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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Our Everyday Homestead: Off-Grid Infrastructure and Food Forest in Zone 10a Florida
25-minute homestead tour covering off-grid solar expansion, rainwater harvesting, permaculture food forest gardening, and DIY infrastructure for subtropical self-sufficiency.
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.
Homestead Projects Over a Few Months – Dirt Work, Planting, Screening Fence
Sixteen minutes of hands-on homestead improvements: site prep, landscaping, fence installation, and property management on a remote mountain off-grid property.
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.
15 Grocery Items You Can Grow for Free! These Vegetables Save Us the Most Money
Walkthrough of 15 beginner-friendly vegetables to grow at home—from garlic to peppers—with preservation methods to extend the harvest and reduce grocery spending year-round.
The Prepping & Survival Purchases I'd Make Again | 15 Years In
15-year prepper reviews emergency gear that proved durable and useful: heaters, stoves, DC refrigeration, freeze dryers, power stations, battery systems, and home transfer switches.
Water Systems & National Grid Compromised | Bear Brief 3AUG26
Analysis of vulnerabilities in US water infrastructure and electrical grid systems and their preparedness implications.
They're Pricing Us Out of Food
Analysis of food price inflation across retail and fast food, historical parallels to civil unrest, and strategies to reduce dependency on conventional markets.
Survival Challenge (No Food, No Water) Catch and Cook — Fishing Bushcraft Camping
23-minute solo survival scenario: building shelter, sourcing water using primitive methods, and catch-and-cook fishing on an island with minimal gear.
August Stock-Up Guide: What to Buy Now Before Prices Surge for Your Prepper Pantry
Seasonal food storage buying guide covering freeze-dried foods, long-term pantry staples, and current sales before fall price increases.
Frozen Yogurt Cheesecake Pie - No-Bake Summer Dessert with Variations
Fifteen-minute walkthrough of making a no-bake frozen yogurt cheesecake pie from scratch, with ingredient variations for different climates and resources.
Going Off-Grid in Australia: The Rules That Catch You Out
Legal boundaries for off-grid water collection, food production, and power generation in Australia — what's permitted and where regulations tighten.
This Amazing Tiny House Does Everything Differently!
Tour of a curved tiny house in Australia featuring off-grid solar, rainwater tanks, separate amenities building, and productive gardens supporting a self-reliant lifestyle.
Off-Grid Timber Frame Sugar Shack Build | Wood Stove Cooking and Wilderness
Learn timber framing, wood stove cooking, maple syrup processing, and forest resource harvesting on an off-grid homestead.
Smallest Electric Water Filter I've Ever Tested & It WORKS! ITEHIL E01 Mini
Twenty-two-minute hands-on test of the ITEHIL E01 mini electric water filter, covering setup, flow rate, filtration quality, portability, and suitability for off-grid or emergency water treatment.
How I'm Prepping for a WW3 Food Apocalypse and Famine
Build a self-sufficient food system using garden crops, chickens, and bees to produce thousands of pounds of food for long-term resilience.
Turning Home Grown Cabbage Into a Tasty & Fresh Summer Chip Dip
15-minute walkthrough of making fresh cabbage-based chip dip from garden produce, with full ingredient list and technique.
My Apocalypse Food Supply is Destroyed! Don't Make This One Crucial Mistake
Learn what destroyed one prepper's food storage and how to avoid the same costly mistake with your own supplies.
Why The UK Government Are Now Telling People To Prepare For Emergencies
UK government emergency preparedness campaign explained: practical supplies every household should consider for weather, flooding, power cuts, and supply disruptions.
How My Off-Grid Homestead Actually Works
Complete 23-minute systems overview of a six-year Arizona off-grid homestead: shelter, water harvesting, food production, solar power, and sustainable income integration.
Stop Poisoning Your Soil: It's Worse Than You Think!
Learn why chemical-free soil is foundational to food production and how to restore your soil's living ecosystem naturally.
Black Sea Now Russian Lake, West's Grain Gamble Backfired
Analysis of Black Sea port closures, their impact on grain exports and European food security, and consequences of Western strategy in Ukraine.
Solar Water Disinfection: Free, Simple, and Scientifically Proven
Learn how to purify drinking water using sunlight and a clear bottle when conventional supplies fail.
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
8 Vegetables to Plant Now for Big Harvests in Small Spaces
Sixteen-minute walkthrough of eight high-yield vegetables for container and raised-bed gardening, with harvest projections and beginner mistakes to avoid.
