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When Prepping Just Isn’t Enough

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There’s a sense of urgency in the prepping community lately that is at an all time high.  Between the global elite warmongers, the impending financial collapse as the government makes plans to attach pension funds, the new viruses, Monsanto’s GMO seeds running amok and threatening the world’s food supply, and  BigRead the Rest…

This Week’s Harvest: Strawberries

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Strawberry season is in full swing.  Now is the time to stock up on those delicious vivid red berries! Some strawberry trivia:  Strawberries are not actually a fruit, but a member of the rose family. They are the receptacle of the flower and were first cultivated for eating in ancientRead the Rest…

How to Can Roast Beast

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Sometimes you just get lucky and you hit the mother-lode on meat.  Maybe it’s a great sale – for example, my favorite butcher gave me a great deal on some beef this week.  Perhaps you’ve bought a portion of a cow or pig in cooperation with some others.  Maybe there’sRead the Rest…

Wheat Berries: The Real “Whole Wheat”

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When grocery shopping for bread, a plethora of options is presented.  You can get… 100% Whole Wheat Stone Ground Wheat Whole Wheat Cracked Wheat Whole Grain Multi Grain 60% Wheat The marketing companies are full of wholesome sounding options…but most of us have caught on that it’s all a schemeRead the Rest…

The Ingredients You Should NOT Have in Your Pantry

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There are lots of lists out there about the foods you DO want in your stockpile, but what about the ones that you DON’T want? There are certain additives that should be avoided because of their effects on the human body. In a situation where you need to be performingRead the Rest…

The Organic Prepper

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When you think of a survivalist, what is the image in your head?  Do you picture some guy with a beer belly, decked out in head to toe camo, sitting in a tent in the rain, gnawing on some jerky and drinking a 4 year old can of Pepsi?  PerhapsRead the Rest…

Pantry Basics: Canning Chicken

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Skinless Boneless Chicken Lots of folks were hit by the power outage this summer across the North-Eastern part of the US.  Not only were thousands of freezers full of meat ($$$$$) lost when the contents thawed out and people had no way to cook them, but residents realized that theyRead the Rest…