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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13 Pantry Staples I Buy in Bulk (All Under $5 at Walmart)
47-minute breakdown of budget-friendly long-storage pantry items, storage techniques, rotation methods, and sample meal plans for building a 90-day food supply on a tight budget.
Easy Weeknight Dinner: Cooking From Your Food Stores
33-minute walkthrough cooking ground beef and cabbage skillet with roasted potatoes from shelf-stable ingredients, with cost breakdown and recipe links.
Catching Crabs in Rivers and Cooking for Survival: Spicy Roasted Squid
63-minute walkthrough of catching crabs in rivers and preparing them for eating, plus spicy roasted squid preparation in a survival context.
Stocking Up on Freeze-Dried Foods for Emergency Preparedness
41-minute walkthrough of freeze-dried and shelf-stable foods to add to long-term storage, with a sample sausage fried rice recipe using pantry staples.
20 Pantry Staples That Last Forever (And 4 Myths You Need To Know)
Thirty-one minutes categorizing 20 shelf-stable foods by actual storage life, storage rules, and debunking four common misconceptions about forever foods.
Pressure Canning for Beginners: Overcoming Fear and Starting Your First Batch
Thirty-four-minute walkthrough of pressure canning basics: water-bath vs pressure methods, altitude adjustments, equipment choice, and a full demonstration preserving chicken stock for off-grid food storage.
Fall Harvest Salad and Pumpkin Muffins From Storage | Gluten-Free
Forty-eight minutes cooking through fall harvests and preserved garden stores: salad assembly, homemade pumpkin muffins, and dehydrated seeds from scratch.
Catch and Cook Chicken for Survival: Egg and Mushroom Preparation
67-minute walkthrough of catching, processing, and cooking wild chicken and foraged mushrooms in a survival setting.
Building a Hunting Bow in the Wilderness
Craft a functional osage orange longbow using hand tools and wilderness materials at an off-grid homestead.
Catch and Cook Catfish and Duck Eggs in the Jungle
68-minute walkthrough of fishing for and preparing catfish and duck eggs with chili sauce in a forest survival setting.
We're Rethinking How We Homestead (Again!)
Seasonal adjustments to livestock, food preservation, and self-sufficiency practices for winter homesteading in North Idaho.
Survival in forest: Duck curry with wild mushroom for jungle food
67-minute walkthrough of preparing duck curry and foraged mushrooms in a wilderness survival setting.
Off Grid Life: A Day in the Forest | Duck Hunting with my Dog
Harvest wild waterfowl for food and observe seasonal changes while maintaining an off-grid homestead in autumn.
Life in the Jungle: Duck Egg and Bamboo Shoot Cooking, Catch and Cook Crabs
Sixty-seven-minute walkthrough of foraging bamboo shoots, cooking duck eggs, and catching and preparing crabs in a jungle survival setting.
Survival in the Rainforest: Fish Curry, Snails, and Frog Preparation
Seventy minutes of rainforest protein preparation: cooking freshly caught fish, snails, and frogs into edible meals using survival methods.
Stainless Camp Cookware Prototypes | Spaghetti & Garlic Toast Field Test
David Canterbury tests new stainless steel camp cookware prototypes by cooking a full meal outdoors, evaluating design and practicality for backcountry kitchen use.
How I Store a Year's Worth of Food in a 960 sq ft Cabin
Forty-minute walkthrough of food storage systems in limited space: pantry organization, freezing, root cellar management, and preservation techniques like canning and freeze-drying.
Catching and Cooking Catfish with Wild Bamboo Shoots
Hour-long walkthrough of fishing for catfish, field butchering, cooking over an open fire, and identifying wild edible plants.
What I'm Buying Now as Prices, Shortages, and Tensions Rise | Prepper Pantry Haul
Hour-long walkthrough of freeze-dried foods, shelf-stable staples, water storage, and preparedness supplies being added to a family emergency pantry, with purchasing rationale tied to current supply-chain and cost concerns.
World Food Prices Hit 3-Year High: What's Coming to Your Grocery Store
39-minute breakdown of rising global food prices (sugar, grains, fuel, fertilizer), what's reached U.S. stores, and a 90-day pantry-stocking plan to protect household food security.
The Last Brook Trout - A Fall Overnight Canoe Camp
Wilderness fishing and camp skills: catching, processing, and cooking fresh trout in remote Canadian backcountry.
Crazy Gas Prices and Free Potatoes
How to offset inflation through kitchen cooking, gardening projects, and strategic homestead investments that pay dividends over time.
We Asked a Permaculture Expert What We Got Wrong
Permaculture expert audits a dry-climate homestead garden, teaching contour planting, swales, composting fixes, and perennial food production for water-scarce land.
