Thank you, we’ve been preparing for years on many important things. One thing it has done is definitely allow us to have much less food costs right now. Please take his advice on the food for sure, if nothing else. I am already seeing limited quantities. It’s expensive trying to buy everything you need to get you through a two or three year period, so if you haven’t started, please don’t think it will be there when you need it. If you don’t know where to start, do dry good first like beans and pastas. They last a long, long time. Put them in large sealed containers in your basement if you have one to keep bugs and rodents out. Also think about preparing your homes for power outages. Those will be sure to come. We are in the northeast and installed a large wood burner that will heat our entire home if necessary and keep our plumbing from freezing. And of course store water. I bought large 55 gallon food drums with a pump, plus you can buy containers (10 or 20 gallons):made specifically for water at a good price. Generators are great too, but use them sparingly to get your water. If the shit hits the fan you will have people roaming the streets to steal what you have. Keep quiet and don’t announce you are prepared. Encourage family and friends to do the same preparation. So many people don’t believe this will ever happen. I even have family members who choose to ignore!!! My grandparents lived through the Great Depression and it did happen. They lost their first home. They had to move in with a relative. My grandmother could make anything that tasted great out of the simplest ingredients including those dandelion greens, etc., with beans, pasta or mixing them all together.
Get foraging books if you live in more rural areas. You’d be surprised on all the highly nutrient “weeds” like dandelions, plantain and other great greens that surround us. I don’t spray anything. I’ve actually allowed some areas to just grow for picking. If you can do raised beds, plant some herbs and greens that are nutritious. I’ve also bought other good books for health and wellness. You know they will take the internet down at a point. Also, please ignore dates on packages….we never had them years ago. If dry good are sealed good for bugs, etc., they last a very long time. Canned goods last beyond the dates, but just check if the can is puffed. If so, throw it out. Vinegar, sugar, honey, and alcohol have very long shelf lives. Honey just needs warmed in its container in hot water if it crystallizes. Sorry for getting long winded on this if you are prepared, but I have found that these simplest of things can make the difference in a crisis and help people who didn’t know this!! It can be intimidating as to where to start.
Just 2 addendums to Joni’s EXCELLENT post. Water should be your number one prep. Without water, all the rest is pointless! You can only survive 3 days without water before your systems begin to fail. Water # 1, then the rest.
Lastly, BE PREPARED TO DEFEND YOUR FOOD/WATER SUPPLY. If things get really bad, there will be many who have not prepared who will try to take what you have. Trust me on this, I’ve lived in 3rd world countries where I’ve witnessed this exact thing! And when you think to yourself, that will never happen to me, remember that every victim says exactly that.
Excellent info. Thank you. The power loss is a concern here due to the heat. And storing all that food takes up a lot of space. No basements in Florida.
I understand. Maybe an extra bedroom? Consider six months to help you along. Get containers to slide under beds. Reorganize kitchen cabinets and get rid of extra utensils and dishes. Just some thoughts. Do you have family nearby that may have more space that would join you in this?
No family here but I have made community connections for eggs and meat. I bought another house on my street where I store food and supplies but most people don’t have that luxury which is why I was pointing it out. We have a large garden producing abundant veggies. I live on a spring fed creek. I have PM and security and a yippie dog for a doorbell. But I am blessed. Much poverty here in my area and I want to help everyone I can so I seek info that I can share with others. I am trying my best to encourage folks here to plan for the worst case but most are dealing with day to day survival. I appreciate people like you that submit info I can pass along. That way they see it not coming from just me. A few here consider me a bit of a nut for prepping like I am.
Thank you, I know what you mean. My own family doesn’t prepare, and they all have the space to do so. You have some fantastic arrangements!!! I’ve had better luck with strangers. When they are limited on income, buy the inexpensive items like pasta, rice (white), and beans in small quantities each time they go. Brown rice has a short shelf life. Too often peolple waste money on prepared food that doesn’t offer much, but is more expensive. I don’t buy pop either. I cook everything from scratch so money goes a lot further. We are blessed with some great farmers I buy meats and vegetables from. Plus we have layer chickens for eggs. We are also blessed to have a large property we can grow and forage from, but even small properties can be setup to be productive. I used to forage with my grandfather and they often ate the wild greens.
Those you encouraged to prepare will likely be the first to knock at your door when they run out of food knowing you have prepared. Some may even tell others. I just remember how chaotic my city became after 2nd African American was shot by police in my town where police just watch as people were rioting, looting, and burning areas of the city. Fortunately Rittenhouse did get a fair trial and it was expected there would be more chaos around the time the jury reached a verdict. Seemed scripted as I saw the clip of the shooting which were rubber bullets as no smoke was produced and the defendants family would meet with Biden's VP but with Trump they wanted an attorney present. He did go to the Sheriffs department after seeing all the damage who actually said it was likely Soros funded.
You are right about who you tell. I am very careful who I advise where I live, and have told them not to openly talk about it. Actually some of the neighbors who are preparing live alone and I’ll bring them to my house if things get real bad. They’ve been like family for years. We are preparing for many scenarios to protect our home without being obvious. We can never expect law enforcement to be there for us! Now our sheriff department is run by a very liberal woman Sheriff. We are on our own. We are outside the city but not far enough to take it for granted that they won’t make their way to the suburbs, plus neighbors can also become the enemy when they are thirsty and starving. I suggest storing some plywood to cover windows when it totally goes south if you have the room. Plus barbered wire can be put up around perimeters and it can do damage to those who trespass. It can be installed inconspicuously. We lived through the sixties riots and my grandparents and father were almost killed!! The very people they helped for years turned on them like rabid dogs. They had a small grocery store and we had to defend it. It did survive and then we closed it, but many others were burned out!! Ignorance at its finest!!! Now this area is the worst in the city so those liberal policies destroy everything and these minorities and others who support it are their own worst enemies! All the shop owners were always generous in helping the kids abandoned by welfare moms and dead beat dads who most of the time just sowed their oats and moved on. The kids never went hungry!!! Yet they were the ones who tried to kill them!
I think that this would (will?) be the hardest for people to cope with. When people are starving, they will do anything to survive, and I mean anything. Let’s hope it never gets that bad. “Prepare for the worst, hope for the best” is just another name for insurance!
I feel ya, Central Texas here. We lost power during the summer, moved a mattress out to the screened porch for a few nights! Now we have camping cots and hammocks. This is why my grandma had a “sleeping porch” back in the day!
You have forgotten to mention the essential ingredient: absolute spy-like secrecy. I’m sorry, but your arsenal will not protect you from hungry neighbors.
