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I don't usually write in first person, but this one calls for it. Driving to work this morning, I found myself thinking about everything the day was about to bring — and about why I've spent years telling people that...

A bug out bag (BOB) is a pre-packed kit built around one goal: covering your household's basic survival needs for about 72 hours if you have to leave home on short notice. That window comes from a widely-used preparedness guideline...

After a disaster, the work that follows often looks nothing like an ordinary day — snow removal, cutting fallen trees, hauling debris, managing water damage. That kind of sustained physical labor puts real demands on the body, and protein is...

Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma, along with major wildfires across the western U.S. in 2017, were a stark reminder of how much day-to-day things like grocery store shelves and food supply chains get taken for granted. Disasters like these tend...

How to Make Freeze-Dried Pet Treats at Home Your freeze dryer isn't just for people food. With the right ingredients and preparation, you can make simple freeze-dried treats for dogs and cats at home. Chicken, turkey, beef, fish, and certain...

Chili is one of the most adaptable comfort meals there is — hearty and meat-heavy in winter with beef, turkey, or steak, or lightened up in warmer months with bell peppers, corn, squash, and zucchini. However it's made, it freeze-dries...

Every winter brings a stretch of storms severe enough to empty grocery store shelves overnight — snow, ice, and the kind of weather warning that sends everyone to the store at once. Most households simply don't keep much food on...

An emergency food storage plan is one of those resolutions that's easy to put off because it feels big. It doesn't have to be. Building one in stages, starting small and adding to it over time, makes it a lot...

Drought doesn't raise every food price equally — some crops barely move while others, like eggs and dairy, tend to climb. The difference comes down to how each crop is priced, where the water goes when it's scarce, and how...