory your stored food
Inventory your stored food One of the chores you can do in the winter season is to inventory your stored food. Whether it’s dehydrated, canned or frozen, it all has an expiration date. I always start my inventory with frozen things, since they have the shortest shelf life. I don’t have a lot of this sort […]
7 Questions to Help You Figure Out Where to Store All That Food
7 Questions to Help You Figure Out Where to Store All That Food About twelve years ago, my family decided to start storing food in case one of those dreaded “what ifs” happened in our lives. You know those “what ifs.” “What if we lose a source of income?” “What if someone is injured and […]
After the harvest – protecting food from rats, mold, insects, fire, and bacteria
After the harvest – protecting food from rats, mold, insects, fire, and bacteria [ Current post-harvest storage is totally out of scale with what future generations will need. Now we have mainly gargantuan grain elevators, some so huge they can store enough grain for most of the U.S. for weeks at a time. These silos […]
How Do You Handle Emergency Food Storage?
How Do You Handle Emergency Food Storage? As I write this, we are in the middle of Winter Storm Jonas. There is 13″ of snow in the yard and the closest paved road is five miles away. I haven’t been off the property in five days and did not make a trip to the store […]
