Should the US Focus on Self Sufficiency as a Matter of National Priority?
Should “Made in America” and self sufficiency become a National Priority, given the Coronavirus lessons we’re learning about reliance on China and others?
Should “Made in America” and self sufficiency become a National Priority, given the Coronavirus lessons we’re learning about reliance on China and others?
Paul Harvey Super Bowl commercial of “God Made A Farmer” speech. By the way, Bloomberg thinks it’s easy…
Putting together a list of potential mistakes that a prepper might make while going about setting up their preparedness. Lets hear from you…
World population has doubled since 1970. The human population growth chart is stunning when viewed from a wide scale perspective.
I have a 30 acre property, at least 2/3 of which is forested mostly with various Evergreen species along with lots of Birch, some Maple, and others. I have a long term plan which involves taking down a small fraction of these Evergreens to open up some new space for a variety of reasons. I…
If you’re a homesteader or preparedness “lifestyler” (just invented that word ;) ), can you even imagine the life of the American pioneer family? From their first arrival in Massachusetts in the 1600’s, early pioneer settlers pushed westward behind a constantly moving frontier. Just think about it… Setting out into the frontier with a covered…
post by MSB reader, ‘CaliRefugee’ The Parable of the Little Brown Bird that I tell to all new employees as they near the end of their orientation: There was a little brown bird that waited until November to fly south for the winter. This bird found a group to fly south with and took…
A big preparedness lesson from history is the summer of 1816 – the year without a summer. Apparently Spring seemed normal that year. But as the calendar progressed into summer, the temperatures & weather began rolling back. Cold temperatures and nearly permanent overcast was the new normal. The weather in North America and Europe during…
At the highest level, silver is used in industry, in jewelry, and as an investment (and/or wealth preservation). Together, these three categories represent more than 95 % of annual silver demand. Silver has been used as a medium of exchange dating back to the earliest of records. It has always been considered to be a…
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandmother replied, Well, let me think a minute, I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the…