What’s funny though is that even before all this, I’ve never lived week to week for my groceries and we didn’t have a lot of money. I’ve always done all our cooking as I was raised by grandparents who lived through the Great Depression. I’ve never relied on prepared foods that are empty calories and expensive. I always have kept extra food and supplies for when I need it. Too often grocers change suppliers then you can’t find something. But I have family who live week to week, and not because they don’t have the money. So everyone has their own mindset on this!!! I hate being in the middle of a recipe and realize I don’t have something to finish it, but that my quirk. But it has served me well.
For those who wish to go this route of trying to prepare, there are a number of good channels on YouTube (yes, I know, yuck on YouTube!) with very good information. Two I particularly liked when I was starting out are City Prepping and Provident Prepper. There are a ton more about homesteading which are also a wealth of information. Might also be smart to get a books. One on how to fix everyday things, one on first aide, one on canning, etc. Build a library, because we may not always have the internet or electricity!
You are right and everyday I see them I just want to scream!!! I literally have on some days because it is nonstop and rampant everywhere in our skies. Our government is so damn corrupt! Climate change is a hoax and it’s being done to kill everything off. Plus the chemicals make everything more flammable! These massive fires you are seeing are all intentional!! Maui and Lahaina, the Texas and Canadian fires are all intentionally started by the powers that be. I understand that in Texas now the government is going in and destroying all the hay growing so cattle can’t be fed, but they are lying and saying it’s to prevent fires. BS!!! I wouldn’t let them on my property! I’ve considered green houses, but haven’t gotten any yet. I think one way or the other we’ve been exposed for years to this. Plus the government has the Direct Energy Weapons to make our storms more violent and deadly. God be with us all!
Hey Joni, Thank you for the info, would you be willing to provide more info on what you store and quantities. I have purchased some freeze dried stuff that you just add water, but would like some additional ideas. Did you store a lot of canned food, etc. You could direct message me if you’re willing to provide the additional info. Thanks
I do buy organic products wherever possible, but it isn’t always easy to find the organic in smaller quantities. I do store canned goods, but on a more limited basis as they cost more and don’t last as long as dry. I’ve stored wild caught boneless sardines, salmon and quality tuna in olive oil for quality proteins. Someone commented in another post about them not being good even before the expiration date, but I have never had that experience. Focus on items you can’t buy dried for canned goods. I’ve purchased freeze dried and dehydrated goods like herbs, seasonings, onions, garlic for additions to cooking the beans, rice and pasta. Also powdered butter, cheese, and milk.
So if you want to spend the money and skip the smaller quantity purchases and packaging, then there are good companies that sell 26 to 40 lb. sealed buckets of conventional or organic beans, grains, pastas and rice. They list the years the foods last in their info. The one I use the most is Pleasant Hill Grains. They are of high quality. Prices have increased the last several years, but that’s a results of what is happening around us. Also, I didn’t compute how much to buy or the quantity. I am buying for six of us as I know I’ll be helping my sons out and my mom.
Also, wholesale clubs sell large quantities of rice but you have to package it in plastic or other secure containers. I know Costco has food preparedness buckets for some things, but I haven’t purchased from them, and there are other food preparedness companies that sell everything. They are expensive so it depends on peoples budgets. When we were working, we bought some about 10 years ago, but in hind sight, I would do what I am doing now and the last four years with buying my own separate ingredients.
Also, I left off coffee in my earlier post. We buy whole beans and store them as they are better for long term versus ground. Gotta now, but reply with questions.
Wow, we get mice every year in my basement during the fall, but they have never eaten through plastic containers. Have you tried food grade buckets with sealed lids! If they eat through those you have Frankenmice!!! Yikes. Lowe’s and Home Depot carry them.
One cup of dry (uncooked) rice is about half a pound and 800 calories. If you had this as 40% of a 2,000 kcal/day diet you’d need 365 lbs of dried rice to last two years PER PERSON. I have rice in mylar bags with oxygen and moisture absorbers in food grade buckets. Each bucket has about 35 lbs. You will need about 10 buckets of rice PER PERSON. Then you need proteins and fats. Two years worth of stored fats is going to be the biggest challenge but even more challenging is finding the space for all of it AND cycling through it to keep it AT MOST 2 years old. But if you do that then in two years all of it will be two years old. Farming is the only way to survive long term.
You need like minded people around you. None of the rugged individual survivor shit will save you. Your tribe and your active role in it will save you if you combine skills and resources
So much depends on where you live, as well. I’m fortunate to live in a like minded community, but still, not everyone will prepare! Some tough decisions may have to be made. Survival will not just depend on how much you prepare or stock up on, but more importantly, your mindset.
Agreed. This is why I am saving up to buy land to build an organic regenerative agriculture permaculture farm that will host a small community. Hoping to get that going this year.
Beef tallow seems to last well and long. At least it's what happened to lotions I've made from different fats. I liked the tallow best and it's food grade.
Ghee is also good but two years worth? Not so much. It’s better than dying of stupidity. Maintaining a fresh supply by farming is the best and only long term solution.
Think 'survival' - 300 gallon tote bin - around $70 (less if you shop) Holds a ton of rice - shelf life if you keep it dry - 40 years - read up on how to prepare possum, rabbit, squirrel - - get an oriental cook-book and get a recipe for dog - - Too much? Think 'barter'
I, too, live close to the water and thought about the same thing; however, the low-life politicians and globalists will implement environmental policies to prevent us from fishing or even growing our food.
Golly. Two years worth of food? I mean, that's a tall order for most Americans, except for, I am guessing, our "elites." I struggle to buy food for a few days, or a week. But two years? Where would I store it? Good luck with that, buddy.
I do see the writing on the wall in terms of potential global economic collapse and "world war" and CBDC and everything else Martin Armstrong said (i.e. everything referred to in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew's "Olivet Discourse" and the Book of Revelation), but most of us--even those who are rank secularists--have seen that possibility for years. I cannot remember how many economic forecasters and futurist Apocalyptic Abrahamic faith believers have predicted this sort of thing over the last several decades. It's so many that I have lost track; 99.9% of them have been wrong. But lord help us if and when this does happen. No one (except for the louts, demons, and psychopaths who pose as our "controllers") is going to be "prepared" no matter how much they have "prepped." I just pray for God's wisdom and discernment in these ever more trying times.
This might be a very unpopular opinion, but honestly, I don't see it getting to that point. At least in the US.
There are a lot of people in the US who have @rms, both leg@l and not leg@l. I think that there is a chance that when the lower classes- including all the millions of illegals living here and various people of color-- start getting hungry, they will start getting spicy, and could very well start targeting the g0verment and the officials.
Greg Hunter is one of my trusted news sources, so I would listen to Armstrong. I have about a six month supply of non-perishable food. And I recently bought a home water distiller, one of the best purchases I've ever made. No more buying dozens of gallons a month and lugging them home. It's running right now, and I'll have another gallon in a couple hours.
