For many kids, Halloween is a favorite holiday: they can dress up as anything they can dream up, hang out with their friends, and get free candy from their neighbors – all while enjoying a crisp autumn evening! But for many parents, Halloween strikes fear into their hearts: their children are outside at night, walking […]
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FPA Weekly Community News | Before a Great Depression: 5 Financial Decisions You Should Make
Do you have children? Are they Prepped? If you’re serious about Prepping, you’ve probably packed their Bug Out Bags with clothes and other essentials. But have you left room for entertainment? Have you considered where you will go if/when you abandon your home? Prepper Nation discusses the realities of Bugging Out with kids, which gives […]
Read More...Before a Great Depression: 5 Financial Decisions You Should Make
If you rationally examine history, as City Prepping does, there are strong indications that another great depression is on its way. We are experiencing record high unemployment, weakening currencies, and a global reduction in manufacturing and trade. The time to prepare for a prolonged economic depression is now. As conditions deteriorate, you can expect disruptions […]
Read More...Bugging Out with Kids During SHTF
Prepper Nation delves into a topic that many of us have been wondering about and planning for: how to bug out with kids during a SHTF situation. The video gives a succinct response to this plan: “You don’t.” Unless you’re desperate, of course, in which case heading out into a life in the wilderness with […]
Read More...FPA Weekly Community News | 25 Plants You Can Eat in Nature
We have often touched on the fact that it is impossible to Prep everything that you might need as SHTF; after all, who knows how bad things will get or how long until society begins to reemerge. This is why it is so important to start a garden. But as City Prepping discusses this week, […]
Read More...Top 5 Priorities to Prepare for SHTF
If you’re new to Prepping, getting started can be the hardest part – where do you begin? There are so many areas where you may realize that you’re lacking: food, water, durable clothing, tools, skills, etc. And then there are huge investments like generators and survival shelters that require much more money, space, and research […]
Read More...25 Plants You Can Eat in Nature
The idea of foraging for food may sound like a desperate act that you resort to only after your supplies have dwindled, and your family is about to starve. But the truth is that there are many plants that grow in the wild that are classified as weeds, but are full of nutrients and […]
Read More...15 Foods You Should Stock Up On Now
The beginning of 2020 saw Americans emptying store shelves as they panicked prior to quarantine. As shelves have slowly refilled, many new Preppers are taking a more organized approach to stocking their pantries in preparation for what may come. With an important election looming and the possibility of a contested outcome resulting in civil unrest […]
Read More...FPA Weekly Community News | The True Shelf Life of Food
How long will your food really last? As Preppers, we are constantly in search of the longest possible shelf lives, and expiration dates that extend for years into the future. But as Canadian Prepper discusses in his video this week, there are multiple factors that can contribute to your food lasting well beyond its “Best […]
Read More...Why Barter Items for SHTF?
While it may be easy to focus on Prepping in bulk for personal use only, it’s physically impossible to have everything you need. Barter items will become currency in a post-SHTF world. There are very few people who are truly self-sufficient, with access to all of the energy sources, livestock, land, ammunition, food, and water […]
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