Ben Sobieck

Watch this video to learn how to make fire straws. Make your own fire straws for a portable, waterproof source of tinder for survival kits.

Click here for a checklist on what to include in a summer survival kit. A summer survival kit focuses on staying alive in hot weather or climates. Read more

Here are the best survival guns, determined using five critical factors, including the best survival rifle, best survival shotgun & best survival handguns.

Check out this infographic full of disturbing food poisoning facts. Also includes resources for some easy DIY methods of avoiding food poisoning. Eat up!

This video shows how to open a coconut. Knowing how to open a coconut is one of those things that many people think they possess until they actually do it.

This photo series explains how to save tomato seeds. Save heirloom tomato seeds to use next spring for starting tomatoes from seed.

What is survival bread? Check out these survival bread recipes to use during tough times or to practice with to be better prepared.

It's often said that ammunition will be the new currency when the SHTF. Here's why that way of thinking could get you killed.