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In order to adequately prepare for a survival situation, you must plan for the unexpected. Although most survival situations are resolved before starvation becomes a real danger, learning how to gather food should be an essential part…
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Survival caches are not just for survivalists. Many people built small caches for Y2K, and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina show how useful it is to have at least a few days of food and water handy at all times. For the outdoor…
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Food is a necessity in any survival situation to maintain your strength and health. Survival foods should have qualities such as high nutrition, being non-perishable, and high energy so you can be more comfortable and safer in a survi…
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Freeze-dried survival foods are made to provide lightweight solutions for packing provisions. Freeze-drying works by sticking food in a vacuum, and then using drying processes to extract the water. Freeze-dried foods thus weigh much le…
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You can only work and operate at optimum performance for a few hours without food. You can survive a day or two without it before developing a cloudy train of thought. After a few more days, however, you will start to feel debilitating…
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The Ozark Mountains cover a broad stretch of territory in both Arkansas and Missouri. As a popular wilderness destination, the rough Ozarks make a great place for foragers to collect wild edible foodstuffs to bring back for the camp or…
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Have you ever dreamed of living off the land? Edible plants grow wild everywhere, but few have the ability to identify and make use of them. Learning to recognize common edible plants in every season and how to prepare them will help y…
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Mountain House freeze-dried foods come with a guaranteed shelf life of seven years for pouches and 25 years for cans, making the products an ideal choice for survival food and emergency preparedness. The Oregon-based company sells food…
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Spending time in wilderness areas can provide a wonderful sense of peaceful isolation. Often we get so excited about the prospect of getting out of town that some sensibilities slip the mind. It is always better to be prepared when h…
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A cupboard filled with cans of stew may cut it for a month or two, but if you're planning for long-term survival, you need to think more basic. The cheapest survivalist foods are the ones you make yourself out of basic ingredients you…
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One of the keys to surviving in winter is getting sufficient calories. Calories are a measure of how much energy a food contains, and that energy can be used to warm the body. The same dense, high-calorie foods you consider unhealthy a…
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Survival situations require preparation and carrying of extra food. In an emergency, however, you can find resources in the surrounding environment. You will want to look for calorie-rich food sources requiring minimal preparation befo…
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Desert camping and hiking is a unique experience because of the climate. Lack of rainfall in the desert, its unique plants and incredible heat during the summer mean that you need to be fully prepared when venturing there. Conditions m…
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Surviving in an emergency situation can be difficult at best in many situations. A well stocked survival kit can aid the survival effort greatly by providing the basic tools for starting a fire, obtaining food, building shelter or puri…
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A survival situation can be anything from a natural disaster such as an earthquake to a city-wide blackout, which is common in large cities such as New York. To prepare for a worst-case scenario, start stocking canned and vacuum-sealed…
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