If you’re like me, you don’t eat fast food very often. You understand how important it is to eat healthy foods and you try to stick to a Read More


If you’re like me, you don’t eat fast food very often. You understand how important it is to eat healthy foods and you try to stick to a Read More

If you ask 100 different people which food items you should store for an emergency, you’ll get 100 different answers. There is no one official list – although Read More

Is the Obama Administration chomping at the bit to declare a state of national emergency? You know, just to have fun with it and see how many more Read More

You may have heard that recently the Supreme Court sided with genetically modified food giant Monsanto against farmers in a suit with widespread implications for both groups. Monsanto Read More

We’ve all seen long lists of foods that are recommended for stockpiling for emergencies. Some of them contain 50 to 100 different types of food that would enable Read More

Like everything else, prepping has become very specialized. Prepping for an earthquake, which can happen in the blink of an eye, is different than prepping for a hurricane, Read More

Which is smarter, a squirrel or a human? With the exception of many politicians, you’d have to say that humans are smarter. They certainly do a better job Read More

You don’t have to be handy to be a patriot or survivalist, but sometimes it sure helps. A case in point is dehydrating food. While you can purchase Read More

Frank’s Intro You know, sometimes it can really feel like I’m “swimming upstream” as I pursue living a more independent, self-sufficient life. Some obstacles can just seem too Read More

Which foods will be impossible to get after a disaster? The other day I got to thinking about how weather-related disasters are on the upswing, not just around Read More