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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Flock of Kiko/Pygmy Cross Goats: Rotational Pasture and Brush Management in North Missouri
Walk-through of a 56-head mixed-age goat flock on daily rotation using polywires: forage-only diet, parasite resistance, and brush-management strategy for property stewardship.
Raccoon Burgers
Forty-one seconds on field dressing and cooking raccoon as a wild-caught protein source.
Working on Watering System – Switching to Irrigation Ditch Water
Three-minute walkthrough of upgrading a home watering system to use irrigation ditch water as an alternative to city supply.
2026 Breeding Rams: Never Wormed, 100% Forage Raised, Single-Wire Trained
Four-minute walkthrough of Greg Judy's breeding ram operation, demonstrating parasite-free genetics, forage-based raising, and livestock training methods for regenerative farming.
Spit roasting an entire deer
Field-to-table walkthrough: hunting, field dressing, and cooking a whole deer over an open fire.
Day 17 Egg Candling: Last Check Before Lockdown
Three-minute walkthrough of candling chicken eggs at day 17 of incubation to monitor embryo development and identify non-viable eggs before the final incubation phase.
Grid-Down: The Simplest No-Cook Emergency Meal
Four-minute walkthrough of buying, storing, and preparing a no-cook emergency meal from shelf-stable pantry staples without electricity or cooking equipment.
Canning Pumpkin – Monday Night Fireside Chat
Live panel discussion on canning pumpkin for storage, hosted with Rebel Canners and ChefTech experts covering techniques for food preservation beginners.
Ripening Produce Before Frost: Topping Tomatoes, Peppers, and Squash in Zone 4A
Step-by-step on pruning growing tips to force fruit ripening before the first frost in cold climates, plus benefits for plant health and disease prevention.
The 5 Essential Food Types for Starting a Grid-Down Pantry
Breakdown of five foundational food categories—from shelf-stable staples to ready-to-eat options—for building an emergency food system you can actually live from.
Who's Eating Duck
Quick walkthrough of catching and preparing a duck as part of wilderness subsistence food procurement.
How to Get Red Bell Peppers Every Time
Twenty-three minutes on pepper ripening: why green and red bell peppers are the same fruit at different stages, and how timing on the vine affects flavor and yield.
From the Forest to Your Cup: Chaga Restock
How to harvest, prepare, and brew wild Canadian chaga as a shelf-stable foraged beverage for off-grid living.
Grow More Cucumbers in Less Space with Vertical Trellis Growing
Hands-on walkthrough of vertical trellis training for cucumbers: how to keep vines off soil, maximize garden-bed yield, and reduce pest and disease pressure in small spaces.
What to Do When a Jar Breaks During Canning
Learn why canning jars break and how to prevent thermal shock, damaged containers, and other common causes of failure.
Biomass for the Front Garden Expansion
Two-minute walkthrough of adding wood chips and organic biomass to expand and improve garden soil productivity on the homestead.
Day 14 Egg Candling: Embryo Chick Development
Ten-minute walkthrough of candling chicken eggs on day 14 of incubation to check embryo development and viability.
Day 14 Egg Candling: Monitoring Embryo Development
Two-minute walkthrough of candling chicken eggs at day 14 of incubation using a handheld torch to assess viability and embryo development.
Eating The Tomatoes You Said Wouldn't Grow
Walkthrough of tomato harvest readiness and variety selection from a producing garden, with practical assessment of ripeness and flavor.
Frozen Tomahawk Steak over the Fire at a Natural Shelter
Cook a large frozen steak over an open fire using a natural lean-to shelter as base camp.
Taylor Farms Recall: Salmonella Outbreak and Why Growing Your Own Matters
Overview of the Taylor Farms salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican suppliers, recent cyclospora cases, and how understanding supply-chain contamination informs household food sourcing decisions.
Growing Golden Zucchini: Varieties, Garden Pests, and Harvest Timing
26-minute walkthrough comparing golden and standard zucchini varieties, managing garden pests as indicators of plant health, and recognizing harvest-ready crops.
You Have 20 Gallons of Water. How Long Will It Really Last?
How to calculate real water consumption and estimate supply longevity for a household of different sizes under emergency conditions.
