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The United States and Canada are both vast nations with diverse geography, terrain and weather. Both countries offer many different opportunities for those looking for an off-the-grid homestead. Which nation is preferable depends on what’s most important to the homesteader. ...

Anyone who is striving for self-sufficiency, whether living on a small city lot or on a ranch in the country, needs to have a self-sustaining garden. This means a garden that flourishes without the need for buying expensive hybrid seeds, ...

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have sown, grown and harvested crops with nothing more than hard work and local resources. But in the 1950s, that began to change. New hybrid plants were introduced, along with synthetic fertilizers ...

Many survivalists and preppers have planned to live sustainably on their off-the-grid homestead. They have easy access to clean water, a pantry full of stored foods, a flourishing garden, some chickens or rabbits for protein, and a security plan to ...

Living off the grid gives one a sense of independence and pride. We use our own knowledge and labor to keep our off-the-grid power system up and running. For those who haven’t yet selected an off-the-grid power system, below is ...

Every American should take some simple steps to ensure survival in the event that a disaster strikes. You don’t need a half-million dollar underground bunker or a self-sufficient cabin deep in the mountains to prepare for a disaster. Here are ...

Most survivalists strive to have an impressive array of stored food, ready for consumption when disaster strikes. This stored food often consists of freeze-dried meat, vegetables and meals (25-year shelf life), nitrogen-packed corn, rice and wheat (10-year shelf life), and ...

If you’re dead serious about surviving (and even thriving) when the power grid goes down and society ends as we know it, then you likely know one of the most important criterion to success is a good location off the ...

There’s a lot of good survival and prepping information out there, but it seems that some specific guidance is not as abundant as it should be. Here are five things that preppers don’t always plan for, but should: 1. Barter ...

Recently on Off The Grid News I discussed an alternative strategy for long-term survival if there’s a lengthy blackout or other catastrophe and society ends as we know it – and we have to return to a 19th century lifestyle. ...