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  1. Food Preservation And Storage
    Proper storage of food and water is key to ensuring their safety and freshness. Here are some basic guidelines on how to properly store food and water: How to preserve food: 1. Frozen foods: Store foods that need to be frozen in the freezer, making sure they are sealed in leak-proof food bags...
  2. Disaster Preparedness General Discussion
    we've all seen and heard reports of hunger in the third world, but how about the USA? headline: Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food in 2022 — a sharp jump...
  3. Off Topic Lounge
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/europe/early-europeans-seaweed-dental-plaque-scn/index.html An analysis of the samples showed that ancient people ate, or at least chewed, red, green and brown seaweed and a variety of freshwater aquatic plants, such as species of pondweed and vegetation from the...
  4. Farming, Gardening & Homesteading
    Good evening fellow Survivalists, I picked up my Grandparents 7 female meat rabbits over the weekend, i have them temporary in cages in the chicken coup. I also bought a female Giant Flemish rabbit and my sister gave me her male Holland flop (not really a meat rabbit) because she was done...
  5. Farming, Gardening & Homesteading
    https://www.usda.gov/peoples-garden/what-pg People’s Gardens empower communities to participate in local food production and provide diversity and resiliency to the food supply chain. They also teach about the benefits of sustainable, local agriculture and how gardening can foster community...
  6. Farming, Gardening & Homesteading
    https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/central/2023-01-11-indigenous-vegetable-farming-key-to-changing-rural-economies/ According to research, out of the about 200 indigenous plant species used as leafy vegetables in the country, only a few have been fully domesticated and a number...
  7. Food and Water
    I hope this is the right place, and I couldn't find the answer elsewhere. So here goes; I'm incorporating TVP into my long term preparedness. I know with beans and grains it's best to run through a 30 day freezer cycle before storing in mylar. Am I right in assuming that I should also do the...
  8. Food and Water
    I use 5 gallon food safe buckets for my vacuum sealed long term food preps. They are expensive. I have found that gathering these buckets can be done for free by visiting your local grocery store bakeries. All their cake mix and frosting comes in these buckets with sealed lids. Just visit a...
  9. New Member Introductions
    Hello, my name is Garrett. I'm a pepper on a limited budget as I'm disabled. I have some good info to share and I hope to learn a lot.
  10. Food and Water
    https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-expand-state-control-farming-worsening-food-shortage North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un announced his regime will take stronger control of the nation's agricultural sector amid the ongoing food shortage. Kim revealed the plan for more state intervention...
  11. Food and Water
    https://apnews.com/article/united-kingdom-european-union-europe-spain-morocco-903f4223ba23c64d20cc4fc3ab8c58f9 Several British supermarket chains have limited the amount of some fresh fruits and vegetables that customers can buy amid shortages blamed on bad weather in Spain and Morocco. Tesco...
  12. Food and Water
    some people say eat a spoonful of honey for quick energy. bicyclers eat spaghettio's because it digests fast. but I get to do plenty of testing eating various foods at work. tried them all, cookies, donuts, candy bars, energy bars, different types of milk, funyuns, hohos, ding dongs, zingers...
  13. Food and Water
    https://interestingengineering.com/china-to-build-worlds-largest-water-canal Apart from helping revive the economy, the project is expected to turn nearly 290,000 sq. miles (570,000 sq. km) of wasteland, the size of Chile, into arable land that will be used to grow wheat, rice, corn, beans, and...
  14. California
    Here is the story: A few months ago (maybe march?) I went to visit my 19 year old son where he lives in Elk Grove (Sacramento). We had lunch, did some other fun mom and son stuff. Strangest thing though when driving him back to his house in Elk Grove. We were stopped at a red light to go...
  15. Farming, Gardening & Homesteading
    The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island | Hawaii | The Guardian Unlike industrial agriculture, diversity is key: there are nine varieties of avocado and coconuts, three native bananas, six sweet potatoes and 27 types of kalo in orange, purple and brown. Some...
  16. Manmade and Natural Disasters
    The Lessons from Cuba’s “Special Period” | by Andrew Damitio | DataDrivenInvestor Cuba suffered economic hardship when the USSR dissolved, ending the cheap oil, fertilizer and food subsidies. This era is known as Cuba's 'Special Period'. During the Special Period, oil imports into Cuba...
  17. Disaster Preparedness General Discussion
    Will people / gangs assault you for the groceries in the parking lot? Will they hijack your car for food and get the gas as a bonus? Will gangs descend on food stores to clean them out instead of stealing worthless purses? Will there be diesel to power the trucks to even deliver food...or...
  18. Disaster Preparedness General Discussion
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/20-facts-about-emerging-global-food-shortage-should-chill-you-core #4 Rationing has already begun in Spain… #5 Rationing has also already started in Greece… I think Greece is a net importer of food, growing more olives, fruits and nuts than grain maybe...
  19. Food and Water
    Hi all, I'm getting a slow start on food preps. I'm hoping to find info on what kind of foods to prep, how much of each, how long they'll last, how to store, reheating/preparing, equipments, etc, things I might not think to even ask. Thanks in advance
  20. Farming, Gardening & Homesteading
    Avian Flu is again killing, and forcing the culling, of chickens https://abc7chicago.com/bird-flu-in-iowa-2022-avian-influenza-outbreak/11664103/ The latest case confirmed by the state Department of Agriculture means nearly 12.6 million chicken and turkeys in at least eight states have been...
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