Prepper news and tips for survival, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and disaster preparedness.
COVID-19 has led to a global economic slowdown that is affecting all four pillars of food security – availability, access, utilization, and stability – according to a new article from researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), published in the journal Science. Agricultural…
By Daisy Luther A lot of folks make preparedness and survival way too complicated. Sometimes applying principles from another arena can work to make things a little easier. I was writing up some essential business skills for a group of budding entrepreneurs and it occurred…
By Daisy Luther One side effect of the pandemic and subsequent restrictions isn’t physical or financial – it’s mental. Last month, The Psychiatric Times published an article about the “mental health pandemic” that came along with COVID-19. The health and financial costs of COVID-19 have…
By Ice Age Farmer KFC’s 3D printed chicken nuggets and Bill Gates’ cell-cultured breastmilk are more than a gross novelty — they herald the unveiling of synthetic, lab-grown foods as a replacement of traditional agriculture, and a total takeover of our food supply by the…
By Selco Begovic The competition for the worst prepping advice out there is pretty sharp. It’s been going on for many years and has a tendency to get even more ridiculous as time goes on. One reason is that a lot of the advice is…
By Daisy Luther The lockdown that recently took place due to the pandemic was like a practice run for a bigger SHTF event. Many of our prepper theories played out and were accurate, while others weren’t as realistic as we thought beforehand. People who weren’t…
By Mayukh Saha While horror and post-apocalyptic movies are mostly fiction, they can have significant effects on our real lives. A recent study has shown that people who enjoy movies from the two genres cope better, physically and mentally, during pandemics. A renowned psychologist, Coltan…
By Selco Begovic I often say that survival is about being ahead of other folks around you. If I want to “complicate” that definition a bit I would say that survival is also keeping the ability to cope with everyday tasks, stay alive, and still…
By Sara Tipton The warm, sunny days are upon us. While we all love to sip on cold herbal tea that’s brewed in the sunshine all day, there are a few vital tasks that homesteaders should get done this summer before the weather turns. Where…
By Tyler Durden As we’ve detailed on more than one occasion, and not limited to a certain part of the country, people are fleeing major cities for rural communities due to virus pandemic and social unrest. Feeling insecure, even after the great migration out of…
By Daisy Luther Lots of folks have mentioned that their grocery stores never fully restocked after the rush on food and supplies back at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown. And with the current news stories about spiking COVID numbers, it may not be long…
By Michael Snyder It has been on my heart to write this article for a few days, but I knew that it wouldn’t be easy to write. 2020 has already been one of the worst years in modern U.S. history, and it looks like the…
By Curtis Stone The Urban Farmer Curtis Stone interviews Christian Westbrook, the Ice Age Farmer, about solar cycles and why the current grand solar minimum could have major effects food production. Previous solar minimums resulted in widespread famines and the collapse of powerful empires. Curtis…
By Sara Tipton Tropical storm Cristobal is threatening Gulf communities and could grow to become a hurricane late this weekend. Those who live on the Gulf Coast and near where the storm is threatening are not taking any chances. One source in Houston, Texas is…
By Tess Pennington If pandemics have taught us anything, it’s how important it is to keep a functional home and take the necessary steps to create your own food supply chain. With many jumping on the homesteading bandwagon, it’s important to know the facts because…
By Tess Pennington Living through a pandemic was not on anyone’s radar a few months ago. Sadly, when the world shut down, it caused our economy to shut down with it. Unemployment has skyrocketed and it’s safe to say we are all concerned about what…
By Selco Begovic Watching how the pandemic stuff worked here around me in the Balkan countries was something like re-learning about prepping, and actually it was a good class (unless you were sick, got fired or similar). Rough times from the pandemic here are pretty…
By Mac Slavo In the aftermath of the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has impoverished millions and destroyed the supply chains all around the world, Americans are at least taking some responsibility. Many are now taking to self-reliance, as they’ve realized the government…
By Selco Begovic There are some skills and strategies that survivalists and preppers keep bashing on over and over again as important ones for hard times. Some of those are good, others are simply wrong, or miscalculated, or let’s say “built” on wrong the foundations…
By Sara Tipton Disruptions in the food supply chain are dominating headlines across the country. Many people are seeing the error in their ways and are turning away from relying so heavily on local or state governments to take care of their needs and are…
