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Long a staple of dorm room life as well as a favorite stockpile item, ramen noodles have become a trading commodity at American prisons. According to a recent study by Michael Gibson-Light, a University of Arizona School of Sociology PhD ...

Any thoughts about stockpiling foods in the event of a catastrophic emergency are dominated by two simple words: Shelf life. Some foods lose their nutritional value over time; others can become rancid or even dangerous if microbial or fungal growth ...

October 12th, 2015 Video courtesy of Dani Spies of Clean and Delicious ROASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS ½ cup pumpkin seeds 1 tsp. olive oil A fat pinch of kosher salt Pre-heat oven to 400. Rinse and DRY seeds thoroughly. Toss pumpkin seeds ...

America’s supermarkets are filled with different ways of labelling expiration dates on canned and packaged foods. According to a 2013 report by the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, those labels are responsible ...

July 20th, 2015 One New York woman is making an effort to change the way we think about waste. Over the past two years, Lauren Singer has produced only enough trash to fill a 16 oz mason jar. In Going ...

April 6th, 2015 John from www.GrowingYourGreens.com breaks the news that seed sharing in the USA has been deemed not legal and certain organizations are prohibited from freely sharing seeds… In this episode, John interviews Lawyer, Neil Thapar of the Sustainable ...

Living off the grid often puts us into some fairly remote locations. That can make a routine trip to a drug store a major undertaking if we need something for immediate relief from pain, an illness or injury. It can ...

Preparing for a natural or man-made crisis isn’t easy. In fact, it can be downright overwhelming – so much so that you may be making disastrous mistakes and not even know it. Following are four common mistakes survivalists and preppers ...

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 and preppers strive to be completely self-sufficient in the event of an emergency situation. However, have you considered including bartering as part of your overall plans, especially in anticipation of a possible unforeseeable and unavoidable event? What if, ...