Tag: Food Crisis

World War Two was a total war, and the Allies had to mobilize their whole economies to produce the weapons and supplies needed to fight it. That restricted what was ...

There are plenty of survival or SHTF scenarios in which you could lose access to the grid. The gas to your home could be shut off, or the power could ...

The hoarding and shortages of the COVID Pandemic are actually not something new to the American scene. While it has been over a half a century since such things happened, ...

Most meals during the Great Depression came with what you already had or could barely afford to buy. Neighbors traded with neighbors, people grew and harvested their produce and meat, ...

Secret food gardens will keep your family fed in a post SHTF world. This article will look at the principles and practices behind food gardens hidden in plain sight. In ...

Today there is a reason to celebrate. Today we are making bacon powder. Yes, you read that right: Bacon. Powder. Why, you might wonder, would anyone want to waste bacon ...

I can remember my grandma and her cooking from decades ago, as if it were cooking on her stove right now. I can also remember my grandfather who was a ...

Smoking is one of the tastiest and oldest ways of preparing food. When the lights go off and don't come back on, the ability to smoke meat will be a ...

Back when I was in the Army, we didn’t have MREs available to us; we were still eating C-Rations, the combat ration that was developed for use in World War ...

On October 29, 1929, the US Stock Market crashed, surging the country into what we know as the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, countless jobs were lost, millions lost ...

We all have our food storage for when SHTF. Some of us can live on our supply for years without outside interruption. What happens, though, when outside interruption threatens our ...

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, two producers by the names of Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowell introduced a radio show on WTAM in Cleveland, Ohio. The pair’s characters, ...

2020 has been a very trying year. The current global pandemic just dropped on us unexpectedly, causing a lot of anxieties including food and supply shortages in many households everywhere. ...

One of the best instant foods you should have in your stockpile is ramen noodles. Instant ramen is well-known as the staple food for many college students. If college students ...

As a prepper, I am constantly looking for food sources in the wild. We regularly go foraging for greens, berries, and mushrooms. However, I am also looking for some of ...

The late afternoon light is shining through your window and the scene outside is quiet, just the way you like it. You are about a month into a serious collapse ...

If there is one thing that 2020 has taught us, it is that life is unpredictable. Society has been on the brink for a better part of the year, prompting ...

This meal-in-a-bag is great for camping, backpacking, hiking, thru trail hiking, bug out bags and long term food storage! This is a homemade chili recipe using dehydrated, freeze dried, and ...

In every pantry in the world, a spice cabinet is found. Inside, there will be the standard basil, oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, among many others. Spices allow ...

This article was written by Michael Snyder and first appeared on The Economic Collapse. I’m just going to be very blunt with you. Things have already gotten quite crazy, but they are ...

When I wrote The Lost Ways Series, I thought I had covered all of the long-lasting foods that people need to make and stockpile for the next crisis. But as ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2016. Given the events going on around us in the past few months, I believe the information will be helpful to the ...

You could argue that we are already 6 months into a shattered economy. Towards the end of March nearly half of the nation was in some form of lockdown. From ...

Everyone agrees that 2020 has been a strange year, with disaster after disaster that we’ve had to deal with. More than anything, it has been known as the year of ...

Emergency water storage is essential to any preparedness system. Your ability to access and clean water sources will assure you have the water your family needs in a disaster. However, ...

I have a small lot with two large oak trees and I have planted some fruit trees. So there is plenty of shade and leaves to rake. But most of ...

While we’ve all been busy worrying about the pandemic and rioters destroying our cities, the calendar has been marching on. Time, they say, doesn’t stand still for any man, and ...

New to homesteading? If so, you should consider these 50 homesteading hacks. They’re guaranteed to make your life a million times easier. 1. Start a Vermicomposting Bin If you don’t ...

Back in the day, before refrigeration, a particular problem was keeping stuff fresh for extended periods. There were many weird and wonderful ideas, the practical ranging from the Victorian ice ...

Ask any financial advisor, and they’ll tell you that you should have at least enough money in savings to cover three months worth of bills. That’s before you start working ...