More than 800 people in Pakistan have been carried away by floodwaters. It’s a real mess. Perhaps the guys fighting a religious war will take a day or two off from their killing hatred to save a few lives. Then they can tell the men over in Afghanistan just how different it ‘feels’ to realize [...]

If you don’t have dehydrated fruits and vegetables in your Food Storage plan; then you have limited the quality of the foods that are intended to keep you strong and healthy when needed most. The quality of your foods has to be taken into consideration, since you are going to rely upon the nutritional value [...]

When you are choosing sweeteners to place into your pantry and keep for your Food Storage uses; it’s a great idea to select the healthiest sweeteners you can find. Blue Agave Syrup, Date Sugar, Honey, and organic cane sugar are excellent choices for this purpose. They will give you additional nutrients along with the caloric [...]

I noticed that there are a few commercials on television suggesting that parents begin to get their children all the goodies that they need to return to school in the Fall. One of the items that they featured was a backpack. We’ve talked about Survival Backpacks before and this is a good time to prepare [...]

People are pretty stupid when it comes to the safety of the food supply. This leads to recalls, trips to the emergency room, and fears of blood poisoning or chemical toxicity that eventually causes cancer or other degenerative disease in humans, animals, and plant material. Today we saw fishermen eating an oyster to prove to [...]

You’ve probably seen the most common items that you would find in the typical Emergency Survival Kit. It includes some water, some food, some medical supplies, and other basics that most people would need in any emergency situation. But what if your needs are substantially different than the norm? You can build your own Survival [...]

You’ve probably heard that our bee populations have declined for a number of reasons. Whether you attribute this phenom to cell phone radiation, mites, or any other compelling reason for this tragedy, it becomes imperative for you to secure your own supply of honey for the future. Then once you’ve done this and added some [...]

You have to stop and think about all of the spices, herbs, and seasonings that flavor our foods…and where they come from for our future acquisition. If supply routes are severed, if foods or materials can no longer be produced, or if there is any contamination that renders a substance untenable for consumption; then it [...]

There was an evening back in 2004 when I plugged in my powerhouse of a mind to set into motion a chain of events that would culminate in the eradication of a very specific line. Within minutes the ocean floor changed forever and released enough energy that a tsunami for the record books swept over [...]

Here’s the scenario: Earthquakes rupture the water pipes and you no longer have the flow of water coming into your home or office. Water pipes can rupture for other reasons than a quake, so there could be many instances that leave cities in ruin with broken pipes. You need to have an alternative method of [...]