5 reasons why you need 100 pounds of tomatoesThe Organic Prepper

Here’s my recommendation for your end-of-summer food preservation.

You need 100 pounds of tomatoes.

100 pounds?  Are you insane, Daisy?

Yes – 100 pounds, and more if you can get them. No other item of produce increases in nutrients when cooked and stored like tomatoes.  Canning them is like loading your shelves with vitamins.  These vitamins have the delicious bonus of providing tasty meals throughout the winter, when fresh fruits and veggies are expensive (and scarce for many of us if you prefer to consume foods grown close to home.)  I got most of my tomatoes from local friends who had an over-abundance, so I didn’t pay a lot for them.  You can often find tomatoes by the bushel for  $1-2 per pound at your local farmer’s market. (Find a farm or market near you at Eat Local Grown.)   Continue reading “5 Reasons Why You Need 100 Pounds of Tomatoes”

What If You Had a Week to Prep for the End of the WorldThe Organic Prepper

With September 11 fast approaching, so too does the risk of another terrorist attack on US soil.

They say this every year as the date approaches, but in 2014, it seems to carry a bit more weight than it has during other years.

I’m referring specifically to all of those beheadings and the crazy video threat that warned, “We will drown all of you in blood“.  I’d say that ISIS could either be behind a potential attack or be set up as the fear-flavor of the month and be blamed for such an attack.    Continue reading ““Grid Jihad”: What If You Had a Week to Prep for the End of the World?”

What we ate week 3Nutritional Anarchy

The Grocery Store Rebellion continues…

This week, we didn’t buy much in the way of weekly food. Instead, I invested my money and time in prepping tomatoes for the year ahead.

We learned several things this week, one of which is the vast importance of networking.  Very few of us can self-sufficiently provide every bite of food we eat. There are a variety of reasons for this. Perhaps you don’t have enough (or any) land for growing produce and raising meat. Maybe there are restrictions from your HOA regarding what you are allowed to do in your own yard.  You could be living through a drought or just having  a bad gardening year.    Continue reading “The Grocery Store Rebellion: Here’s What We Ate During Week 3”

let them eat cakeThe Organic Prepper

Ahhh…fall.  The last long weekend of summer is here.  The weather will begin to be crisp. Fall colors will begin to peek out of the trees.  Kids are going back to school.

This year, the kids have something new to rejoice over. Students can be very thankful that First Lady Michelle Obama has become the unelected Food Nazi of school cafeterias across the nation. They can look forward to delicious meals at the cafeteria and glowing good health because of the fare they will be served.    Continue reading “Let Them Eat Cake: The First Lady’s “Improved” Public School Lunches vs. The Obama Girls’ School Lunch Menu”

making hay while the sun is shiningThe Organic Prepper

Over the past couple of weeks, I haven’t been around my computer much.

That’s because we are working hard to live a more agrarian lifestyle. And to do that, you have to “make hay while the sun shines.”

That little proverb was first recorded in 1546, in John Heywood’s “A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue” (This is the updated version    Continue reading “The Austerity Diaries: Making Hay While the Sun Shines”

Pink Slime is Back to Save You MoneyNutritional Anarchy

Remember how horrified people were to learn of the ammonia-soaked pink slime in their ground beef and fast-food burgers?

It was so bad that one company, Beef Products Inc., was forced to close several plants and file for bankruptcy after the backlash in 2012. Incidentally, BPI filed a 1.2 billion dollar lawsuit is pending against ABC for breaking the story that more than 70% of grocery store ground beef contained pink slime.   Continue reading “On a Budget? Pink Slime is Back to Save You Money!”

Hypothalamus: The Connection between Diet, GMO and Decline?Nutritional Anarchy – by Aaron Dykes

As a response to our special report Corntamination: Edible Hepatitis B Vaccines Coming Soon – which covers the troubling issues from a major GMO contamination scandal after experimental pharmaceutical drugs were grown in open air fields of genetically engineered test corn NEXT TO food crops for human and animal consumption – someone raised an interesting issue – somewhat speculative, yet compelling because of the importance.    Continue reading “Hypothalamus: The Connection between Diet, GMO and Decline?”

Special Report: Corntamination — Edible GMO Hepatitis B Vaccines Coming Soon!Nutritional Anarchy – by Melissa Melton

“Just one mistake by a biotech company, we’ll be eating other people’s prescription drugs in our cornflakes.”

— Larry Bohlen, Health and Environment Programs Director at Friends of the Earth

Do you remember the biotech firm Prodigene?

In a special investigative report, we followed the trail of biopharming, where science is using genetically engineered crops to grow pharmaceutical and vaccine components. Some of these treatments are developed to be eaten directly as food.

Continue reading “Special Report: Corntamination — Edible GMO Hepatitis B Vaccines Coming Soon!”

Everyone knows that you can be monitored through your cell phone, but did you know they can use it to monitor your computer activity too? - Graywolf Survival - http://graywolfsurvival.com/?p=3737Graywolf Survival

As you know if you’ve been reading my blog for a while, I’ve written several articles on OPSEC. This one hits a lot closer to home.

