The Biggest Mistakes You Can Make In A Blackout – Field Report From Venezuela

By Maybell Nieves

November 21, 2019 09:10

The electrical problem that Venezuela is currently experiencing is a difficult situation to explain to those who have not personally experienced all the stages of Hugo Chávez’s government from 1998 until today.

Nevertheless, I will try to summarize the most important aspects that have led us to this collapse, which is only a reflection of the…

Survival Items Lewis and Clark Had with Them on Their Two-Year Journey

By Rich M.

November 22, 2019 07:25

The famous journey by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase, map out the Missouri River and find the fabled “Northwest Passage” to the Pacific Ocean is an important part of American History. Never before had such an expedition been undertaken and considering that they were traveling into uncharted and unsettled…

Man Eats Expired Food for 365 Days. This Is What Happened:

By Rich M.

November 19, 2019 08:42

We go through a lot of food here in the US; some 815 billion calories per day. Unfortunately, about 200 billion of those calories of food are wasted. That’s something like 200,000 tons of food; enough to feed 80 million people. But why is this so? Are we just a wasteful society, as some say, or is there something behind all this waste?

Some estimates say that as much…

12 Things You Need to Know Before Choosing Your Bug Out Location

By Rich M.

November 8, 2019 08:21

Bug out plans are part and parcel of good prepping. While bugging in is the more popular option, for a number of reasons, there is always the risk of being caught in a situation where your home becomes untenable. When that happens, you’ve got to have a Plan B: your bug out plan.

Sadly, very few preppers have a complete bug out plan. Oh, they’ll have something;…

Prepper Survival Guide and Backwoods Survival Guide

For those new to my little corner of the Internet, I am the Editor in Chief for both Prepper Survival Guide and Backwoods Survival Guide magazines. These are quarterly print publications that are published by Centennial Media. Here are the covers for the current issues that are available in stores right now.



You can find them just about anywhere magazines are sold, including:

Walmart

Sam's…

15 Best Herbs for Your Prepper Garden

By KJ Barber

November 5, 2019 07:48

Gardens are wonderful, on many levels. They allow us to plant specifically what we want, maybe save a little money and, most importantly, have some control over the way our foods and herbs are treated before they enter our systems.

Preppers like to be prepared for anything, which is why so many of us have our own gardens. Planning it out just right for harvesting, as well as making sure…

How To Make Oil From Plants At Home

By Anela T

October 31, 2019 09:50

Plant oils have been present in human cuisine since the beginning of time. At first, humans probably used animal fat, but they learned how to extract plant oils very soon after that.

Plant oils are triglycerides gained from the plant source, whether a nut tree or plant-like flax or corn. The edible oils have been used in cooking or as a supplement for millennia but also for lighting lamps,…