Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: All of us at one time or another think about “what ifs.” The fact is that because of our planning for some of the “what ifs” in life we have things that we purchase or do to prepare for them. Things like life insurance, auto insurance, Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: When I was growing up, I was raised by two grandmother’s. One a farmer’s wife who grew up thru the depression; farming didn’t make a lot of money but it did make food. The other grandmother escaped Nazi Germany before no one was allowed to leave. Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission My “prepper syndrome” started a long time ago when I was a little girl. I can remember my mother canning and canning and canning…and she said was for “just in case something happens” . I never asked or understood what that meant but it stuck in Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Hiya! My name is Sandy, and I don’t have a bunker full of foodstuffs or the super-cool armory of doom. What I do have is freckles. *smile* One day, as I was sitting at my desk in my nice little office, clitty clacking away at Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Yes, you can be a prepper too! You probably already have some of the items you need right in your own home. Look around and see what items you already have that will help you to be more self-reliant. Do you have a bbq pit, camping Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Having been born and raised in the Deep South (Montgomery, Al to be exact) and not from an independently wealthy family, it turns out I have been a prepper all of my life without realizing it. I cannot remember a time in which my parents, grandparents Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Growing up I was raised to have a self-reliant and “Can Do” attitude. But I did not truly understand or comprehend what preparedness was and what it meant to me until the first years of my marriage. In fact there was a specific incident that cemented the Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: 75% of all dr. visits are stress related. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, if we do not secure basic needs such as security of body, employment, resources, the family, healthy, property, food, and water our bodies will respond with a feeling of anxiousness and tenseness, Read more…
Here the 20 year old son of a passionate prepper shares his thoughts on whether or not the concept of prepping is crazy and what he believes members of society should be on the look-out for. If you ever wondered what your kids say about your prepping when you’re not Read more…
When friends or family start looking at us strange – we just say “It’s a Hobby.” It’s fun to try some of the “old fashioned” ways of preserving food. It gives my husband and I something to do together other than watching TV. It’s amazing how many people will Read more…