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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Gas Tax Relief Scam as Airlines Cut Flights
Analysis of diesel and jet fuel price spikes, their impact on agricultural harvesting costs and food supply chains, and airline capacity cuts in response to rising energy costs.
Best Kept Secret in Military Surplus? 1945 AGM Two-Burner Stove
Twenty-one minutes evaluating a vintage military two-burner stove: layout, portability, field cooking applications, and why surplus gear still works for base camps and outdoor cooking today.
Kitchen Recalls: Meat, Frozen Fruit, Cinnamon, and Household Products
Breakdown of recent food and household product recalls—what triggered them, where they were distributed, and how to check your pantry and home for affected items.
How To Get Water From Your Well in a Long-Term Blackout
27-minute walkthrough on installing and using hand pumps as non-electric backups for well water, covering static water level measurement, pump selection (deep vs. shallow), and three product comparisons.
What to Store Before 2027: The 100 Day Pantry Build
29-minute walkthrough on building a 100-day pantry: what staples to prioritize, quantities, storage methods, and rotation strategies for household food security.
Our Sheep's First Days On The Homestead
Step-by-step introduction of a dairy sheep flock: pasture preparation, breed selection rationale, barn setup, and managing initial integration challenges.
Dairy On A Small Homestead: Our Mini Goat Experiment
Eighteen-minute walkthrough of setting up dairy goats on a small homestead: breed selection, infrastructure, shelter, feeding systems, and why goats fill a food-security gap where cows aren't feasible.
How Diesel Price Shocks Cascade Through Food and Energy Systems
21-minute analysis of diesel supply disruptions, their impact on farming costs and food-system logistics during peak harvest season, and downstream effects on household expenses.
Bow Trap Survival Build
Twenty-minute walkthrough on constructing and setting a bow trap for hunting game, from a self-taught bushcraft instructor with four decades of wilderness experience.
Our 1,700-Gallon Water Tank Fills Itself (Off Grid)
Complete build of a gravity-fed spring collection and cistern system: finding springs, sizing flow, building collection boxes, routing multiple sources, and solving silt problems.
10 Homestead Priorities for Rising Food Costs in Australia
Ten-point breakdown of food security strategies: staples, storage, equipment, butchering, seeds, local sourcing, livestock, and dietary shifts for household resilience.
Homestead Systems Maintenance: Rainwater, Heating, and Winter Prep
Twenty-two minutes of practical off-grid maintenance: securing rainwater collection, testing a diesel heater, prepping a Russian stove, and repairing water-storage tanks.
Farm Soil Recovery After Prescribed Burn: Forage Explosion on Newly Leased Pasture
Seventeen-minute site visit showing soil response and forage growth following spring prescribed burn on newly leased regenerative grazing land.
Sam's Club Emergency Preparedness Items: Budget Prepper Shopping Walkthrough
27-minute walkthrough of Sam's Club bulk items for emergency food storage, water, batteries, and shelf-stable pantry supplies, with cost-per-serving focus for budget-conscious preppers.
Fall planting and garden experiments
Twenty-minute walkthrough of fall planting methods, garden experiments from the year, and a new technique being tried for the first time.
They Sent Me This Water Filter To Test - Part 1
Unboxing and field testing of the E01 Mini portable electric water filter, including flow-rate demos, rainwater and creek-water analysis, and maintenance breakdown.
First Look at Our New Homestead (After Being Forced Out)
Drone and walking tour of a new raw-land homestead property in Appalachia: soil assessment, water, livestock plans (chickens and sheep), rotational grazing layout, and the practical first steps for building self-sufficiency from scratch.
Cleaning Wilderness Water
Fifteen-minute walkthrough of water purification methods for outdoor survival: removing pathogens and organisms that cause illness when living or camping in the wilderness.
Three Things Happening in America You Need to See
Breakdown of a major product recall, Walmart tracking practices, food price inflation, and chemical standards gaps between US and EU products affecting consumer safety and grocery costs.
First harvest of the season
Walkthrough of the first vegetable harvest from a zone 3 Northern Alberta garden, including updates on new gardening methods tried this year.
Spring Review: Winter Accomplishments on Our Off-Grid Homestead
Year-in-review walkthrough of food production, preservation, and off-grid systems: chicken tractors, water management, gardens, greenhouse, bulk pantry, and first-time pork processing.
What I'm Buying in September Before Prices Go Higher - Prepper Pantry Stock-Up
Monthly food storage strategy: what to buy now amid beef and wheat supply warnings, price increases, freeze-dried options, and where deals still exist.
