Self-Sufficiency & Preparedness

This category will focus on homesteading, survival, preparedness, and ensuring your family’s safety and well-being in various scenarios.

Survival Planning for 2024

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Have you started your survival planning for 2024 yet? Survival preppers always prepare for unforeseen events. To correctly anticipate what might happen, you should be aware of what is happening worldwide so you can be prepared for anything.

Having a strategy for what you will gather and prepare ahead of time is essential, but you also need to know what to watch out for. Following the news can help you prioritize your plans more effectively.

Survival preppers face new issues every year. Civil unrest might be the topic in one year, the global economy in another, or the supply chain or a pandemic in another. Having a yearly survival plan is important. However, you should also break down your planning process by month, task, and the supplies you’ll need. 

Having a yearly survival plan is important. However, you should also break down your planning process by month, task, and the supplies you'll need. 
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Creating a Comprehensive Bug-Out Plan

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Do you have a comprehensive bug-out plan for you and your family? During a major emergency or catastrophe, staying at home isn’t always an option. You should be prepared to leave at any moment in case of a natural disaster, such as a hurricane.

Many people think bug-out bags are all you need, but there are actually many other aspects to consider when planning to bug out if you want to avoid danger. Having a bug-out bag is important, but you should also have knowledge and multiple backup plans in the event of an emergency. This includes information such as what roads to take, how to survive without electricity for long periods of time, and more. You can’t use a bug-out bag if you have all of the supplies but none of the know-how.

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Survival Skills to Practice At Home: 8 Basic Survival Skills Everyone Should Know

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When people think about survival skills, they usually think about stocking up on food or equipment. Unfortunately, many people find themselves in survival situations without knowing how to use the products they bought or how to be strategic. Having survival skills can come in handy in everyday situations, but they ultimately give you peace of mind. Whenever a disaster strikes, whether by nature or mankind, you want a feeling of calm over you, knowing you can handle it.

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Solutions to Food Insecurity in an Unstable World: Make Food and Medicine Yourself

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In a world where supply chains are fragile, and food insecurity is a growing concern, the ability to produce your own food and medicine is more than just a skill—it’s a necessity. As global uncertainties continue to rise, many people are turning to self-sufficiency to secure their basic needs and reduce reliance on external systems that can easily falter.

We’ve been living in an increasingly industrially reliant culture, and we’ve relied on fast food, disposable goods, and cheap gasoline. It’s been our normal for a very long time. But normal isn’t what it used to be. Enter Covid, and now we are seeing the consequences of this consumerist lifestyle. Food insecurity, shortages, and shipping bottlenecks show us how dependent we are on “the system.”  Do you feel secure?

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Woman with protection face mask and gloves shopping at supermarket.

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Prepper Pantry Ideas: 7 Items Beyond Food

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When you start brainstorming prepper pantry ideas, you probably think about food. As a prepper, the biggest and most immediate concern is starvation. However, there are a lot more things you’ll need in a catastrophic emergency situation. You need tools to prepare the food, medical supplies, ways to keep up with hygiene, and more! Keep reading for 7 things to keep on hand beyond food.

You need more than just food in your prepper pantry. Here are 7 things to have on hand.
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Storing Food Long Term

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Storing food long-term is something you never want to skimp on. Proper storage makes your supplies last as long as they need to. Airtight containers will be your best friends as you build your prepper pantry. You should also decide whether or not you want to utilize a freezer for certain things. If you do, make sure you have a backup generator of some kind to keep it running if you don’t have electricity.

Storing food long term will ensure that you have what you need in an emergency
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Growing Your Prepper Pantry

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Growing your prepper pantry is not something that happens overnight. It’s a long-term investment in both money and time. It takes a lot of planning and thinking ahead, so it is important to have a plan to grow it over time.

Think of it as building a house. Start by building a solid foundation, then add some structure, and finally top it off with a ceiling goal. That’s how we’ll build your pantry so you aren’t caught unprepared.

Growing your prepper pantry over time will keep you ready for a disaster.
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5 Easy Steps to Start Your Prepper Pantry

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If you have done any research on how to be a prepper or create your own prepper pantry, you’ve probably seen hundreds of pages of material for people that already seem to know what to do. This can be a bit overwhelming for the beginner prepper; but don’t be discouraged! Starting a prepper pantry doesn’t have to be as difficult as you think. You can easily start and maintain your own prepper pantry.

Your prepper pantry should include canned goods and dried foods.
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