Catfish Fillets and Hushpuppies | Catch & Cook on a Camp Stove
Twenty-minute catch-and-cook demonstration: selecting, cleaning, and preparing fresh catfish over a camp stove, plus traditional hushpuppies using simple ingredients.
How to Build a Get Home Bag 2026
Essential gear and supplies to carry if you need to walk home from work during an emergency or disruption.
3 Days Solo Survival in Underground: Built a Hidden Dugout Bunker, Bushcraft Shelter Camping
28-minute bushcraft walkthrough: building an underground shelter, primitive fireplace cooking, fishing, and surviving three days in heavy rain with minimal gear.
Hodgepodge Tiny House Built With Reclaimed Materials and Off-Grid Systems
Tour of a 43-foot off-grid tiny home featuring solar power, rainwater storage, greywater systems, and composting toilet built on a modest budget using salvaged materials.
7 Depression-Era Skills You'll Need
Seven practical self-reliance skills from the Great Depression—bartering, debt avoidance, food security, and family resilience—applied to modern household preparedness.
Strategic Bug-Out Route Caches – Part One: Planning, Movement, Food, Water & Medical Readiness
Design and stock concealed supply caches along realistic evacuation routes, calibrated to your family's actual pace and medical needs.
Stock Food and Emergency Supplies Now
17-minute overview of food storage strategy and emergency supply planning for household preparedness.
Grid Down? Start With These 4 Things Before An EMP
Walkthrough of water, heat, food, and backup power systems in order of criticality, with the specific first step for each and realistic costs for a two-week grid-down scenario.
A Journey to Self Sufficiency (I've Been Neglecting the Farm)
26-minute orchard tour and farm update on a 30-acre tropical homestead in Australia, covering food growing practices and viewer Q&A.
Food Recalls Are Skyrocketing: Latest FDA Alerts and What You Need to Know
Overview of current food recalls, contamination outbreaks, and an FDA proposal to use ionizing radiation on foods—what it means for your household food safety.
This Growing Season Has Been Brutal... Here's What Survived
27-minute walkthrough of a coastal garden's performance through extreme weather—cold snaps, heat waves, drought, heavy rain—with harvest updates, crop failures, and practical lessons for the rest of the season.
Mason Jars: The Ultimate Prepping Tool No One Talks About
Explore practical applications of mason jars for food storage, water treatment, fermentation, and herbal medicine in a self-reliant home.
8 Food Items That Will Skyrocket in Price in 2026
Identify eight food categories likely to see significant price increases over the next year and plan storage accordingly.
28 Foods Containing Plastic: Microplastics in Everyday Groceries
21-minute walkthrough of foods where researchers have found microplastic contamination, which foods have highest levels, and practical steps to reduce family exposure.
Massive Drill Rig Arrives—Securing Water & Power for Our Homestead
Norwegian couple documents drilling a new well, installing a frost-free hydrant, planting potatoes using no-dig methods, and building layered backup systems (old well, wood heat, future solar) while grid-connected.
June Garden Check In: Spring Maintenance for Thriving Harvests
Garden maintenance walkthrough covering soil health monitoring, water and nutrient assessment, and early-stage crop management to prevent losses.
7 Prepper Pantry Mistakes Destroying Your Survival Plan
Fifteen-minute walkthrough of seven common long-term food storage errors—oxygen exposure, pests, temperature, nutrition gaps—with fixes for each.
Building a Cabin When You Don't Know What You're Doing Takes Time
Twenty-six minutes of cabin construction, garden work, and off-grid daily life on a Swedish mountain homestead. First-year progress and lessons learned.
What Morning Chores Really Look Like on a Homestead
Real-time walkthrough of daily pasture rotation chores and their benefits for livestock, soil health, and grazing efficiency.
Easy Preserved Lemons, Limes & Oranges: 2-Ingredient Fermented Citrus
22-minute walkthrough of salt-fermented citrus preservation: selecting fruit, packing jars, fermentation timeline, storage, and four recipes using preserved citrus.
3 Days Solo Survival Camping: Primitive Fish Cooking, Bushcraft Skills, Tent Shelter
19-minute walkthrough of wilderness survival: catching and cooking fish, building shelter in rain, primitive fireplace construction, and camp management in Australian backcountry.
Is THIS the Store Where You Can Find ALL of Your Prepping Gear on a Budget?
28-minute walkthrough of Aldi's emergency food storage options: grains, beans, canned proteins, shelf-stable meals, and what to look for when building a frugal prepper pantry.
The Deadfall Trap: Design and Construction
Twenty-two minutes on building and tuning a deadfall trap for small game and larger animals, with scalability principles for different prey sizes.