Sauerkraut Recipe: Curtido Fermentation Method
Step-by-step walkthrough of making fermented sauerkraut curtido: ingredient ratios, massaging technique, fermentation timeline, and storage for up to a year.
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
Stop Buying Survival Gear Until You Have THIS
Why food storage auditing and realistic meal planning should come before gear purchases—assessing family consumption, water, and fuel needs.
Chef Boyardee High Protein Ravioli: Prepper Evaluation
Side-by-side comparison of Chef Boyardee's new high-protein ravioli with the original, examining ingredients, nutrition, filling weight, and practical prepper-storage value.
Making raccoon tasty
Short walkthrough on preparing and cooking wild-caught raccoon — a subsistence food-procurement skill from foraged game.
How Chickens Save Farm Money: Replacing Tilling and Tractor Use
Practical walkthrough on integrating chickens into farm management to reduce tractor use, fuel costs, and labor while improving soil health through regenerative practices.
How to Eat Beaver
Field-to-table walkthrough on harvesting, processing, and cooking beaver as a wild-game protein source.
38 Million Eggs Recalled: How to Identify Unsafe Cartons in Your Fridge
Breakdown of a major FDA egg recall: how to identify affected cartons in your kitchen and assess whether eggs you purchased are safe.
Preparing Bear Ribs
Quick walkthrough of field dressing and cooking wild bear ribs as subsistence food from hunting.
Don't Let Wild Weather Destroy Your Harvest
Soil moisture and water management techniques to protect crops from drought and flooding using landscape design and natural water storage systems.
How to Catch Grasshoppers and Crickets
Hands-on demonstration of catching and preparing grasshoppers and crickets as wild-foraged protein sources.
No Chemicals in Garden = Safe to Eat
Building healthy, resilient soil through organic matter and soil biology instead of synthetic inputs—a foundation for long-term food security.
HUGE Steak in the NEW Pathfinder Deep Carbon Steel Skillet
Real-fire testing of a 10-inch carbon steel skillet: searing technique, heat management, and why carbon steel is versatile camp cookware for bushcraft and overlanding.
Arapuca Bird Trap
Two-minute walkthrough of building a traditional arapuca bird trap using primitive materials and techniques.
Survival Skill - Easy Wild Grouse Clean & Recipe
Step-by-step grouse cleaning and cooking from field harvest to table, demonstrating practical wild-game processing for subsistence food procurement.
Building My Dream Garden From Scratch
Multi-year process of converting steep hillside into terraced garden: contour measurement, layout planning, and greenhouse foundation on uneven ground.
How to Harvest and Preserve Elderberries
31-minute walkthrough on identifying, harvesting, and processing black elderberries into medicinal syrup for cold and flu season.
Why You Should Start Small
Financial and operational strategy for scaling homestead projects incrementally to avoid over-investment, test local markets, and match production to actual family needs.
World's Most Impressive Squirrel Hunting Platform
46-second demonstration of a specialized hunting platform setup for squirrel hunting in the field.
Survival Skill - Sniping Squirrels!
46-second demonstration of a hunting technique for harvesting squirrels as subsistence food in a wilderness setting.
Terrace or Swale? Which One Fixes Your Yard?
How to use contour lines and terrain management (terraces vs. swales) to fix uneven ground and improve water retention on your property.
Survival Skill - Cooking on a Rock
23-minute demonstration of primitive cooking technique using heated rocks, applicable to off-grid and wilderness food preparation.
Giant Turnip
Two-minute demonstration of a large turnip harvest, with notes on turnips as a calorie-dense survival food for people and livestock.
Foraging: American Elderberry or Pokeberry?
Two-minute walkthrough on identifying edible American elderberry versus toxic pokeberry in the wild—critical skill for safe foraging.
Sprinklers Won't Save Your Garden
Efficient irrigation techniques for food gardens: drip systems, mulch, timing, and olla pots to deliver water at the roots and reduce waste.
Does Adding Cayenne to Chicken Feed Actually Work? (What We Do and Why)
How capsaicin in cayenne pepper affects chicken physiology, why it may boost winter egg production, dosing guidance, and complementary strategies for year-round laying.