Not an easy website to read but the economic information is important to understand, http://www.shadowstats.com/. Beginning in the 1990s economic definitions were changed to mask the deteriorating economic truth; keeping inflation, unemployment and interest rates much lower than they truly were/are. They don't want you to understand what this website lays out. You know how I know? Because every time I post this website or reference it in the comments of economic youtube videos my comments don't last 30secs before my comment disappears.
Never forget that 9.11 was the kickoff and the lock downs/jabber crews were the finishing crew for a complete take down of US. A lot happened in those 20+yrs that 95% of the people are still clueless about; I watched it everyday!
Armstrong's predictions dovetail my standing predictions that I have had for over 10+years so yes it is time!! Or like they say, this time is different:)
Unfortunately, Martin, two years of food is quite literally impossible for most people. Many of us like me live in very small apartments with nowhere to store that amount of food (and water). Many live on a very limited budget. Even the small amount I stored during the Covid debacle much of it went bad such as canned salmon, tuna, and sardines. The cans weren't puffed but the product was disgusting when i opened it to see if it was alright.
Still, I would do what I can. How I started: I gave up cable tv and used that money to seed my long term food supply. I was pretty low on funds, single parent, working 2 jobs. I made many, many sacrifices in those days. Didn’t go out to eat for a solid year, and I’m not kidding. So I encourage everyone to at least do something. This isn’t just about a failed political situation, it’s about emergency planning. We were without power for 76 hours in winter 2 years ago, so no water, no toilets, etc. We learned a lot! Now we do what we can to prepare for the next emergency!
While I’m mindful of the importance of doing one’s own farming, even on a small plot of land, how does one protect against pillage and foraging by people who notice the food supply and are hungry?
That’s why I had to laugh at that absolutely ridiculous Julia Roberts movie “Leave the World Behind”. What a joke! It was worth watching just to see the nonsense they were putting out there. This was so far from what would actually happen, it made me wonder just what the purpose of the movie really was. It most certainly wasn’t cautionary. Most unrealistic “end of the world” movie ever.
That’s a good question and a big one. I have been researching this for a few years now and it is very dependent on what your specific situation is. In general; they can’t get you if they can’t see you or don’t know you are there “Stealth is armor. Camouflage is armor.” Since you are asking about how to defend a farm there are many ways to incorporate defensive installations into your operations such as irrigation ditches or canals and thorny berry bushes on fences.
The same way you chase deer and other beasts who would see you starve, and are otherwise unable figure out how to care for themselves - - . Start with a very large dog that barks ferociously - - if that doesn’t work, get one that bites - - Work your way up in ever-increasing levels of severity until the theft stops, or you decide to give up - - and starve.
I've been listening to Armstrong for a few years now. He's pretty doomy overall, and, like everyone who is trying to do predictions, his timeline can be off.
Strangely enough, there's another guy who has computer program by the name of Clif High. He's also on substack. He's also targeted this summer-- his prediction was for chaos starting in mid July. A caveat-- High's info is very big picture, and when he gives dates, he's usually wrong. But he's interesting none the less.
Praying for miraculous change this Easter season (March 31 Catholic Protestant Easter - May 5 Orthodox Easter) and beyond. Please Dear God, please save us from our sins.
Perhaps vitamin d, and vitamin c, and ivermectin can provide such extreme savings in medical care that the governments can be willing to reform and stay out of defaulting on the debt.
Perhaps we as citizens can help our governments by using vitamin d and vitamin c and ivermectin more than we do now, and by using cash more than we currently do now and by buying locally produced meat and dairy and fruits and vegetables and any other foods available more than we currently do. A trend change may bring our governments into line with God's help.
While I appreciate your sentiment, it’s going to take WAY more than that to curtail the corruption going on in this government (actually, ALL governments at this point). The rot is too well entrenched…
I totally understand ..... but have been coming across information like this since March 2020 when I first realized that easy answers to covid were being crazy attacked.....
this is just the tip of the iceberg of the good news out there on the medical front ... some of it out there for decades ... it is so hard for people to believe the good news .... I guess it is so scary to think that the world can be this bad ... but then there is the verse in the Bible ... "in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world." ....... wondering if this is just another way that good will overcome evil. Thanks be to God.
page 245-246 of Dr. Michael Holick's (a 40 year researcher on vitamin D) published in his 2010 book, "The Vitamin D Solution" ...................... "For some, even physicians, it's incomprehensible that vitamin D can reduce the risk of heart attack by as much as 50 percent; reduce the risk of common cancers of the colon, prostate, and breast by as much as 50 percent; reduce the risk of infections [typo in book? infectious?) diseases, including influenza, by as much as 90 percent; reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes by 78 percent in a child who gets 2000 IU of vitamin D a day in the first year of life; decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes; decrease the risk of dementia and depression; wipe out cases of fibromyalgia that have been misdiagnosed; and dramatically decrease the risk of multiple sclerosis and other auto-immune diseases. When in doubt, I always go back to this simple fact; every tissue and cell in the body has a vitamin D receptor." end of excerpt from page 245-246 of Dr. Michael Holick's book "The Vitamin D Solution".
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Two-time Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling estimated that the rate of heart disease would be reduced by 80 per cent if adults in the US supplemented with 2,000 to 3,000 mg of vitamin C each day. According to Dr. Pauling, "Since vitamin C deficiency is the common cause of human heart disease, vitamin C supplementation is the universal treatment for this disease."[1] Heart disease is the number one killer in the US. For those with existing heart disease Dr. Pauling said that blockage of heart arteries could actually be reversed by supplementing with 6,000 of vitamin C and 6,000 of lysine (a common amino acid) taken in divided doses throughout the day. Vitamin C supplementation both lowers serum cholesterol levels and repairs lesions of arterial walls. 1998 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Louis J. Ignarro found that supplementing with vitamin C and vitamin E significantly reduces the risk of developing arteriosclerosis.[2]
A study examined vitamin E and vitamin C supplement use in relation to mortality risk in 11,178 persons aged 67-105 who participated in the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly over a nine year period.[3] Simultaneous use of vitamins E and C was associated with a lower risk of total mortality and coronary mortality after adjusting for alcohol use, smoking history, aspirin use, and medical conditions.
A landmark study following over 85,000 nurses over a 16-year period for a total of 1,240,000 person-years found that vitamin C supplementation significantly reduced the risk of heart disease.[4] Intake of vitamin C from foods alone was insufficient to significantly effect the rate of heart disease. High quantities of vitamin C from supplements was essential to provide the protective effects. The study adjusted for age, smoking, and a variety of other coronary risk factors."