Finding Peace in the Forest: A Solo Canoe and Bushcraft Adventure
Master fire-building, camp setup, and open-fire cooking skills during a solo backcountry canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness.
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
Diesel Prices and Grocery Inflation: How to Stock Your Pantry Before Winter
Analysis of diesel's impact on food costs, historical price-spike patterns, and three real-world pantry stock-up plans at different budget levels.
Stone House Renovation & Autumn Garden Reset
30 minutes of dry stone wall rebuilding, window installation, autumn harvest, and polytunnel food production on a century-old off-grid homestead renovation.
What I'm Buying Right Now as Prices, Shortages & Tensions Rise | Prepper Pantry Haul
56-minute walkthrough of specific shelf-stable foods, freeze-dried goods, canned items, and storage supplies being added to emergency pantry, with rationale for each choice.
The Secret to Healthier Soil? | Soil Health Part 3
Build soil organic matter through compost, mulch, cover crops, and reduced tillage to improve water retention and soil structure.
A Warning From a Biochemist About the Food Supply Collapse
A biochemist analyzes structural vulnerabilities in global food production and supply chains.
The Meat We Eat: How We Choose It, Buy It & Cook It
Learn to decode meat labels, source quality protein from local farmers, and match cooking methods to different cuts.
3-Days Surviving in Canada's Wild
51-minute wilderness survival challenge: fishing, animal trapping, and shelter building using only gear that fits in a 5-gallon container.
Prepper Pantry Haul: Food Storage and Supply Selections for Emergency Preparedness
Seventy-minute walkthrough of food storage selections, bulk-buying strategy via Azure Standard, vacuum sealing, freeze-dried foods, shelf-stable proteins, and long-term pantry rotation for emergency readiness.
From Soil to Strength: Rebuilding a Nutrient-Dense Food Culture + Bison Farming
Interview with a grass-fed bison rancher and clinical nutritionist on soil health, nutrient density, whole-animal utilization, and building food resilience through sustainable farming practices.
Harvesting Early This Year | September Garden Tour | Zone 4A Minnesota
44-minute garden walkthrough covering harvest timing, pest management, food preservation (canning, fermentation, freeze-drying), and seasonal planning for Zone 4A.
17 Foods To Stockpile That Never Expire
Forty-one minutes identifying 17 grocery-store foods with multi-decade shelf life, storage methods to achieve that lifespan, and realistic costs for a complete long-term food security system.
Winning the War on Weeds with John Moody
Hour-long deep dive into organic weed management strategies, soil health, cover cropping, and garden planning from a homesteading expert.
Preserving Cheap Produce and Outdoor Grill Cooking
Tomato preservation techniques and first meal cooked on a newly built outdoor grill at a rural homestead.
The Dust Bowl Cycle Is Back and One Third of World's Export Grain Just Disappeared
Fifty-six minutes on global grain-export collapse, harvest failures, and fertilizer cutoffs — with household food-security strategies for a fragile supply chain.
How to Store 90 Days of Water for Your Family
40-minute walkthrough on building a hybrid water storage system for a family of four under $100, covering container selection, math on daily requirements, treatment methods, and storage locations.
Late Summer Tasks in the Garden
Prioritize harvesting and adjust watering as summer wanes; plan fall crops and cover crops to reduce next year's work.
Testing America's Emergency Water Sources: Lab Results and Purification Solutions
Lab analysis of 10 common emergency water sources (hot water heater, pool, pond) plus hands-on purification methods from passive filtration to reverse osmosis for household use.
Your Soil Needs More Than NPK | Soil Health Part 2
Learn how to build complete soil fertility by balancing macronutrients, micronutrients, and biology for nutrient-dense food production.
Prepper Pantry Haul: Stocking Up on Emergency Food Storage
88-minute walkthrough of freeze-dried and long-term food storage purchases, pricing trends, product comparisons, and pantry-building strategies for food security.
The Truth: Homesteading Won't Save The World... Until It Does
53-minute deep dive into regenerative agriculture myths vs. reality: what actually works on marginal land, the economics of small-scale farming, and honest soil-building strategies for off-grid living.
Is THIS the Place to Shop for Prepping on a Budget? Trader Joe's Prepper Pantry Tour
33-minute evaluation of Trader Joe's shelf-stable foods, prices, and suitability for emergency food storage and budget prepping.
Stockpile as Much Food as You Can Now
Overview of freeze-dried and emergency food storage options with current discount codes and sourcing strategies.
Living Fully Off-Grid on a Remote Pacific Island
Tour of a working off-grid homestead in Vanuatu: tropical food production, water systems, shelter, and daily routines of island self-sufficiency.
Steam Canning – Monday Night Fireside Chat No. 1452
Panel discussion on steam canning techniques and food preservation for beginners, hosted by Gil with guest experts from Rebel Canners and ChefTech.