from “Preparedness Principles” Barbara Salsbury How old is too old? Keeping food dry, cool, and protected from light is the key to proper storage. The less light, heat and moisture food is exposed to, the longer its shelf life will be. The optimal canned and dry food...
Since the beginning of the 1900’s scientists have worked diligently to find chemicals that would fight microbes attacking the human body and not hurt the human. Some of the earliest research was on a treatment for syphilis, an endemic and almost incurable disease. The...
Lynda Eggimann When I began to think how life could change, everything changed. Imagine your world with a bad toothache, a blister, poison oak, a burn, bed bugs or a howling baby and NO Walmart. In a world where a small scratch could be life threatening the person...
The first hint of the philosophy that would become "Self-Reliance" was presented by Ralph Waldo Emerson as part of a sermon in September 1830 a month after his first marriage. Emerson wrote on “individualism, personal responsibility, and nonconformity.[1] The concept...
Whenever you travel, you are at risk of a car breakdown that will leave you stranded. During winter, when more foul weather is expected, a car emergency kit could save your life. In an earlier article, Winterize Your Car Emergency Kit, we listed an expanded list of...
Project Noah is a yearlong food storage and emergency preparedness program designed to help you set and obtain goals in the area of family preparedness. The program is divided into twelve monthly assignments touching on lots of short and long term preparedness...
Dehydrating fruit, vegetables and meat has been a process of food preservation for thousands of years using two sources of free and readily available forms of energy: sun and wind. Over time the use of heat in the form of small, closely controlled fires in “still...
These are all items that every household should have on hand. They have many uses. Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol) has been around since the 1920’s. Exxon Oil Company created it when they were looking for something they could use from gas...
Chicken and Veggies Roasted in Sun Oven® Winter garden vegetables roasted with chicken are a delight when baked in the Sun Oven® Ingredients 4 cups torn Swiss Chard 4 carrots sliced lengthwise 2 beets whole 2 chicken...
Have you ever wondered why eating chicken soup when you had a cold or chest congestion made you feel better? Recent studies have shown that the ‘feeling better‘ response to chicken soup is more than a placebo. Dr. Steven Rennard from the University of Nebraska Medical...
