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  If a major disaster were to happen which shut down the food supply chain, I think we’d suddenly find ourselves motivated to make the most of our gardens — and that would start with making our gardens the most ...

  Survival situations require you to think on your feet, meaning that anything and everything you have needs to be viewed with a whole new mindset. That means using a little creativity and ingenuity. One of the tools you should ...

Our ancestors grew up in a very different world than the one we inhabit today. More and more, our world is built around the Internet — an electronic world where we have instant access to entertainment, information and communications. But ...

  With many Americans and homesteaders living from paycheck to paycheck, it’s often hard to find the extra money necessary for stockpiling. One great help is the local dollar store. While not everything in the dollar store is actually cheaper ...

When the M-16 was first introduced to the Army during the Vietnam War, it was not readily accepted. On one hand, this is common, as military personnel aren’t quick to give up their old guns. But on the other hand, ...

Take your pick — earthquake, fire, severe weather, civil unrest, a terrorist act. Whatever the catastrophe, having a survival firearm is norm today and not the exception. The reasons to have a last-ditch firearm (or two) are endless and unique ...

Knowing how to survive without basic amenities is a skill everyone – even children – should know. Children are like sponges, and can quickly pick up things we want them to know (and don’t want to know!). Simply make it ...

Ask any survival instructor for their favorite fire-starting method, and you may get an answer that’s pretty far out there. By “far out there,” I mean that it’s going to be something that most people won’t know about. Somehow, survival ...

“Someday it’s all going to come down to whether or not we can feed ourselves,” I told my son one day, not long after my husband and I began to realize the importance of being prepared for an uncertain global ...

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 ...