Not negating the use of supplements and vitamins at all. In fact, those you mentioned and a handful of others, I firmly believe, are what has kept me healthy for the last 6 years. 71 years old, never masked, never isolated, never locked down, on zero prescription drugs, also never got covid despite being exposed multiple times. I attribute that to strengthening my immune system with supplements and lifestyle. When my friends and family ask how I’ve managed this, I pass along this information and protocols. I’m fortunate that they listen. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve recommended the FLCCC website to, for instance. Hopefully more and more will see the light!
such a great point..... I've been seeing those wellness kits out there .... with even some prescription drugs in there like ivermectin, doxycycline, and others that are part of so many protocols for cancer, other illness, disease, etc.
Love FLCCC .... first saw them in March 2020 ... had seen alittle bit about Dr. Paul Marik and his 2016 sepsis protocol which includes IV vitamin c from Mercola articles .... less than 1% mortality versus the 30-50% mortality for hospitalized sepsis with Standard of Care protocols .... read somewhere in 2020 that about 10% of U.S. hospitals use the Dr. Paul Marik protocol for sepsis ... wondering how to find out which ones .... wondering if looking at CDC would have numbers from deaths for sepsis in the hospital and if hosptals have almost no deaths from sepsis we could know that those are the ones to go to.
tried to get the info out so much ...... wish I would have just stopped early on and paid for a bunch of copies and left them on doorsteps.
can't wait for even a fraction of this to become common knowledge. Praying to God to make that happen. So sad to hear that this or that person died of cancer and wondering if something as simple as the florida sharkman. org protocol B and or his anti-viral protocol would have helped them with ivermectin, fenbendazole, doxycycline and berberine.
know of people ordering ivermectin from chewy ... berberine is over the counter..... just crazy how easy some things that I thought were so hard appear to be easy to solve.
Praying to God to make things clearer to all of us.
Sounds like we’re on the same page with Mercola, Marik, etc, and the protocols. Firm believer in “alternative” medicine. Also big advocate for IVM, Fenbendazole, etc. The day may come when people have no choice but to turn to “alternative” medicines to survive. The point I always make with those who question this path is to point out how many billions and billions of dollars over decades has been spent on “curing cancer”….how’s that going?!
You can grow all the food you need on a very small plot of land. Average yields per acre of rice is around 7,000 lbs. If you start out on poor soil and don’t know what you’re doing you might be down around 2,000 lbs per acre which is still a lot. At this low yield you still only need about 4,000 square feet (40’ x 100’) of rice plants to produce one cup dried rice (800 calories) per day per year per person. And once you get a few harvests under your belt it is reasonable to expect that harvest to double or triple to be in line with the AVERAGE. You can even get more if you put in the effort. 4,000 square feet is less than 1/10th of an acre. There’s also comparable yields of wheat, corn, potatoes, etc.
You’ve obviously never gardened in Texas Hill Country, (wink wink)! If you don’t have above ground planter boxes you can forget it…it takes a stick of dynamite to dig a hole!
I do. They’re struggling a bit, because the soil is so shallow and sits on top of limestone bedrock, so they’ve been very slow to grow on my particular property. My grandmother,who had a large ranch that ran along the Medina River, had massive pecan trees. Thats only 40 miles from here but a world away in terms of soil!
I have. It works well for us, but we have to do a sort of terraced version because our property is on a slope in the garden area. We have to “contain” our hugelkulter, to keep the whole thing from crawling down the hill in a big rain! Yes, gardening is a bit of a challenge here. Every bed is fenced in to keep out the free-range dinosaurs, I mean chickens (!) as well as the deer. Hugelkultur makes great soil! We also had a keyhole garden at one point, which worked well during our frequent drought periods.
Supporting local agriculture may be a great way to help increase local food supplies I'm thinking........... especially if gardening or storing food right now seems out of reach ..... at least buy local when possible............. support local meat producers ..... https://www.localharvest.org/csa/
there are some great organizations out there for some time....I've following these over the years..... supporting good methods of food production for human health which seems to mean they end up supporting local / small food production ??? at least that has been my take on it and they have been very helpful in helping me decide what food to buy and to support local (within my county) food sources more, even when it costs more .... like it is said ... pay more for your food so you can pay less or maybe even nothing??? some years ??? for your healthcare because you won't need it ?? :) :) :) definitely need a lot less healthcare with food that has fewer toxins and more nutrients in it, apparently true in every food group including sweets.
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Apologies but I am unfamiliar with Mr Armstrong. Is he somebody who is usually on target or whatever you want to call it - clickbait type stuff. I do not mean to offend. I just never heard of him before this post. Thank you.
Thank you, we’ve been preparing for years on many important things. One thing it has done is definitely allow us to have much less food costs right now. Please take his advice on the food for sure, if nothing else. I am already seeing limited quantities. It’s expensive trying to buy everything you need to get you through a two or three year period, so if you haven’t started, please don’t think it will be there when you need it. If you don’t know where to start, do dry good first like beans and pastas. They last a long, long time. Put them in large sealed containers in your basement if you have one to keep bugs and rodents out. Also think about preparing your homes for power outages. Those will be sure to come. We are in the northeast and installed a large wood burner that will heat our entire home if necessary and keep our plumbing from freezing. And of course store water. I bought large 55 gallon food drums with a pump, plus you can buy containers (10 or 20 gallons):made specifically for water at a good price. Generators are great too, but use them sparingly to get your water. If the shit hits the fan you will have people roaming the streets to steal what you have. Keep quiet and don’t announce you are prepared. Encourage family and friends to do the same preparation. So many people don’t believe this will ever happen. I even have family members who choose to ignore!!! My grandparents lived through the Great Depression and it did happen. They lost their first home. They had to move in with a relative. My grandmother could make anything that tasted great out of the simplest ingredients including those dandelion greens, etc., with beans, pasta or mixing them all together.
Get foraging books if you live in more rural areas. You’d be surprised on all the highly nutrient “weeds” like dandelions, plantain and other great greens that surround us. I don’t spray anything. I’ve actually allowed some areas to just grow for picking. If you can do raised beds, plant some herbs and greens that are nutritious. I’ve also bought other good books for health and wellness. You know they will take the internet down at a point. Also, please ignore dates on packages….we never had them years ago. If dry good are sealed good for bugs, etc., they last a very long time. Canned goods last beyond the dates, but just check if the can is puffed. If so, throw it out. Vinegar, sugar, honey, and alcohol have very long shelf lives. Honey just needs warmed in its container in hot water if it crystallizes. Sorry for getting long winded on this if you are prepared, but I have found that these simplest of things can make the difference in a crisis and help people who didn’t know this!! It can be intimidating as to where to start.
Just 2 addendums to Joni’s EXCELLENT post. Water should be your number one prep. Without water, all the rest is pointless! You can only survive 3 days without water before your systems begin to fail. Water # 1, then the rest.
