Where To Start

I know — food storage, survival planning, gathering survival supplies, survival skills — it all seems overwhelming. Every day there are headlines in the news that "should" motivate each of us to prepare as quickly as we can.

Survival planning isn't just for "the other guy." Adversity can happen to any of us. Unemployment, hurricane season, floods, storms that knock out power, and other disasters happen fairly often — somewhere in the world.

Where do you want to start:

Start Your Food Storage

Food Storage Calculator

Use this food storage calculator to figure out how many pounds of food your family needs for one year.
Food Storage Guidelines: Starting, Storing and Organizing

Food storage guidelines - Where to start, what to store, know the shelf life of food, which foods are long term and which are short term and how to rotate them.
Food Storage For Beginners

Food storage for beginners - It can all be overwhelming. Where do I start? What kinds of foods are best? How much do I need?

Store and Purify Water

4 Best Ways to Purify Water From Any Source

It is becoming necessary to learn water purification methods for safe drinking water in most parts of the world — and maybe even right out of your tap.
Water Storage Basics

Learn where to find potable water in your home and in the wild, how to store it, and how to purify it to ensure your family has enough in a crisis situation.
How to Shut Off Utilities In An Emergency

In case of a disaster, it may be necessary to learn how to shut off utilities.

Survival Skills You Need

Vegetable Gardening Tips - Growing Your Own Groceries

Vegetable gardening tips - Growing your own groceries with container gardening, indoor vegetable gardening or any small gardening plot.
The Best Ways to Cook a Hot Meal in a Power Outage

You'll never worry about a power outage again with the variety of ways available to cook your family a hot meal.
Survival Medicine For Grid Down Survival

Survival medicine is about being prepared for a crisis with emergency first aid kits, knowledge of herbal medicines, foods that heal, and preventative health care.

Preparing for Disasters

Preparing For Disasters

Learn about disaster preparedness and how to survive, whether at home and in the wild, to ensure your family is prepared.
Prepping Ideas For Cold Winter Days

Prepping in winter? Yes! There are plenty of ways to continue prepping in winter, even though the garden has been put to bed and it's too cold to go anywhere.
How to Avoid Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion

How to Avoid Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion

Survival Gear Needs

How To Keep Warm in a Power Outage

Emergency Heating - How to keep the family warm when there is a power outage: space heaters, blankets, survival sleeping bags and ponchos.
Test Your Survival Gear - Go Camping!

You're Not Prepared if Your Survival Gear is Still in Boxes
Use Survival Gear For Backup When an Appliance Fails

Use Survival Gear For Backup When an Appliance Fails

Shopping Sources

Book of Prepping Lists

Are you struggling to prepare your family? Have you thought to yourself, 'If I only had a list, I could really wrap my head around all this prepper stuff'."
Emergency Survival Supplies

Besides adding to your own emergency preparedness supplies, remember what great gifts they make for family and friends.
How To Cook With a Solar Oven

Cooking with a solar oven can save money on electricity in normal times and provide hot meals when there is no electricity.