5 Secrets Your Food Storage Is Hiding From You
Learn how to identify food storage failures, prevent botulism, extend shelf life through proper preservation, and rotate stock safely.
Exactly What You Need for 1 Year of Food
Learn the quantities and variety of shelf-stable foods needed for a year's supply, with step-by-step sourcing guidance.
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
Why I Don't Buy From Grocery Stores Anymore: Food Safety and Home Production
Walkthrough of industrial produce contamination risks, farm safety practices, and how to start growing your own food for supply chain resilience.
Food Recalls & FDA Warnings: Check Your Pantry Now
Breakdown of current food recalls (rice, berries, granola, fruit bars) affecting U.S. consumers: which products, where they were sold, and how to check your home inventory.
Survival Challenge: 3 Days on Island With Knife Only—Catch and Cook Crab, Bushcraft
Three-day solo island survival demonstration: shelter building, saltwater-to-freshwater conversion via steam method, fishing and foraging for food, and primitive cooking with minimal tools.
Lab-Grown Eggs Are Already Here — And This Is Bigger Than Just Eggs
How precision fermentation is creating egg proteins without chickens, what the FDA approval process means, and implications for American food security and long-term food storage.
Assembling & Testing Güde GME 6.5V Tractor & GBM 970 Sickle Bar Mower
Step-by-step assembly, setup, and field testing of a small two-wheel tractor and sickle bar mower for homestead grass and hay management.
My Favorite Burbot Recipe
Cooking and preparation technique for burbot, a freshwater fish, including identification and kitchen handling.
JP Morgan Warning: Global Food Crisis, El Niño Forecast
Analysis of converging El Niño, geopolitical instability, and logistics disruption driving JP Morgan and Oxford Economics food-price forecasts (12%+ into 2027) and regional crop-threat assessment.
Food System Reliability and Home Food Production
Explores declining confidence in commercial food systems and strategies families are adopting to produce their own eggs, meat, and staple foods.
Why I'm Moving My Food Supply Back Onto My Land
Rationale for relocating stored food from off-site to home property, and readiness assessment for food security strategy.
Mike and Chris' Top Strategy for Facing Future Predicaments
Martenson and Maloney discuss fertilizer shortages, food production risks, AI threats to agriculture and digital systems, and personal preparedness strategies in a multi-threat environment.
American Farmers Facing Massive Losses as Food Crisis Tightens Supply
Analysis of farm economics: diesel, fertilizer, tariff, and drought impacts on US and global crop yields, and why food costs are rising.
Canning a Year's Worth of Green Beans
Sixteen-minute walkthrough of pressure canning green beans for long-term storage, covering equipment selection and batch processing for annual food preservation.
Food Safety Recalls: Salmonella, Metal Contamination, and Cyclospora Outbreak Alert
Current food safety recall summary covering salmonella in baked goods, metal contamination risks, and cyclospora in lettuce — how to identify affected products and protect your pantry.
USDA Beef, Egg, and Grain Report: What It Means for Your Food Storage
Analysis of recent USDA supply data on cattle, grains, and eggs with recommendations for long-term food storage strategy and pantry stocking decisions.
Coho Salmon Frenzy on Vancouver Island | Catch & Cook
Fifteen minutes on catching coho salmon and smoking the day's catch for preservation, with foraged berries, on Vancouver Island.
Don't Make These Preserving Mistakes
Learn practical habits to manage food preservation efficiently, including timing, method selection, and whether you're preserving foods your family will actually eat.
How to Lacto Ferment Peppers or Any Vegetables: The Easiest Two-Ingredient Method
19-minute walkthrough on preserving garden vegetables through salt-water fermentation, using fresh peppers as an example; covers harvesting, prep, salt ratios, jar setup, and readiness indicators.
What Lambing Season Looks Like on Our Farm | Lambing 2026
27-minute walkthrough of lambing season on a South Australian farm: birth assistance, orphan lamb care, daily animal husbandry, and herd management across 200+ lambs.
Quiche Lorraine Shelf-Stable Recipe: Building Better Prepper Pantry Meals
23-minute walkthrough building a shelf-stable quiche in a jar using freeze-dried ingredients, with ingredient sourcing and pantry strategy for long-term food storage.
Will We Ever Stop Working? Thoughts on a Life of Manual Chores and Self-Sufficiency
Reflections on long-term sustainability while making sauerkraut—balancing manual labor, food preservation, and the practical realities of off-grid mountain homesteading.
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.
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.
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.
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.