In order to live in a technological society, you have to give up certain expectation of privacy from those who have the technology to tap into certain systems. If you email someone, you have to expect that someone could read those emails. If you talk on your cell phone, you have to expect that someone could overhear your conversation if they had the tech and chose to use it.   Continue reading “Is Big Brother spying on your computer – with your own cell phone?”

baileys pizzaThe Organic Prepper

A devastating new discovery has occurred in Searcy, Arkansas.

Life, it seems, is not fair.

The whistle has been blown.  This earth-shattering news was discovered by an atheist who was upset when a local business offered a discount to people who bring in a church bulletin.

The atheist was offended. He/she was discriminated against.  In a world where everyone gets a trophy just for showing up, This. Is. Not. Fair.   Continue reading “Whistleblower: Life is Not Fair at Pizza Restaurant with Church Discount!!!”

nut butterNutritional Anarchy – by Lisa Egan

On Tuesday, the FDA announced a recall of nut butters that may be linked to a Salmonella outbreak – and you might be surprised to hear the possible source of the contamination.

From the FDA:

 nSpired Natural Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain retail lots of Arrowhead Mills Peanut Butters, MaraNatha Almond Butters and Peanut Butters and specific private label nut butters packaged in glass and plastic jars because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Continue reading “This is Nuts: New Nut Butter Recall Includes Natural Brands”

New PSA: “Because Fluoride!”Nutritional Anarchy – by Melissa Melton

The same government that has no problem legalizing all kinds of chemicals that wreak havoc on your entire body…really cares about your teeth. A lot. Enough to add chemical byproducts from fertilizer manufacturing to your water for you whether you like it or not. For your teeth. They don’t care enough about you to add, say, vitamins to the water while they’re in there adding that fluoride…but your teeth. Yes. Your teeth (and only your teeth) are very, very important to the government.

Continue reading “New PSA: “Because Fluoride!””

10 awesome ways to preserve the WHOLE peachNutritional Anarchy

Peaches.

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had my hands on 100 pounds of them.

There’s a large orchard just down the road from me, where I buy “seconds” for canning. However, their seconds are about a kabillion times better than the hard, tasteless orbs you pick up at the grocery store, and they aren’t doused in pesticides and then sprayed with preservatives.

We are in sweet-smelling, luscious peach heaven right now.   Continue reading “10 Awesome Ways to Preserve the WHOLE Peach”

cowNutritional Anarchy – by Lisa Egan

Earlier this year, 8.7 million pounds of meat from a California meat producer was recalled.

Now, former owners and employees of the slaughterhouse are facing some serious charges related to the recall.

On August 14, a federal grand jury indicted Rancho Feeding Corp. on 11 felony counts, including distribution of adulterated and misbranded meat, mail fraud and conspiracy.   Continue reading “Bad Beef from Cancer-Stricken Cows: Is That What’s for Dinner?”

The Whole Buffalo Theory of Food EconomicsNutritional Anarchy

In Native American lore, it is often said that hunters made use of the entire animal that they had killed in order to respect the sacrifice that sustained them. They considered the buffalo to be sacred, and felt it was an offense to be wasteful.  They ate anything edible; used the hides for shelters, shoes, and clothing; they strung bows with the sinews, they used the stomachs as water canteens, and they used the horns for weapons and tools.

The other day when I was preserving some peaches, my daughter pointed out that I was letting some parts go to waste. She said, “Mom, you need to use the whole buffalo!”   Continue reading “The “Whole Buffalo” Theory of Food Economics”

bou bou scarsThe Organic Prepper

Remember back in May when a gang of uniformed thugs from the  Habersham County SWAT team threw a flash-bang grenade right on top of a sleeping baby?

Well, stellar group that they are, they’ve refused to pay the over $800,000 in medical bills for the child that they permanently disfigured and nearly killed. That’s right. They aren’t paying the bills and are leaving the family to try and cover the costs for the toddler’s care.

Our militarized police forces are claiming too many innocent victims, and they aren’t being held accountable.   Continue reading “Cost of Medical Bills for Baby Hit by SWAT Grenade? Over $800,000. County’s Refusal to Pay? Priceless”

Prepping for Civil Unrest and Martial LawThe Organic Prepper

Any prepared and informed person knows that the threat isn’t always the event itself, which could be anything from a natural disaster to a rioting spree after a sporting event to an economic collapse. It’s the chaos during the aftermath of the event.

If you ever had any doubts about that statement, you need look no further than Ferguson, Missouri.

Today, Governor Jay Nixon called in the National Guard.    Continue reading “Lessons from Ferguson: Prepping for Civil Unrest and Martial Law”

The Organic Prepper

You may have enough weapons and ammo stashed away to fight the next World War all by yourself…

You may have fortified your home and have 3 different routes mapped out to get to your bug-out retreat…

You may have a food stockpile that will see you, your family, heck, the whole darned neighborhood, through until the Second Coming…

You may tirelessly watch militant YouTube videos that show you how to take down your opponent in 3 easy maneuvers…    Continue reading “It’s Time for a Prepper Reality Check”

forbes vs consumer reportsNutritional Anarchy

Forbes Magazine is known for its lists of the wealthiest people and companies.  Frequently they use their influence to slyly support their big dollar buddies in the biotech industry.

Forbes successfully plumbed a new depth with an attack on Consumer Reports magazine last week.   Continue reading “Forbes Calls Consumer Reports Anti-Science in a Pro-GMO Rant That … Lacks Science”