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Long Shelf Life Foods to Keep in Your Pantry

By Brody Danielson February 19, 2020 | emergency food emergency supplies food food storage shelf life storage 1 comment

Long Shelf Life Foods to Keep in Your Pantry If you are thinking about setting up an emergency pantry in your house, that is a laudable goal. However, you need to keep in mind that selecting the right foods is just part of what it takes to be a successful...

12 Campfire Critters: Harmless or Harmful?

By Brody Danielson February 19, 2020 | animals camping critters insects outdoors

12 Campfire Critters: Harmless or Harmful? If you are going camping or having a picnic in your local forest preserve, chances are you will encounter some pesky critters who call these environments home. In some cases, getting stung by an insect puts you at risk of insect-borne diseases or simply...

Top 5 Modern Prepper Movies

By Brody Danielson February 19, 2020 | be prepared emergency preparedness movie movies prepper 1 comment

Top 5 Modern Prepper Movies Survival. It's on the short list of moviemakers' top topics. Whether it's post-apocalyptic, natural disaster or pandemic-related, or even the over-plagued zombie thriller, Prepper movies make for great story telling and good reminders as to why survival preparedness is key. Here's our (totally subjective!) list...

What You Need to Know About Emergency Food Preparation

By Brody Danielson February 19, 2020 | be prepared emergency preparedness freeze dried food prepper supplies survival kit

What You Need to Know About Emergency Food Preparation If you are putting together an emergency-preparedness kit, it is important to remember that you need to have more than just freeze-dried food and other food items packed away in storage. After all, the food won’t do you much good if...

7 Essentials in Your Survival Kit

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared disaster preparedness emergency preparedness emergency supplies survival kit

7 Essentials in Your Survival Kit Whether it’s an earthquake, a storm, or a flood; having a survival kit ready can get you a long way towards surviving a disaster. You’ll need solutions for food, shelter, and sanitation because you’ll never know to what extent the disaster can affect the...

How Many Daily Calories Will I Need?

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared emergency emergency prep emergency preparedness make a plan plan survival

How Many Daily Calories Will I Need? The average American says it’s easier to do their own taxes than it is to figure out what to eat and how many calories per day they need. Whether you’re planning your emergency food strategy or you’re reviewing an existing plan, now is...

Bug-Out-Bag Food: Everything You Need to Know

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | BOB bug out bag emergency emergency preparedness emergency supplies survival 3 comments

Bug-Out-Bag Food: Everything You Need to Know If you ever find yourself in an emergency situation and need to evacuate, you’ll need a bug-out-bag (BOB) to survive. A BOB should help you survive for up to 72 hours, so it’s important to pack it with any essentials you might need...

How To Create Extra Space for Food Storage - 14 Ideas To Stretch A Small Footprint

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared emergency food emergency preparedness food storage food supply freeze dried freeze dried food storage

How To Create Extra Space for Food Storage If you’re living in an apartment or small house, finding the room for food storage can be a little tricky. And if you have kids, the problem compounds even more. What little space you have shrinks exponentially. But don’t give up hope!...

Poisonous Insects

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared insects poison poisonous

Poisonous Insects The other day a friend of ours said she found a beautiful, fuzzy caterpillar on one of her tomato plants. It looked so soft she said it was almost impossible not to touch it. But something told her not to. It’s a good thing she listened to that...

9 Celebrity Preppers Ready for Anything

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | be prepared celebrity emergency preparedness prepper

9 Celebrity Preppers Ready for Anything Even if you are a famous actor, world-class athlete or chart-topping musician, you are not immune to disaster. Having access to vast quantities of cash will only get you so far if the proverbial you-know-what hits the fan, and many celebrities are aware of...

Aquaponics: Growing Fish and Plants Together

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | aquaponics fish food production growing food plants sustainability

Aquaponics: Growing Fish and Plants Together If you haven’t yet heard of aquaponics, you soon will. Aquaponics, a symbiotic system of growing plants and fish together, is getting a lot of media attention. Aquaponics isn't a new way of growing food; it was actually practiced by the Aztecs and is...

Creating an Outdoor Emergency Animal Shelter

By Brody Danielson February 18, 2020 | animal animals be prepared emergency preparedness pet pet preparedness pet safety pets

Creating an Outdoor Emergency Animal Shelter Few parts of the United States have been spared from extreme cold weather this winter. When temperatures dip well below zero and snow piles up, most people and pets are lucky enough to be able to wait it out inside where it’s warm and...