Lastly, BE PREPARED TO DEFEND YOUR FOOD/WATER SUPPLY. If things get really bad, there will be many who have not prepared who will try to take what you have. Trust me on this, I’ve lived in 3rd world countries where I’ve witnessed this exact thing! And when you think to yourself, that will never happen to me, remember that every victim says exactly that.
Thank you! I completely agree!
Thank you for the reminder
Excellent info. Thank you. The power loss is a concern here due to the heat. And storing all that food takes up a lot of space. No basements in Florida.
I understand. Maybe an extra bedroom? Consider six months to help you along. Get containers to slide under beds. Reorganize kitchen cabinets and get rid of extra utensils and dishes. Just some thoughts. Do you have family nearby that may have more space that would join you in this?
No family here but I have made community connections for eggs and meat. I bought another house on my street where I store food and supplies but most people don’t have that luxury which is why I was pointing it out. We have a large garden producing abundant veggies. I live on a spring fed creek. I have PM and security and a yippie dog for a doorbell. But I am blessed. Much poverty here in my area and I want to help everyone I can so I seek info that I can share with others. I am trying my best to encourage folks here to plan for the worst case but most are dealing with day to day survival. I appreciate people like you that submit info I can pass along. That way they see it not coming from just me. A few here consider me a bit of a nut for prepping like I am.
Thank you, I know what you mean. My own family doesn’t prepare, and they all have the space to do so. You have some fantastic arrangements!!! I’ve had better luck with strangers. When they are limited on income, buy the inexpensive items like pasta, rice (white), and beans in small quantities each time they go. Brown rice has a short shelf life. Too often peolple waste money on prepared food that doesn’t offer much, but is more expensive. I don’t buy pop either. I cook everything from scratch so money goes a lot further. We are blessed with some great farmers I buy meats and vegetables from. Plus we have layer chickens for eggs. We are also blessed to have a large property we can grow and forage from, but even small properties can be setup to be productive. I used to forage with my grandfather and they often ate the wild greens.
Those you encouraged to prepare will likely be the first to knock at your door when they run out of food knowing you have prepared. Some may even tell others. I just remember how chaotic my city became after 2nd African American was shot by police in my town where police just watch as people were rioting, looting, and burning areas of the city. Fortunately Rittenhouse did get a fair trial and it was expected there would be more chaos around the time the jury reached a verdict. Seemed scripted as I saw the clip of the shooting which were rubber bullets as no smoke was produced and the defendants family would meet with Biden's VP but with Trump they wanted an attorney present. He did go to the Sheriffs department after seeing all the damage who actually said it was likely Soros funded.
You are right about who you tell. I am very careful who I advise where I live, and have told them not to openly talk about it. Actually some of the neighbors who are preparing live alone and I’ll bring them to my house if things get real bad. They’ve been like family for years. We are preparing for many scenarios to protect our home without being obvious. We can never expect law enforcement to be there for us! Now our sheriff department is run by a very liberal woman Sheriff. We are on our own. We are outside the city but not far enough to take it for granted that they won’t make their way to the suburbs, plus neighbors can also become the enemy when they are thirsty and starving. I suggest storing some plywood to cover windows when it totally goes south if you have the room. Plus barbered wire can be put up around perimeters and it can do damage to those who trespass. It can be installed inconspicuously. We lived through the sixties riots and my grandparents and father were almost killed!! The very people they helped for years turned on them like rabid dogs. They had a small grocery store and we had to defend it. It did survive and then we closed it, but many others were burned out!! Ignorance at its finest!!! Now this area is the worst in the city so those liberal policies destroy everything and these minorities and others who support it are their own worst enemies! All the shop owners were always generous in helping the kids abandoned by welfare moms and dead beat dads who most of the time just sowed their oats and moved on. The kids never went hungry!!! Yet they were the ones who tried to kill them!
I think that this would (will?) be the hardest for people to cope with. When people are starving, they will do anything to survive, and I mean anything. Let’s hope it never gets that bad. “Prepare for the worst, hope for the best” is just another name for insurance!
Consider security cameras. We use Eufy; they are wireless and are NOT subscription based.
I feel ya, Central Texas here. We lost power during the summer, moved a mattress out to the screened porch for a few nights! Now we have camping cots and hammocks. This is why my grandma had a “sleeping porch” back in the day!
Yes. A sleeping porch and cots. I have them too!!! Hopefully we won’t need them any time soon.
Think outside the box. Under beds, on top of cabinets, install shelving around the top of the room, etc. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
You have forgotten to mention the essential ingredient: absolute spy-like secrecy. I’m sorry, but your arsenal will not protect you from hungry neighbors.
Never tell a soul that you’re a prepper!
What’s funny though is that even before all this, I’ve never lived week to week for my groceries and we didn’t have a lot of money. I’ve always done all our cooking as I was raised by grandparents who lived through the Great Depression. I’ve never relied on prepared foods that are empty calories and expensive. I always have kept extra food and supplies for when I need it. Too often grocers change suppliers then you can’t find something. But I have family who live week to week, and not because they don’t have the money. So everyone has their own mindset on this!!! I hate being in the middle of a recipe and realize I don’t have something to finish it, but that my quirk. But it has served me well.
Exactly! I don’t ever say I am a prepper. No one sees what we do.
So true. We’ve gone gray man.
Exactly!
For those who wish to go this route of trying to prepare, there are a number of good channels on YouTube (yes, I know, yuck on YouTube!) with very good information. Two I particularly liked when I was starting out are City Prepping and Provident Prepper. There are a ton more about homesteading which are also a wealth of information. Might also be smart to get a books. One on how to fix everyday things, one on first aide, one on canning, etc. Build a library, because we may not always have the internet or electricity!
I am amassing a reference library
Love city prepping. Will look into provident Prepper. Also check out southernprepper1. He’s good too
Thanks for the recommendation! Will definitely check him out. Name seems very familiar…
I have started what you suggest, great advice! But there is another problem to deal with. They are spraying our skies, poisoning our air, water and lands with geoengineering. We will need greenhouses to protect our growing foods. It's almost impossible for most to have yard space enough to grow food. It's all such a mess, the chaos will be huge! https://frankenskies.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR10_KzOE2DDhaUWIKv5tPYGmciCF3w0SqYLrjh_0QoRcgZeqtuVSMGrNZA_aem_AXGfUP4LaKrn1PAeJ0WTFhRylF_ivlBlqCBv5x2pwAsRNGuNldXOEVt-UdedwA4QCCWFvHs_A_M0MX0F1s5bX54J#watch-now
You are right and everyday I see them I just want to scream!!! I literally have on some days because it is nonstop and rampant everywhere in our skies. Our government is so damn corrupt! Climate change is a hoax and it’s being done to kill everything off. Plus the chemicals make everything more flammable! These massive fires you are seeing are all intentional!! Maui and Lahaina, the Texas and Canadian fires are all intentionally started by the powers that be. I understand that in Texas now the government is going in and destroying all the hay growing so cattle can’t be fed, but they are lying and saying it’s to prevent fires. BS!!! I wouldn’t let them on my property! I’ve considered green houses, but haven’t gotten any yet. I think one way or the other we’ve been exposed for years to this. Plus the government has the Direct Energy Weapons to make our storms more violent and deadly. God be with us all!
