While food is not the top priority in survival situations, it is still one of the four pillars of survival.  If you go long enough without food, your body starts to eat itself. It starts by breaking down fat.  Then it tears down muscle mass. ...

The flu is running rampant in the US right now, with H3N2 not being the predicted strain by vaccine developers. It has spread rapidly and earlier than usual, and the death toll is rising. Flu deaths are nothing new, unfortunately. The CDC reports...

Food preservation and storage is a large part of being a prepper. For most of us, our very first action as a prepper was to buy some food (probably rice and beans) and put it away in our basement or pantry. We instinctively recognize our need for...

  What kind of community member are you? Each one of us would like to think, we are the good neighbor. My question to you is, “do you really know your neighbors anymore?” Who lives next door, who lives across the street, do you know all these...

One of the most common problems that canners of all levels encounter is being knowledgeable about foods that can and can’t be canned in one way or another. But that’s just part and parcel of the joy of preserving your own food – there’s just so much...