Tag: community preparedness
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Creating the Ideal Chicken Wonderland at SSTP Farm
This is part of this week’s chicken series. We’re dispensing a smidge of advice, but mostly swapping stories and gathering ideas. Join in and let us know your experiences in the comments below! Find the rest of Chicken Week at Facebook, Youtube and Instagram. Meredith and I have always wanted to create a Chicken Wonderland.…
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Navigating Uncertainty: The Importance of Community in Preparedness
The world is growing increasingly volatile. Do we need a lot of canned goods? A huge garden? A Ham radio? A wad of cash buried in a coffee can in the woods? Probably? We also need to have working relationships with people with language skills, humorists, and conflict diffusers. The internet sub-culture of prepping is…
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Essential Documents for Your Go Bag
It’s day three of Go Bag week! I hope you caught our bag and list posts. If not, check them out. And be sure to download our Individual Go Bag Checklist for free (or pay what you want!) Every dollar helps us keep making community preparedness content, workshops with people smarter than us, feed wayward…
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Choosing the Right Go Bag for Your Needs
Welcome to day two of Bag Week! We’re talking bag options and building “bagknowledge.” Please someone, laugh. Any bag can be a go bag. When it comes to bags, honestly anything will do. We want to say that right off the bat. In many cases you’ll just be using the bag or bags for a…
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Go Bag Week Kickoff: Day One Tips for Your Survival Pack
I’ve finally assembled a small survival pack for myself—a grab-and-run pack. I’ve had to dig some things I need out of the garage and the attic so that no on complains about my taking things they need. I’ve collected a hatchet, for instance, and two small light, all-metal pots. There’s plenty of stuff like that…
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From Cookies to Community: Our Business Reboot Explained
The business has transformed from selling products to becoming a Community Preparedness Hub, focusing on education and resources for rural resilience amidst challenges.