Food & Water
The two things a household runs out of first. Long-term food storage, rotating pantries, freeze-dried, canning and mylar — plus water filtration, storage, sourcing and treatment. The ground truth on what actually feeds and hydrates a household when the supply chain stalls. Plain reviews and honest taste tests, no panic.
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How to Store Water Long-Term for Emergencies | Emergency Water Tanks
Step-by-step guide to emergency water storage: choosing containers, sanitizing, treating with bleach, managing shelf life, and rotating supplies using 30-gallon stackable tanks.
Rainwater Harvesting: 50,000 Gallons a Year?
How to calculate your roof's water-catchment potential and design a rainwater system for urban and suburban homes.
4 Ways to Preserve Green Beans
Step-by-step instructions for fermenting, freezing, freeze-drying, and canning green beans, with storage life for each method.
Real and Deep: In a World of Fakes
Explore how real whole foods nourish body and soul, and why cultivating genuine community matters more than convenient substitutes.
All My Water Jugs Are Full. Here's the Problem.
Forty-one second walkthrough of a self-refilling water storage system using rainwater catchment and gravity feed to maintain household supply.
Is Self-Sufficient Living Still Possible? My Honest Take
Eleven-minute walkthrough of building a resilient homestead: integrating animals, water systems, crop diversity, and soil health to survive drought and crop failures.
Water Storage: Are You Doing It Wrong?
Forty-five minutes on common water-storage mistakes, expiration management, and protecting supplies from flooding and moisture damage.
Greg interviews Jennifer Noland, a passionate grazer in Driggs Idaho
Interview with a regenerative grazer on rotational pasture management, livestock husbandry practices, and building food production on small acreage.
Why I Stopped Planting and Started Building Soil
Regenerative farming approach prioritizing soil health and livestock integration over immediate planting—designing self-sustaining food systems from the ground up.
Emergency Water Storage Methods for Hurricanes and Power Outages
36-second walkthrough of safe potable water storage in bathtubs using liners like a Water Bob for disaster preparedness.
I Have No Room Left to Store It!
Complete year-round beekeeping guide covering setup, maintenance, harvest, winterization, and spring reopening for food production.
Regenerative Design Doesn't Need 1000 Acres
How to optimize food production and land management on small acreage using regenerative principles like adaptive grazing and landscape observation.
One Easy Addition Transformed Our Wicking Bed into an All-Season Greenhouse
21-minute walkthrough of a simple modification that extends a wicking-bed garden into winter production, with hands-on demonstration of the build.
The Emergency Food Prep Most People Forget
Store comfort-food ingredients alongside survival rations to maintain morale and normalcy during grid-down scenarios.
Episode 7: The Parasite in Your Fridge — 10,000 Sick, a New War Pact & the Food Supply Lie
Understand cyclospora outbreak risks, food system fragility, and oral rehydration techniques that prevent severe dehydration.
You Don't Need Acres to Grow Your Own Food
Nine-minute tour of a quarter-acre backyard garden: fruit trees, chickens, corn, and vegetables with tips for maximizing small spaces and fixing mid-season mistakes.
Cyberattacks Hit U.S. Water Systems in 12 States: What Households Can Do
Recent cyberattacks on American water treatment facilities across multiple states: what the vulnerability means for drinking water safety and how households can protect their supply.
Why Farmers Use Goats to Close Out Summer
How rotational grazing with portable fencing clears vegetation while building soil fertility—a practical technique for homestead food production.
Canning Pie Fillings
Panel discussion on canning pie fillings for long-term storage, hosted by Gil of Camppatton Family Compound with expert canners Tammy McNeill and Mark of ChefTech.
The Fastest Way to Dry Salmon in the Wild
Step-by-step guide to smoking and drying fresh salmon over an open fire for long-term preservation, using traditional Alaskan wilderness methods.
Are you wasting half your garden's water? Stop now!
Reduce garden water loss through early-morning deep watering, mulching, and soil health practices that maximize growing efficiency.
When you live 100 percent on rainwater, you love seeing this
40-second look at a rainwater harvesting system in operation on an off-grid homestead.
Summer Garden Tour: Squash, Asparagus & Vegetable Growing Methods
Ten-minute walkthrough of a productive home garden in summer, covering vegetable cultivation techniques for squash, asparagus, and other crops to ensure reliable harvests.
After Six Years I've Learned This Is When My Growing Season Begins
Twenty-two-minute walkthrough of planting, soil prep, and crop selection on a six-year off-grid Arizona homestead, timed to monsoon rains and rainwater harvesting systems.
