Tag: prepared

This Virus Could Wipe Out Up to 70% of US Tomato Crops

Randolph Jason

This Virus Could Wipe Out Up to 70% of US Tomato Crops by Jenny Jayne for The Organic Prepper The humble tomato has been a staple of American dinner plates and mayo sandwiches since the depression era. The plump juicy fruit continues to show up in everything from our salads and adult beverages to our pizza. We generously dip our fries in ketchup made from tomatoes. We add tomato juice to our soups. It can’t be denied – the red fruit has infiltrated American cuisine with a vengeance and there’s no backing…

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Prepper House Hunting

Randolph Jason

Prepper House Hunting by Mrs. AK for Survival Blog After two years spent traveling and volunteering both in the US and overseas, I’m now back in the US and looking for a place to settle down again. For someone who’s definitely oriented towards a preparedness lifestyle, living out of suitcases with no garden and minimal ability to stockpile food, water et cetera for two plus years has been an eye opening experience. After spending many years on my off-grid farm with photovoltaics (PV) and wind, a gravity fed spring, wood…

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Skip 2 or 3 Meals And Tell Me How You Feel

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Skip 2 or 3 Meals And Tell Me How You Feel by Ken Jorgustin for Modern Survival Blog I want you to try and understand the desperation that will unfold if “the people” were to go hungry. This weekend something happened that made me think of this… We had no breakfast (Mrs.J and I). I normally eat later in the morning (brunch) anyway, so no big deal. We decided to do a supply run over to the town that actually has a few ‘big box’ stores to pick up a few…

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8 Overlooked Survival Skills That Kept The Native Americans Alive

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8 Overlooked Survival Skills That Kept The Native Americans Alive by: Rich M for Off the Grid News I have a lot of respect for Native Americans — those who populated this land before the first European white man set foot on these shores. History rarely mentions it, but countless thousands of those Indians were killed by disease and carried in the boats of those early traders. But before that, the American Indian had a thriving culture, in tune with nature and appreciative of the beauty around them. Of all the…

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LASIK Surgery: Permanent Vision Correction as a Prep

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LASIK Surgery: Permanent Vision Correction as a Prep by Daisy Luther for The Organic Prepper In an everyday situation, poor vision is just an inconvenience. The modern world has provided us with lots of easy solutions: glasses and contact lenses are readily available.  Personally, I have required vision correction since I was 7 years old. I can barely remember a time when reaching for my glasses was not the first thing I did each morning. But what if you were at a hotel and smoke alarms were ringing and your…

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The 2 Most Important Things I Learned When Venezuela Collapsed

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The 2 Most Important Things I Learned When Venezuela Collapsed By J. G. Martinez D. for The Organic Prepper Hello again fellows. It’s has been a while since our last interaction. Some health issues have knocked me down on my back, literally, this last week, but here I am again. Stress seems to be charging a toll on me. Let’s go straight to the topic now. I know this is not something I usually do, you’re right. If there is something that looks like SHTF, it is the extreme change of…

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Weathering the Storm Together, Chapter 5: Friend or Foe?

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Weathering the Storm Together, Chapter 5: Friend or Foe? by Megan Stewart for The Survivalist Blog You can see all of the chapters (in descending order) here. In front of her, Steve was still running full tilt toward the Durango, he was nearly to them but the strange man was going to reach her and the kids first. “Jeff! Get up here.” Jeff immediately climbed from the 3rd row seat, over the cat carrier and into the passenger’s seat. “Sammy. Get Delia out of her carseat and down onto the floor…

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3 Easy Ways to Take Herbal Tinctures and Help the Medicine Go Down

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3 Easy Ways to Take Herbal Tinctures and Help the Medicine Go Down by Sara Tipton for Ready Nutrition Tinctures bypass the need to digest entire herbs in the gut and are easily absorbed by the body. Because they are concentrated, the taste leaves a lot to be desired. Here are 3 easy ways to dilute the flavor and help the medicine go down. As people turn away from taking pills and the pharmaceutical companies’ side effect-riddled remedies, many look to herbal tinctures as a more natural and holistic approach…

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60% of Americans Do NOT Have an Emergency Fund. They’re One Missed Paycheck From Disaster

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60% of Americans Do NOT Have an Emergency Fund. They’re One Missed Paycheck From Disaster By Daisy Luther for The Organic Prepper GNN Note – Translation – If they don’t the where with all to have an emergency fund they probably don’t have a lot of supplies in their home. 60% of the people around you, right now, have the potential to become extremely violent within the next 3 days if something were to go horribly wrong and supply lines shut down. Let’s not forget, these folks are looking to…

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PREPAREDNESS: A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT FOR YOUR CAR

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PREPAREDNESS: A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT FOR YOUR CAR by Mac Slavo for SHTFPlan It’s time to get your winter survival kit upgraded and thoroughly audited. Before the first winter storm hits, you should audit your car’s winter survival kit to make sure you’ve got what you need and nothing is missing or expired. If you want the guesswork taken out of preparing a winter survival kit for your car, that’s an option that is available. Ready America has a cold-weather survival kit for one person and it costs less than $65. However, if…

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