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Food Preservation: Make a Healthy Living Network
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.
Benefits of Growing Your Own Food: Body, Mind, Spirit
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.
Freezers and Cans: When Does Food Spoilage Happen?
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.
Get Started with Rain Harvesting
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.
Can You Pass This Refrigerator Food Safety Quiz?
Take this food safety quiz and see how much you know about food spoilage. The food safety quiz examines safe food storage in refrigerators.
Home Organization Tips for Preserved Food
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.
Spoilage: 7 Reasons Your Food Preservation Won't Work
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.
Healthy Living for Kids: Explaining the Truth About Food
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.
Tips to Save Money on Food
By growing your own food, preserving bulk foods and shopping smart, you'll save money on food big time. Use these tips to save money on food right away.
How to Hunt Deer for Self-Sufficiency
If you know how to hunt deer, you're already on your way toward providing all the meat a family four needs for a year. Here are tips on how to hunt deer.
Video: Knife Sheath DIY Survival Kit
Learn how to make a DIY survival kit using a knife sheath as a portable base in this insightful video from Jim Cobb.
5 Tips for Where to Build Survival Shelters
Learn the five things to look for before building primitive survival shelters from emergency shelter expert Creek Stewart.
A Disturbing Fact About Traveler's Diarrhea
Learn why common advice about Traveler's Diarrhea won't prevent you from contracting this serious and ubiquitous illness. Find out the disturbing fact on TD
Video: Make a Workplace Survival Kit
Watch this video for ideas on making a workplace survival kit. A workplace survival kit is critical for emergencies while on the job and far from home.
Three Gun Myths That Need to Die
Here are three gun myths that need to go extinct. If you have a firearm for personal protection, you need to get serious about learning how to use it.
10 Water Purifying Tips for Wilderness Survival
How do you purify water? Here are some quick tips for water purifying in wilderness survival situations, including water purifying straws and tablets.
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