Editor's note
“If you only have a weekend and $200, fix water before anything else — it's the prep with the highest ratio of survival impact per dollar. On food: most $400 emergency kits could be replaced with $120 of supermarket staples plus mylar bags. The expensive part of food prep is the marketing, not the calories.”
— Cockroach editorial
Living Off Our Land | August Garden Tour | Zone 4A Minnesota
54-minute garden walkthrough showing vegetable production, preservation techniques (freezing, fermenting, freeze-drying), and season extension strategies for northern climates.
My Values Are Showing: The Quiet Power of a Home Well Lived
Explore how homemaking and homesteading work together to create a resilient home that reflects your values and sustains your family.
Bad Things Are About to Happen
Survey of emergency food storage options and radiation detection equipment for imminent geopolitical and economic disruption.
The Ultimate Guide to Emergency Water Off Grid
29-minute walkthrough of water storage quantities, container options, purification methods, and grid-independent systems from stored supplies to hand-pump wells.
Modern Chickens are Defective
Why modern commercial chicken breeds often underperform in homesteading contexts and which heritage or cold-hardy breeds suit self-sufficient food production.
Canning Peaches with a Certified Master Food Preserver (Step-by-Step)
Five-minute walkthrough on safe peach canning techniques and equipment selection, with a certified Master Food Preserver.
Why Bare Soil Is a Bad Idea
How to build living soil using mulch, cover crops, and no-till methods instead of destructive tilling — critical foundation for growing reliable food.
5 Dangerous Water Purification Myths That Could Make You Sick
Learn the difference between water disinfection and purification, and understand what common treatment methods actually remove.
Heat + Drought + No Fertilizer = Crisis
Analysis of concurrent crop-threatening conditions—heat domes, drought, fertilizer shortages, floods—across major food-producing regions and their household food-security implications.
Is your dog prepared for an emergency? Don't let your pet become a liability.
Plan ahead for your dog's survival: food storage, canine first aid, and heat-stress prevention.
Bulk Food Store Prices
Twelve-minute walkthrough of current pricing at a Mennonite bulk food supplier, tracking food costs and availability for storage planning.
What Tractor Implements Do You Need
Overview of essential tractor attachments and implements for homestead food production, gardening, and property maintenance on rural land.
Could You Feed Your Family Without a Store? (Field to Table)
Step-by-step field dressing, butchering, and processing game animals for food: backstrap, tenderloin, quarters, zero waste.
Rainwater harvesting techniques and filtration
Practical methods for collecting and filtering rainwater for off-grid living and water storage.
Regenerative Design: Small Garden, Same Power As Big Farm
How to implement regenerative gardening systems at any scale, from raised beds to larger plots, to maximize food productivity with natural resources.
DIY Drum Smoker: Built From a Scrap 55-Gallon Barrel
Step-by-step build of a functional smoker from a scrap drum, covering materials, assembly, and food preservation for off-grid or budget-conscious households.
Starbucks new powder making people sick
Clarification on reports of illness linked to a Starbucks emulsifier powder: primarily workplace exposure among baristas rather than customer food poisoning.
Disinfect Water With Sunlight — And the Test Everyone Skips First
How to use solar disinfection (SODIS) to purify water with a clear bottle and sunlight, plus the clarity test that determines whether the method will work.
Composting Is The Secret Ingredient
How to build garden soil fertility through composting, kitchen scraps, livestock rotation, and chop-and-drop methods integrated into daily homestead routines.
Why your grocery bill is skyrocketing and won't stop soon
Structural analysis of food price inflation drivers and practical steps for building protein reserves.
Keyhole Fire Cooking & Brown Sugar Bannock | Using a Carbon Steel Skillet Like a Dutch Oven
15-minute walkthrough on using a keyhole fire and carbon steel skillet to bake bannock and other foods in camp without carrying heavy cast iron.
Unexpected Encounter & We Finally Got Clean Water! | Homestead Update
Norwegian couple documents well installation and testing, kitchen renovation, potato cultivation, and establishing clean water access on their remote farm restoration project.
Don't Have a Garden? No Problem!
Food preservation techniques (canning, fermenting, dehydrating, freezing) for building seasonal food stores without growing your own.
How to Store 3 Weeks of Water in an Apartment
Practical water storage solutions designed for apartment dwellers and small spaces, covering stackable containers and creative placement strategies.