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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Frugal Prepper Pantry Haul: New Finds for Food Storage
Walkthrough of freeze-dried foods, emergency supplies, and storage staples with emphasis on budget-conscious prepper pantry building and lesser-known long-term food options.
Our Daughter Took Over the Garden: What Happened
A multi-generational approach to garden management: delegation, systems, watering methods, and daily observation habits that reduce overwhelm.
How to Make Your Home Grid-Down Ready
50-minute walkthrough of grid-down preparedness: securing power, water, food, heat, and security on any budget, urban or rural.
Homestead Sights & Sounds from a Very Odd Spring in the Mountains of Wyoming
54-minute walkthrough of off-grid mountain homestead operations: gravity-fed water systems, wood heating, food preservation, composting toilets, gardening in harsh climate, and seasonal wildlife observations.
Rain in a Survival Environment & Q&A
Learn practical strategies for managing rainwater collection, storage, and use during survival situations, plus audience Q&A.
What Would You Do in Another Great Depression?
Doug and Stacy discuss practical strategies for economic collapse, covering food production, preservation, and self-sufficiency fundamentals.
Dollar Tree 2026: New Prepper Pantry Finds Worth It?
43-minute walkthrough of current Dollar Tree emergency food stock options, price comparisons to Walmart, and which items offer genuine value for budget prepper pantry building.
The 100 Items to Stockpile Before Britain Collapses
Tier-by-tier UK-specific checklist of 100 survival items for 72-hour, 30-day, and long-term grid-down scenarios, sourced from British suppliers and tailored to UK law and climate.
Turmoil Tuesday - The Great Hunger
Hour-long discussion of potential food shortages, price gouging, and household food storage strategies in response to supply-chain and economic risks.
From Zero Experience to a Booming Farm Business: The Power of Authentic Marketing | Freedom Farms NY
Two former corporate workers share how they built a 300+ acre direct-to-consumer meat operation from scratch, covering livestock selection, butchering, shipping, and scaling a profitable farm business.
Canoe Camping in a Blizzard with my Dog and Catching a Huge Lake Trout
Techniques for canoe camping in severe spring weather, including shelter setup, fire management, and cold-weather survival with a companion animal.
There Is Something Wrong With the Food: Screwworm Scare, Warehouse Fire
Current food-supply disruptions including screwworm outbreaks and warehouse fires affecting availability and prices.
How to Instantly Recognize Thousands of Plants
Learn plant family identification as a practical shortcut to recognizing wild and garden plants without memorization.
Power Grid Threat: What Every Prepper Needs to Know
34-minute analysis of AI infrastructure's strain on power grids, at-risk regions, and updated household power-outage preparedness steps tied to food storage and emergency planning.
Growing a Year's Worth of Food | June Garden Tour | Zone 4A Minnesota
49-minute garden walkthrough showing what's growing in a northern Minnesota plot mid-season, with techniques for scaling production to feed a household year-round.
June Stock-Up Guide: What to Buy Now Before Prices Jump Again
31-minute walkthrough of monthly pantry priorities, price-trend analysis by category, and strategic shopping decisions to build food storage within budget constraints.
How To Convert an IBC Tote into A Self-Watering Raised Bed
32-minute walkthrough converting a 275-gallon IBC tote into a self-watering raised garden bed system for off-grid food production.
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
US Military Strikes on Iran - Stock Up on Food and Meds
Analysis of developing U.S.-Iran military conflict and recommended preparedness actions for supply disruption.
Rebuilding a Free Society After Infrastructure Failure
Explores community resilience through renewable energy, water purification, and food production after grid collapse.
Stockpile THESE Breakfasts in Your Prepper Pantry | Meals in a Jar
39-minute walkthrough making shelf-stable breakfast jars with pantry ingredients for emergency food storage, camping, and power outages.
Building an Off-Grid Homestead in Winter Was Harder Than We Expected | S1E10
Pulling emergency water from a silted well, filtering it to drinkability, building a predator-proof coop, and winter solar placement.
Stocking Up Again: Prepper Pantry Haul
68-minute walkthrough of long-term food storage, freeze-dried items, emergency water, and everyday supplies for prepper pantry building.
Stop Watering Your Garden Every Day. Do This Instead
How to water vegetables deeply rather than frequently, measure soil moisture by depth, and adjust schedules for soil type.
They're Coming for These 5 Items – Are You Protected?
31-minute breakdown of the five survival resources (water, food, fuel, medical, firearms) most at risk during grid-down collapse, with strategies for protecting stockpiles through operational security and strategic caching.
Supply shortages, commodities, and economic risks: a 58-minute overview
Hour-long analysis of current supply-chain disruption, commodity markets, and policy responses. Geopolitical commentary from a preparedness lens.
Camping with a Kid 2026 - Autumn Edition
Father-daughter overnight canoe trip covering tent setup, wood stove installation, shore and trolling fishing techniques, and child-led camp routines.
When the War Restarts: The Hidden Crisis No One Talks About
Long-form analysis of supply-chain and economic risks tied to potential conflict in the Strait of Hormuz.
In 4 days it all goes down! Will you be ready..
Doug and Stacy announce their upcoming homesteading conference, new radio show, copper water storage benefits, concerns about 6G rollout, and updates on Missouri Tea Company products
No Well? No Problem. How We Got Water in Our Off-Grid Cabin
Installing a 2500-gallon buried water storage tank, gravity-fed plumbing system, and transitioning from hauled water to rainwater collection.
The Journey to Growing Our Own Food (5 Years Later)
Five-year progress update on establishing a productive orchard and raising animals toward household food self-sufficiency and sustainable living.
Bread for Sandwiches and Wedding Rolls - Quick, Easy, Mostly Whole Wheat Recipe
32-minute walkthrough of a rich, whole-wheat roll recipe suitable for sandwiches and soups, from an off-grid homesteader in Wyoming.
Creating an Herb Wreath for the Kitchen: How to Dry Your Own Herbs & Flowers
37-minute walkthrough on harvesting, drying, and preserving culinary and medicinal herbs and flowers for year-round kitchen use in a mountain homestead setting.
Time Spent At Our Remote Alaska Cabin
31-minute walkthrough of a two-week remote cabin stay in Alaska, covering shelter maintenance, food procurement, and off-grid power management in practice.