How To

Here's a guide to the best firewood for heating, cooking and smoking. Explore the best firewood by pounds/cord, heat rating, smoke fragrance and more.

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.

Use these wildfire preparedness tips to be ready for the worst. Do them now because you may only have hours or minutes when a wildfire approaches.

Use these safe travel tips to stay healthy while traveling outside the country. Safe travel tips include medicines, food tips, water tips and more.

The PowerPot portable generator converts heat into electricity while boiling water for charging cell phones, gadgets and more.

From canning tools to vacuum food storage containers, here are the top 10 must-have modern homesteading kitchen items.

Check out these frozen food safety tips for blackouts. Includes the 3 inexpensive things to keep on hand that will make food safety easier.

Here are tips for starting a healthy living network in your area. If you've visited a farmers market, you're already familiar with healthy living networks.

A healthier body, a sharper mind and a strengthened spirit are all benefits of growing your own food and self-sufficient homesteading. Here's why.

Here's how to tell if canned and frozen foods have fallen victim to food spoilage. Learn the food spoilage time tables for food preservation.

Here are some reason why rain harvesting could be right for you, starting with how easy it is to use a rain barrel for rain harvesting.

Take this food safety quiz and see how much you know about food spoilage. The food safety quiz examines safe food storage in refrigerators.

If you preserve food at home, then you'll want to check out these home organization tips for storing canned, dried and frozen food. Organize your homestead.

Here are the seven causes of food spoilage — from insects to mold and oh so much more — and how they could ruin your food preservation efforts.

It seems to me like the tooth fairy has a second cousin. I like to call her the “food fairy.” And she's getting in the way of healthy living for kids.