Learning how to use the FIFO (First-In-First-Out) method isn’t complicated. It’s a method that refers to a safe and efficient way to store food and how to effectively rotate it so you’re always using the oldest items first before the … Continue reading
Organic gardening completely avoids the use of toxins, such as pesticides and fertilizers. Organic gardening strategies are often fairly inexpensive, and it’s fairly simple to do! If you decide to garden organically, you can invite your children to participate and … Continue reading
The food Americans consume is often tainted with harmful ingredients – many of which are banned internationally. From additives to hormones, a variety of ingredients not allowed in other countries are “designed to satiate the unsuspecting American appetite,” according to … Continue reading
Although cold weather isn’t quite behind us, Spring has definitely arrived. The flowers are just beginning to wake from their long slumber and emerge reborn from their earthy graves. Pretty soon we’ll be surrounded by gorgeous shades of pink, white, … Continue reading
In a long-lived emergency, our food stores can quickly be depleted. If this occurs, we must rely on our knowledge of native food sources growing wild in our area. One such wild edible is found in great abundance in many parts … Continue reading
Good Day, fellow Herbalists, nature-lovers, preppers, and followers of the Naturopathic path! Today’s topic of discussion in this article is how to plan your herb-gathering excursions before the season has arrived. Although it is a relatively simple task, your organization, … Continue reading
No matter how thoroughly you prepare, there is always a possibility of running out of supplies, and when you run short on food, things can go south pretty damn quickly. It probably won’t happen bugging in at home, but what happens … Continue reading
The ORAC values of the following spices-herbs-foods are rated very high (apparently healthier) and are worth considering in your diet for your overall health and well-being. ORAC is an abbreviation for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity and was developed by the … Continue reading
There is so much advice on the internet on how to get started on preps for the newly awakened prepper, that it can become overwhelming. Much of the advice is to go out and buy large amounts of food. However, … Continue reading
Before we get into a discussion about why you should eat more greens, it is important to define just what greens really are. Things like chard, lettuce, mustard, parsley, spinach, beet greens, arugula, endive, baby greens, beet greens and collards … Continue reading
Fermented food – the words bring up images of sauerkraut and kimchi along with other pungent morsels. But if you haven’t given it much more thought than that – well, perhaps you should. Fermentation is not only a great way … Continue reading
The easiest, cheapest and fastest way to dry can food is to use oxygen absorbers. This technique is nearly fool-proof, and requires no electricity, fancy equipment, and it does not expose your dry food to heat. The true beauty to this … Continue reading
When I make dog food, I make it using one type of meat per batch. So we’ll make a batch of dog food using beef, and another for chicken parts (we save the less desirable parts from the chickens we … Continue reading