Category: Food / Water
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How to Cook With Solar Panels and a 12-volt Frying Pan
If you’ve already got a solar panel or two–he used two 100-watt panels–and you can get a portable frying pan (similar to this one) or, better yet, a portable saucepan, you can cook without grid power so long as there’s enough sunlight to push several amps… even directly connected to the frying pan or saucepan!…
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7 Steps to Prepare Your Family for Survival
Popular media has made prepping seem like something only paranoid people do. Yet it’s smart who have a plan for emergencies, like an extended power outage or natural disaster — especially if you have a family to take care of. We’ve all been in a scary situation, whether that’s an earthquake or severe storm. However,…
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DIY Rain Roof Build: Rainwater Harvesting for Survival, Gardening
If you live anywhere with a bit of open space (even your own backyard) you could use this idea to collect a lot of water in a short period of time. Coupled with large collection containers, such as the IBC totes he uses, you might not even realize the grid is down, lol. Plus, the…
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The First-Timer’s Guide to Hunting Deer
Hunting started as a necessity for humans to support themselves and their families by providing food. Over the years, it has evolved into a favorite pastime and tradition shared between generations. From a food source to a celebrated sport and lifestyle, there’s no shortage of people around the world who love hunting whitetail deer. Whether…
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How to Start Your Own Survival Farm
Beyond foraging, one of the only reliable ways to secure food in a lengthy disaster is by growing it yourself. Small farms are more popular than ever, and that means there are a wide variety of resources available that you can use to start your own. This is good news for preppers and survivalists who…
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17 Survival and Backpack Water Filters Tested
Ever wonder what survival filter is the best? Maybe it’s a gravity filter or perhaps it’s a pump? Well, the folks at Wideners.com have gone overboard and tested 17 popular water filters for survivalists, including the Berkey filters we all know and love, Sawyer Mini (which I really like for survival purposes), and the Lifestraw,…
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DIY Salt-Water Survival Bottle (Compact Desalination Kit)
Now this is a really neat idea on how to make a portable/personal DIY salt-water desalination kit using a single-walled stainless steel water bottle (you don’t want it to be double-walled or “insulated” for this project) some 1/4″ copper tubing, a lot of solder, a single right-angle compression fitting, and that’s about it. The best…
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9 Best Campfire Foods
Microwaves, toaster ovens, stovetops and air fryers are all wonderful amenities that we enjoy thanks to the wonder of technology. Sometimes, though, you have to take it old-school. For the right meal, there’s nothing better than cooking over an open flame. You’ve probably been to a restaurant that specializes in wood-fired pizza or other dishes…
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57 Scientifically-Proven Survival Foods to Stockpile Book Now On Amazon
Hi there. I wanted to briefly let you know that a book I’d been working on for quite a while (and which I expected to release last year) is now available for purchase on Amazon. It’s a book that all preppers really need to read in order to get their survival food pantry correct: 57…