September is National Preparedness Month

by Prepperjim | Sep 14, 2011 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Health, Light, Personal, Water

Our gov­ern­ment has des­ig­nat­ed Sep­tem­ber as “Nation­al Pre­pared­ness Month”. This con­trasts with the FBI’s pro­fil­ing prep­pers as poten­tial ter­ror­ists. I imag­ine the mes­sage is “be pre­pared”, but don’t be too pre­pared. We still want you depen­dent... Read more

Out Of Milk (A Product Review)

by ST | Aug 2, 2011 | Food, General, Guest Posts, iPad, Iphone/Smartphone

How do you track your preps? That is, how do you know exact­ly: What you have on hand? Where it is stored? What is the quan­ti­ty sta­tus? And then, how do you deter­mine what needs to be stocked/restocked? Where to get it? Prep­pers use a vari­ety of mech­a­nisms to... Read more

Famine

by ST | Jul 12, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Economy, Food, Gardening, Politics

Famine — a severe short­age of food, as through crop fail­ure or over­pop­u­la­tion. (“famine.” Collins Eng­lish Dic­tio­nary — Com­plete & Unabridged 10th Edi­tion. Harper­Collins Pub­lish­ers.) More than mere­ly a short­age or high­er prices, “famine” is the... Read more

Whey Protein As An Essential Prep?

by suburban | Jul 7, 2011 | Food, Health, Physical Fitness, Preparedness

While on and off my fit­ness kick this year, I have sup­ple­ment­ed my dai­ly diet with a morn­ing pro­tein shake mixed with fat free milk, water, ice, and var­i­ous fruits that would mix with pro­tein pow­ders well.  I have been on the quest for the per­fect... Read more

The Food I Buy Is Changing, a Lot.

by suburban | Jun 23, 2011 | Economy, Food

It is evi­dent.  My last few trips to the gro­cery store have yield­ed what I believe what oth­ers have been talk­ing about now for some time.  But to me it is visu­al­ly notice­able.  I know this because I am a crea­ture of habit.  Being a sin­gle... Read more