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Off-Grid.net

Off-grid brings you news, knowledge, discussion, and classifieds from the off-grid world. What seems like a tiny niche is growing in popularity as people seek a life outside of the city. Off-gridders must find ways to produce their own energy, food, water, shelter, and other necessities. Connect with people who live off the beaten path or begin the search for your own property on this site.

Build It Solar

Dedicated to do-it-yourself renewable energy projects, Build It Solar provides hundreds of ideas and plans for any kind of home energy endeavor. New to renewable energy? Start with the "Half Plan" that uses a variety of energy saving projects to cut your energy usage in half. New to solar? Look for the do-it-yourself site survey to understand your property's solar potential. Not limited to solar, Build It Solar also includes tons of projects for wind power and biofuels.

Earth2Tech

Energy self reliance is a big topic for environmental, political, and individual reasons. Earth2Tech posts news about technological developments that can affect us on personal and societal levels. Stay on top of the news about electric cars, the smart grid, the bloom box fuel cell, solar power applications, and LED lightbulbs.

Wisebread

Wisebread is well-known for its advice on real personal finance. It's a community of bloggers who write about frugal living, lifehacks, careers, and other financial wisdom. Being smart with your money isn't supposed to inhibit you: rather, Wisebread's advice helps people worry less about money, allowing you to focus on the really important things in life. They also feature an active forum where you can ask questions and interact with other people who are trying to live within their means.

Instructables

Do you want to know how to build a vertical garden? How about your own solar panel array? Maybe you're looking for ways to reuse a linen closet full of old pillowcases. Instructables is a community based site that allows anyone to post a how-to project complete with photos and instructions. The result: a lifetime's supply of projects that can help you save money, recycle, or simply satisfy your appetite for making stuff.

Survival Spot

Disasters are a reality that shouldn't be ignored. That's the reason Survival Spot was created - to share information about a variety of survival and preparedness topics. Topics cover many aspects of survival, including gardening, food storage, health, and self defense. Also read about getting by in the wilderness and reviews of essential gadgets and gear. Like any other type of self reliance, preparedness is something to get into gradually and this blog can give you ideas on where to start.

Self-Reliance-Exchange

Written by a group of self reliant people, Self Reliance Exchange is quickly building an enormous database that covers a huge range of categories on self reliant practices and philosophies. Anyone interested in self reliance will find something useful to take away from this blog - recipes from scratch, emergency preparedness, and personal finance are great categories to start looking into here.

Simple Self Reliance

This writer explores the concept of self reliance and how self reliance fits in this modern society. How far can you realistically go down the path of self reliance? How can you stay on track with your priorities? He also writes on the grandaddy of self reliance, Henry David Thoreau. We can't wait to see how this blog unfolds!

American Preppers Network

For information and news from the world of emergency preparation, American Preppers Network is a great resource. Learn about food storage, what to expect during a natural disaster, and about other survival techniques. You can also connect with other preppers in your region and all over the world in the forum and through the numerous links to other prepping blogs on the web.

Storage

For the past few decades most Americans have gotten away from the practice of food storage. Today, many people are realizing how precarious it is to keep an empty pantry. Certainly, safe food storage is a crucial aspect of self reliant nutrition. No one wants to be faced with an emergency or bad weather without a backup plan. As a result, food storage is making a comeback. Whether you're stocking up for the short term or long term, make sure your pantry is properly kept.

Each person and family uses different food storage methods depending on the number of family members, diet requirements, and location. Additionally, it takes time to stock up enough food for your home food storage goals. While some people may only stock up a 3-day supply, others store are into long term food storage and stock up for at least a year.

Learn more about making a realistic food storage plan, food storage methods, and ways to make your food storage goals cost-effective. Food storage is also a natural byproduct of home gardening, canning, and preserving - and completes the cycle of self sufficient food production.

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BPA Lurks in Virtually All Canned Foods - Jun 11, 2010
A few years ago people became aware that BPA – bisphenol A – a carcinogenic substance – was leaching into their drinks from plastic bottles. Now it is becoming known that BPA is also found in the lining of canned food: Soups, baby formula, canned vegetables, milk, everything. BPA is an endocrine....
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Canning Vacuum Sealed Foods - Be Prepared Channel
Learn how to can vacuum sealed foods for your food storage needs. This site uses a V2040 model for this demonstration. Vacuum sealing foods is a great way to store foods that you can buy inexpensively in bulk.
How to Store Your Food So It Lasts Longer - Gomestic
Different foods react differently to their environments. This article gives users a list of basic food storage tips that can extend a food's life significantly. These tips are geared toward short term food storage, such as keeping certain produce separated in the refrigerator and how to care for a cut of meat.
Vegetable Storage - How to Store Vegetable
One of the reasons food storage is difficult is that different foods require different methods of storage. On this about.com article you will find individual storage plans for many types of vegetables.
How to Store Your Food So It Lasts Longer
Long term food storage is a great way to save your family money. Fourteen percent of an American family's food is thrown away, this article provides a list of simple to use food storage tips that can extend the life of your food.
Easy and Cheap ways to Store Food - The Urban Survivalist
It only cost $8 to buy a twenty pound bag of rice. Dried beans last for a very long time and are also very cheap. This article provides food storage ideas that are cheap and easy.
Seven Major Mistakes in Food Storage - USA Emergency Supply
Vicki Tate noticed after talking to her friends about food storage that many beginners make simple mistakes. In this article she provides seven easy to follow food storage tips to avoid the most common mistakes. For example, don't buy too much of one food, and use plastic bins to store large amounts of food.
Guidelines for Food Storage - All Things Frugal
Want to know what to store in your food storage space? Follow these simple food storage tips. Store what you eat, store cooking oils, store water, and make sure to store extra medication.
Q and A Food Storage - TheEpicenter
Why shouldn't you just buy the one year pre-packed food plans? Have you ever wondered what nitrogen packed food is? This site provides detailed answers to these food storage questions and others, and in the process provides tips on a variety of food storage issues.
Dry Food Storage - millenium-ark
If you are planning to store food or you have been storing food for awhile, you need to be familiar with the lifespans of various foods so you can rotate fresh food into your pantry and eat the older foods. This will greatly increase efficiency of your food storage closet.
Everything You Need to Know About Long Term Food Storage - Millenium-Ark
This is the absolute pinnacle of long term food storage guides. Here you will find info about oxygen absorbers, packing your own foods, food storage programs, and much, much more.
Food Storage Calculator - About.com
Use this simple calculator to figure out how much food your family needs in its food storage plan.
Water Storage - The Urban Survivalist
Human bodies need water more then any other single resource, therefore learning how to store water is the most important part of starting a food storage system. The urban survivalist provides storage tips for storing this crucial resource. I
Everything You Need to Know About Water - Millennium Ark
Like the other Millennium Ark articles, this one provides detailed info about all things related to using water in a survivalist situation. Some topics include water purification, rural water, storage methods, and what to do about water contaminants.
Water Storage - Millenium Ark
Storing water is a difficult proposition for many people who do not know which containers to use or the differences between suitable containers. This article provides detailed information about all types of water storage containers.
 
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