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Local sourcing for food and other goods is all the buzz nowadays, for a lot of reasons. Many people know about and agree with at least some of the reasons, which include supporting our neighbors, using less water and petroleum ...

  A good stockpile of food will go a long way toward helping you survive the aftermath of any disaster or life crisis, especially when grocery stores are emptied. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that there ...

A lot of us off-the-gridders don’t much believe anything the federal government says. That’s particularly true with statements like, “don’t worry, when Apple gives us their phone encryption key codes, we’ll protect your privacy.” Or, “we assure you that with ...

Those of us who have been storing food for a while probably have a pretty good assortment of food in our stockpile. We may have started out with just a few basics, but over time, we’ve been adding to it. ...

Preserving and stockpiling food is a cornerstone of homesteaders and off-gridders. Not all foods, though, preserve well, no matter what you do to them. Some are just bound and determined to deteriorate with time. But there are enough foods that ...

Stockpiling food isn’t as simple as it may seem. Oh, you can go buy a couple of 50-pound bags of rice and beans and a few cases of canned goods and think you’re stockpiling, but it won’t be long before ...

As we near the end of summer, you might have canning and long-term food storage on your mind. If you are building up your food supplies for an emergency situation, you want to make the most of your resources and ...

Food storage is essential for homesteaders, off-gridders or anyone else preparing for the unexpected, but it can turn into a disaster if you don’t know what you’re doing. In fact, despite hundreds of books and thousands of blogs on the ...

When it comes to preparedness, food should be one of our top priorities. Stockpiling food is an option, but many people worry about the shelf life of certain products. There are many foods out there that will last a long ...