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How to be self-sufficient eating, cooking, and living off the grid.

Commodities forecast – food, oil, farmland prices to slump
EnergyMay 9, 2012

Commodities forecast – food, oil, farmland prices to slump

Commodities Trader Peter Brandt sees lower oil prices; bubble in grains, farmland Brandt is a technical trader, poring over charts and patterns to spot potentia...

From farm to plate
FoodMay 9, 2012

From farm to plate

London, Ontario……For two hours every Thursday afternoon,  Julie Richards-Bramhill  is a conduit connecting a lone vegetable farmer with  hundreds of...

Cooking under pressure
CommunitiesMay 7, 2012

Cooking under pressure

I often forget how good a pot of pintos can be. This last Sunday, I had to come up with a dish to take to church for our first Sunday after church dinner. I kne...

EPA $1m to Colleges for off-grid research
EnergyMay 2, 2012

EPA $1m to Colleges for off-grid research

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $1 million in grants to 15 university and college teams for innovative off-g...

Five tips for preppers
FoodApr 10, 2012

Five tips for preppers

From food to money to to water sources – things to consider when preparing for the worst...

Early Spring Garden
FoodMar 23, 2012

Early Spring Garden

It is rare for us to be able to plant our garden before April 15 but, in rather shocking fashion, spring weather is upon us here in Canada nearly a month ahead ...

Seed catalogs
CommunitiesFeb 5, 2012

Seed catalogs

It’s the middle of winter, cold, dreary, but something I start receiving in my mailbox makes me long for the warm days of spring, the seed catalogs. Those...

Supermarket Survival
FoodDec 20, 2011

Supermarket Survival

Worldwide food shortages and higher gas prices continue to drive food prices up, up, up. And yet there are still massive savings to be had that most people aren...

Homesteading-book review
CommunitiesAug 17, 2011

Homesteading-book review

Homesteading, it’s a buzzword that means different things to different people, back in the day, it meant getting land for free as long as you lived on it ...

Going fridgless
CommunitiesAug 13, 2011

Going fridgless

Going fridgless, to most people would be paramount to going topless, many people couldn’t imagine living their lives without having a 19+/- cubic foot ene...

No knead bread
CommunitiesMay 29, 2011

No knead bread

I love making and baking bread, who doesn’t enjoy eating fresh, homemade bread hot from the oven? The problem is the time it takes to make, the mixing, th...

DIY rocket stove
CommunitiesApr 21, 2011

DIY rocket stove

I like rocket stoves, these are usually small, usually portable, mini-cooking-heating devices that are very efficient. You can use twigs instead of larger piece...