What’s Wrong with a Typical Storage Food List?

by Grain | | Food Supply, Preparation, Survival, Uncategorized

I got an email the other day from a loving and well meaning friend who was sharing how to buy storage food cheaply over time. It was a wonderful gesture and right in line with the need to prepare. Honestly, though, it got me thinking and wondering what’s wrong...

Learning Survival Skills, Techniques and Planning

by Grain | | Epidemics, food crisis, Food Supply, Preparation, Survival, Uncategorized

Although I would not classify what our family does as being ‘Survivalists’, we do factor that portion of planning and preparing into our ‘Prepping’ lifestyle. The skills, tools, techniques and planning it takes to survive in difficult times...

Long-Term Workable Pantry TOOLS.

by Grain | | Food Supply, Long Term Storage, nutrition, Organic Grains, Preparation, Preparation Action Step, Uncategorized

It all sounds nice and good to say ‘Build a Long-Term Workable Pantry” but if you don’t know where to get the tools to do so, it can be a bit frustrating. Our hope is to give you some realistic options to choose from. We’ve touched on how to go...

What is preparation or prepping? A brief breakdown.

by Grain | | Preparation

What does it mean to ‘Be prepared’? Of course it used to be the Boy Scout Motto (maybe it still is, but I’m not a Boy Scout). Also, what is this new word “prepping”? Isn’t that what doctors do prior to surgery? Well, both of these...

Recapping the RED Book Steps.

by Grain | | RED book (Real Emergency Directions)

Folks, my apologies…. Due to a job and subsequent home loss during the time of wedding of our oldest child (our first born, our son) …  We’ve slacked seriously on the RED (Real Emergency Directions) Book thread. This is not a money maker for us...