I think purchasing granulated maple syrup or granulated honey is a good way to store sweetners that are light and compact.
Check out the Granulated Honey carefully. If it has Maltodextrin in it, don't bother.
From YT, Dr. Berg channel
Hey Joni, Thank you for the info, would you be willing to provide more info on what you store and quantities. I have purchased some freeze dried stuff that you just add water, but would like some additional ideas. Did you store a lot of canned food, etc. You could direct message me if you’re willing to provide the additional info. Thanks
Thank you, Karen, I’ll have to reply tomorrow, but I am happy to share information.
I do buy organic products wherever possible, but it isn’t always easy to find the organic in smaller quantities. I do store canned goods, but on a more limited basis as they cost more and don’t last as long as dry. I’ve stored wild caught boneless sardines, salmon and quality tuna in olive oil for quality proteins. Someone commented in another post about them not being good even before the expiration date, but I have never had that experience. Focus on items you can’t buy dried for canned goods. I’ve purchased freeze dried and dehydrated goods like herbs, seasonings, onions, garlic for additions to cooking the beans, rice and pasta. Also powdered butter, cheese, and milk.
So if you want to spend the money and skip the smaller quantity purchases and packaging, then there are good companies that sell 26 to 40 lb. sealed buckets of conventional or organic beans, grains, pastas and rice. They list the years the foods last in their info. The one I use the most is Pleasant Hill Grains. They are of high quality. Prices have increased the last several years, but that’s a results of what is happening around us. Also, I didn’t compute how much to buy or the quantity. I am buying for six of us as I know I’ll be helping my sons out and my mom.
Also, wholesale clubs sell large quantities of rice but you have to package it in plastic or other secure containers. I know Costco has food preparedness buckets for some things, but I haven’t purchased from them, and there are other food preparedness companies that sell everything. They are expensive so it depends on peoples budgets. When we were working, we bought some about 10 years ago, but in hind sight, I would do what I am doing now and the last four years with buying my own separate ingredients.
Also, I left off coffee in my earlier post. We buy whole beans and store them as they are better for long term versus ground. Gotta now, but reply with questions.
I was buying lots of dry goods and then the mice invaded…they ate through my sealed containers.
source old non working chest freezers, works well
Thanks. What a great idea.
Steel garbage cans..
Weight on top + sealed with tape.
Wow, we get mice every year in my basement during the fall, but they have never eaten through plastic containers. Have you tried food grade buckets with sealed lids! If they eat through those you have Frankenmice!!! Yikes. Lowe’s and Home Depot carry them.
One cup of dry (uncooked) rice is about half a pound and 800 calories. If you had this as 40% of a 2,000 kcal/day diet you’d need 365 lbs of dried rice to last two years PER PERSON. I have rice in mylar bags with oxygen and moisture absorbers in food grade buckets. Each bucket has about 35 lbs. You will need about 10 buckets of rice PER PERSON. Then you need proteins and fats. Two years worth of stored fats is going to be the biggest challenge but even more challenging is finding the space for all of it AND cycling through it to keep it AT MOST 2 years old. But if you do that then in two years all of it will be two years old. Farming is the only way to survive long term.
You need like minded people around you. None of the rugged individual survivor shit will save you. Your tribe and your active role in it will save you if you combine skills and resources
Finding like minded people who are not mentally ill is the hardest part so far.
So much depends on where you live, as well. I’m fortunate to live in a like minded community, but still, not everyone will prepare! Some tough decisions may have to be made. Survival will not just depend on how much you prepare or stock up on, but more importantly, your mindset.
People not participating is exactly why I am going to be the land owner. If you want to live with me at my castle you must participate or leave.
That there s funny!
And sad, honest and true.
Agreed. This is why I am saving up to buy land to build an organic regenerative agriculture permaculture farm that will host a small community. Hoping to get that going this year.
True all that!
Beef tallow seems to last well and long. At least it's what happened to lotions I've made from different fats. I liked the tallow best and it's food grade.
Coconut oil is fat that won’t go rancid or require much temperature control.
Ghee is also good but two years worth? Not so much. It’s better than dying of stupidity. Maintaining a fresh supply by farming is the best and only long term solution.
Think 'survival' - 300 gallon tote bin - around $70 (less if you shop) Holds a ton of rice - shelf life if you keep it dry - 40 years - read up on how to prepare possum, rabbit, squirrel - - get an oriental cook-book and get a recipe for dog - - Too much? Think 'barter'
I literally have almost a thousand cook books. So, yes. Agreed.
Sounds about right. Glad I live on the water.
I, too, live close to the water and thought about the same thing; however, the low-life politicians and globalists will implement environmental policies to prevent us from fishing or even growing our food.
Be non-compliant! No one has the right to tell us we cannot feed ourselves, or protect ourselves, etc, etc, etc.
Absolutely, I was non-compliant during COVID so you can imagine now!
My kind of people!
At that point they will have to answer to me.
Golly. Two years worth of food? I mean, that's a tall order for most Americans, except for, I am guessing, our "elites." I struggle to buy food for a few days, or a week. But two years? Where would I store it? Good luck with that, buddy.
I do see the writing on the wall in terms of potential global economic collapse and "world war" and CBDC and everything else Martin Armstrong said (i.e. everything referred to in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew's "Olivet Discourse" and the Book of Revelation), but most of us--even those who are rank secularists--have seen that possibility for years. I cannot remember how many economic forecasters and futurist Apocalyptic Abrahamic faith believers have predicted this sort of thing over the last several decades. It's so many that I have lost track; 99.9% of them have been wrong. But lord help us if and when this does happen. No one (except for the louts, demons, and psychopaths who pose as our "controllers") is going to be "prepared" no matter how much they have "prepped." I just pray for God's wisdom and discernment in these ever more trying times.
This might be a very unpopular opinion, but honestly, I don't see it getting to that point. At least in the US.
There are a lot of people in the US who have @rms, both leg@l and not leg@l. I think that there is a chance that when the lower classes- including all the millions of illegals living here and various people of color-- start getting hungry, they will start getting spicy, and could very well start targeting the g0verment and the officials.
