Recently-opened vertical farms from the likes of FarmedHere and AeroFarms allow produce to be grown more efficiently, transported shorter distances and arrive fresher in stores.

This unique hydroponic garden allows individuals to produce a variety of agriculture products in the comfort of their own home.

13 Must Have Homesteading Items to Survive the Apocalypse In Style

When and if colonists ever arrive on Mars, they're going to need something to eat … on a long-term, ongoing basis. That's why several research groups are looking into the feasibility of growing crops on the Red Planet.

What if we could grow delicious, nutrient-dense food, indoors anywhere in the world? Caleb Harper, director of CitiFARM at the MIT Media Lab, wants to change the food system by connecting growers with technology.

This is a beginners guide to making moonshine and fuel. Learn how to distill alcohol, ethanol and even purify water.

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Meal planning for emergencies can be simplified if we adopted the same principles as the U.S. Military for making MREs.

Many Midwesterners take one look at the snowscape outside and see dreariness, yet Nebraskan Russ Finch instead saw a challenge.

I am a big fan of the bow and arrow for a variety of reasons, and I personally think that anyone who has an interest in primitive survival skills or modern urban survival should seriously consider purchasing a good bow and arrow and become proficient

Using solar technology to harvest fresh water, this cool invention has the potential to make a huge difference to the world.

Regardless of how many #10 cans of "just-add-water-ready-to-eat" stuff you have, at some point you're going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny or your great-granny did, so we've put together this list of 38

The US city of Louisville, KY, is set to become home to a major new vertical farm. The FarmedHere facility will be part of the new 24-ac (9.7-ha) West Louisville FoodPort that will be home to a community of food-related businesses. It will grow micro

Nowadays when you hear the word "spam," you probably think of the unwanted emails you get from unknown sources soliciting you for money and information.

The Japanese lettuce production company Spread believes the farmers of the future will be robots.

As the world's population grows and the effects of climate change come into sharper relief, we'll have to feed more people using less arable land.

A new collaborative project between the International Potato Center (CIP) and NASA will see a crop of potatoes grown on Earth under the same conditions found on the Red Planet.

food off-grid. Self-sufficiency is a must in the modern age, which is why one California-based company is using shipping containers to create micro-farms.

One of the perks of Ready Nutrition is to read books on prepping and natural living and share which ones I like with all of you.

Over the past month I have been filming the wine making process, and really learned a lot. If you home brew yourself, or are just curious how wine making works, check out my newest mini documentary.

Beekeeping for Beginners and beekeeping basics.

A Portable and Easily Constructed Manual Water Pump - Part 2

Finding water becomes the major problem faced by people in a survival situation. Go without water only a few days and death ensues. Storing water in the form of barrels is a logistical nightmare. They must be drained and refilled annually. Further, y

Because I live in an area that receives a decent amount of rainfall throughout the year I keep my water storage plan simple –

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There has been a lot of information circulating in books and on the internet lately that many of our diseases (especially in the United States) are caused by our nutrient deprived diet.

Raising chickens for egg production is an important part of a long term plan for health, barter, and survival purposes.

I am a huge fan of the the Garden Pool. What is the Garden Pool?

How do you grow enough food to support yourself, your family and maybe barter excess?

Most of us, if we are lucky, have had some REAL fruits and vegetables in our lifetime. Not the stuff that sits on the grocery store shelves for days or weeks that has not ripened, or has been genetically altered in some way and tastes like cardboard.

Donna Hancock shows you how to start a garden/mini-farm and keep it going.

Danielle and Dennis McClung - GardenPool.org - We created GardenPool.org to document our journey of converting an old backyard swimming pool in to a way to feed our family and live more self-sufficiently.

It doesn't get much more local than your own backyard. While some folks plant veggie gardens, others use the yard space for an in-ground pool. One Arizona family wanted the best of both worlds.