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 –

The worls will never be the same.

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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.