Greg Hunter is one of my trusted news sources, so I would listen to Armstrong. I have about a six month supply of non-perishable food. And I recently bought a home water distiller, one of the best purchases I've ever made. No more buying dozens of gallons a month and lugging them home. It's running right now, and I'll have another gallon in a couple hours.
Thank you.
Not an easy website to read but the economic information is important to understand, http://www.shadowstats.com/. Beginning in the 1990s economic definitions were changed to mask the deteriorating economic truth; keeping inflation, unemployment and interest rates much lower than they truly were/are. They don't want you to understand what this website lays out. You know how I know? Because every time I post this website or reference it in the comments of economic youtube videos my comments don't last 30secs before my comment disappears.
Never forget that 9.11 was the kickoff and the lock downs/jabber crews were the finishing crew for a complete take down of US. A lot happened in those 20+yrs that 95% of the people are still clueless about; I watched it everyday!
Armstrong's predictions dovetail my standing predictions that I have had for over 10+years so yes it is time!! Or like they say, this time is different:)
comment on youtube today again: "let us see if this goes through https://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts gone in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 seconds....." it did not last more than 5 seconds. This shill keeps talking about gov't fake numbers...... https://youtu.be/_PpntCf-V_c?feature=shared
Unfortunately, Martin, two years of food is quite literally impossible for most people. Many of us like me live in very small apartments with nowhere to store that amount of food (and water). Many live on a very limited budget. Even the small amount I stored during the Covid debacle much of it went bad such as canned salmon, tuna, and sardines. The cans weren't puffed but the product was disgusting when i opened it to see if it was alright.
Still, I would do what I can. How I started: I gave up cable tv and used that money to seed my long term food supply. I was pretty low on funds, single parent, working 2 jobs. I made many, many sacrifices in those days. Didn’t go out to eat for a solid year, and I’m not kidding. So I encourage everyone to at least do something. This isn’t just about a failed political situation, it’s about emergency planning. We were without power for 76 hours in winter 2 years ago, so no water, no toilets, etc. We learned a lot! Now we do what we can to prepare for the next emergency!
I also do what I can and as i said i did during Covid, but there is only so much one can do. I haven't owned a TV in 15 years. I never go out to eat.
Have you ever watched “The Postman”?
I wanna be the old guy who “knew stuff” (even though I’m not a guy!). Love that movie, BTW.
Ditto but I want to be the Tom Petty character.
He was so great in that movie. That was my favorite part of the movie!
Canned chicken at Walmart is cheaper and lasts longer. Also delicious!
While I’m mindful of the importance of doing one’s own farming, even on a small plot of land, how does one protect against pillage and foraging by people who notice the food supply and are hungry?
This is the weakest link in the chain of prepping.
If you think that you have sufficient firepower to resist the ravenous mob, you need to watch “The Walking Dead” and “The Postman”.
It will be a seemingly endless repetition of THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. Especially if live in a moderate or big city.
That’s why I had to laugh at that absolutely ridiculous Julia Roberts movie “Leave the World Behind”. What a joke! It was worth watching just to see the nonsense they were putting out there. This was so far from what would actually happen, it made me wonder just what the purpose of the movie really was. It most certainly wasn’t cautionary. Most unrealistic “end of the world” movie ever.
Bingo, Gemma! You have to be prepared to defend what you have. This is the number one problem.
That’s a good question and a big one. I have been researching this for a few years now and it is very dependent on what your specific situation is. In general; they can’t get you if they can’t see you or don’t know you are there “Stealth is armor. Camouflage is armor.” Since you are asking about how to defend a farm there are many ways to incorporate defensive installations into your operations such as irrigation ditches or canals and thorny berry bushes on fences.
The same way you chase deer and other beasts who would see you starve, and are otherwise unable figure out how to care for themselves - - . Start with a very large dog that barks ferociously - - if that doesn’t work, get one that bites - - Work your way up in ever-increasing levels of severity until the theft stops, or you decide to give up - - and starve.
Or, just do them all!
Thanks, 2SG, for opening my reading eyes to Armstrong Economics. Reading there now.
I've been listening to Armstrong for a few years now. He's pretty doomy overall, and, like everyone who is trying to do predictions, his timeline can be off.
Strangely enough, there's another guy who has computer program by the name of Clif High. He's also on substack. He's also targeted this summer-- his prediction was for chaos starting in mid July. A caveat-- High's info is very big picture, and when he gives dates, he's usually wrong. But he's interesting none the less.
2nd Smartest - what type of food do you have on hand?
Praying for miraculous change this Easter season (March 31 Catholic Protestant Easter - May 5 Orthodox Easter) and beyond. Please Dear God, please save us from our sins.
Perhaps vitamin d, and vitamin c, and ivermectin can provide such extreme savings in medical care that the governments can be willing to reform and stay out of defaulting on the debt.
Perhaps we as citizens can help our governments by using vitamin d and vitamin c and ivermectin more than we do now, and by using cash more than we currently do now and by buying locally produced meat and dairy and fruits and vegetables and any other foods available more than we currently do. A trend change may bring our governments into line with God's help.
While I appreciate your sentiment, it’s going to take WAY more than that to curtail the corruption going on in this government (actually, ALL governments at this point). The rot is too well entrenched…
I totally understand ..... but have been coming across information like this since March 2020 when I first realized that easy answers to covid were being crazy attacked.....
this is just the tip of the iceberg of the good news out there on the medical front ... some of it out there for decades ... it is so hard for people to believe the good news .... I guess it is so scary to think that the world can be this bad ... but then there is the verse in the Bible ... "in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world." ....... wondering if this is just another way that good will overcome evil. Thanks be to God.
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page 245-246 of Dr. Michael Holick's (a 40 year researcher on vitamin D) published in his 2010 book, "The Vitamin D Solution" ...................... "For some, even physicians, it's incomprehensible that vitamin D can reduce the risk of heart attack by as much as 50 percent; reduce the risk of common cancers of the colon, prostate, and breast by as much as 50 percent; reduce the risk of infections [typo in book? infectious?) diseases, including influenza, by as much as 90 percent; reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes by 78 percent in a child who gets 2000 IU of vitamin D a day in the first year of life; decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes; decrease the risk of dementia and depression; wipe out cases of fibromyalgia that have been misdiagnosed; and dramatically decrease the risk of multiple sclerosis and other auto-immune diseases. When in doubt, I always go back to this simple fact; every tissue and cell in the body has a vitamin D receptor." end of excerpt from page 245-246 of Dr. Michael Holick's book "The Vitamin D Solution".
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http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n02.shtml
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, April 22, 2005
Vitamin C Saves Lives
Millions die each year from heart disease and stroke, and the overwhelming evidence is that vitamin C supplementation would save many lives.
Two-time Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling estimated that the rate of heart disease would be reduced by 80 per cent if adults in the US supplemented with 2,000 to 3,000 mg of vitamin C each day. According to Dr. Pauling, "Since vitamin C deficiency is the common cause of human heart disease, vitamin C supplementation is the universal treatment for this disease."[1] Heart disease is the number one killer in the US. For those with existing heart disease Dr. Pauling said that blockage of heart arteries could actually be reversed by supplementing with 6,000 of vitamin C and 6,000 of lysine (a common amino acid) taken in divided doses throughout the day. Vitamin C supplementation both lowers serum cholesterol levels and repairs lesions of arterial walls. 1998 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Louis J. Ignarro found that supplementing with vitamin C and vitamin E significantly reduces the risk of developing arteriosclerosis.[2]
A study examined vitamin E and vitamin C supplement use in relation to mortality risk in 11,178 persons aged 67-105 who participated in the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly over a nine year period.[3] Simultaneous use of vitamins E and C was associated with a lower risk of total mortality and coronary mortality after adjusting for alcohol use, smoking history, aspirin use, and medical conditions.
A landmark study following over 85,000 nurses over a 16-year period for a total of 1,240,000 person-years found that vitamin C supplementation significantly reduced the risk of heart disease.[4] Intake of vitamin C from foods alone was insufficient to significantly effect the rate of heart disease. High quantities of vitamin C from supplements was essential to provide the protective effects. The study adjusted for age, smoking, and a variety of other coronary risk factors."
Wonderful information!
Thank you for your contribution.
Not negating the use of supplements and vitamins at all. In fact, those you mentioned and a handful of others, I firmly believe, are what has kept me healthy for the last 6 years. 71 years old, never masked, never isolated, never locked down, on zero prescription drugs, also never got covid despite being exposed multiple times. I attribute that to strengthening my immune system with supplements and lifestyle. When my friends and family ask how I’ve managed this, I pass along this information and protocols. I’m fortunate that they listen. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve recommended the FLCCC website to, for instance. Hopefully more and more will see the light!
Oh, and BTW, vitamins & supplements, and all medical supplies are something that need to go into everyone’s emergency kits!
such a great point..... I've been seeing those wellness kits out there .... with even some prescription drugs in there like ivermectin, doxycycline, and others that are part of so many protocols for cancer, other illness, disease, etc.
Love FLCCC .... first saw them in March 2020 ... had seen alittle bit about Dr. Paul Marik and his 2016 sepsis protocol which includes IV vitamin c from Mercola articles .... less than 1% mortality versus the 30-50% mortality for hospitalized sepsis with Standard of Care protocols .... read somewhere in 2020 that about 10% of U.S. hospitals use the Dr. Paul Marik protocol for sepsis ... wondering how to find out which ones .... wondering if looking at CDC would have numbers from deaths for sepsis in the hospital and if hosptals have almost no deaths from sepsis we could know that those are the ones to go to.
tried to get the info out so much ...... wish I would have just stopped early on and paid for a bunch of copies and left them on doorsteps.
can't wait for even a fraction of this to become common knowledge. Praying to God to make that happen. So sad to hear that this or that person died of cancer and wondering if something as simple as the florida sharkman. org protocol B and or his anti-viral protocol would have helped them with ivermectin, fenbendazole, doxycycline and berberine.
know of people ordering ivermectin from chewy ... berberine is over the counter..... just crazy how easy some things that I thought were so hard appear to be easy to solve.
Praying to God to make things clearer to all of us.
Thanks for the chat! :)
Sounds like we’re on the same page with Mercola, Marik, etc, and the protocols. Firm believer in “alternative” medicine. Also big advocate for IVM, Fenbendazole, etc. The day may come when people have no choice but to turn to “alternative” medicines to survive. The point I always make with those who question this path is to point out how many billions and billions of dollars over decades has been spent on “curing cancer”….how’s that going?!
orthomolecular is outstanding and to be highly praised. Love them!
Thanks for sharing sooooo much great information.
You can grow all the food you need on a very small plot of land. Average yields per acre of rice is around 7,000 lbs. If you start out on poor soil and don’t know what you’re doing you might be down around 2,000 lbs per acre which is still a lot. At this low yield you still only need about 4,000 square feet (40’ x 100’) of rice plants to produce one cup dried rice (800 calories) per day per year per person. And once you get a few harvests under your belt it is reasonable to expect that harvest to double or triple to be in line with the AVERAGE. You can even get more if you put in the effort. 4,000 square feet is less than 1/10th of an acre. There’s also comparable yields of wheat, corn, potatoes, etc.
Every prepper becomes a farmer… eventually.
You’ve obviously never gardened in Texas Hill Country, (wink wink)! If you don’t have above ground planter boxes you can forget it…it takes a stick of dynamite to dig a hole!
Y’all got pecans on your land?
I do. They’re struggling a bit, because the soil is so shallow and sits on top of limestone bedrock, so they’ve been very slow to grow on my particular property. My grandmother,who had a large ranch that ran along the Medina River, had massive pecan trees. Thats only 40 miles from here but a world away in terms of soil!
Have you tried hugelkultur?
I have. It works well for us, but we have to do a sort of terraced version because our property is on a slope in the garden area. We have to “contain” our hugelkulter, to keep the whole thing from crawling down the hill in a big rain! Yes, gardening is a bit of a challenge here. Every bed is fenced in to keep out the free-range dinosaurs, I mean chickens (!) as well as the deer. Hugelkultur makes great soil! We also had a keyhole garden at one point, which worked well during our frequent drought periods.
And every farmer is a prepper!
Supporting local agriculture may be a great way to help increase local food supplies I'm thinking........... especially if gardening or storing food right now seems out of reach ..... at least buy local when possible............. support local meat producers ..... https://www.localharvest.org/csa/
there are some great organizations out there for some time....I've following these over the years..... supporting good methods of food production for human health which seems to mean they end up supporting local / small food production ??? at least that has been my take on it and they have been very helpful in helping me decide what food to buy and to support local (within my county) food sources more, even when it costs more .... like it is said ... pay more for your food so you can pay less or maybe even nothing??? some years ??? for your healthcare because you won't need it ?? :) :) :) definitely need a lot less healthcare with food that has fewer toxins and more nutrients in it, apparently true in every food group including sweets.
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Apologies but I am unfamiliar with Mr Armstrong. Is he somebody who is usually on target or whatever you want to call it - clickbait type stuff. I do not mean to offend. I just never heard of him before this post. Thank you.
You are asking me if I am guilty of clickbait rather than performing basic due diligence?
You can do better than that.
If you don’t read Armstrong Economics, you aren’t really ready in North Florida.
I believe he is pretty well known. I see references to his stuff all the time and always find it interesting.
Thank you
Thank you. He sounds fascinating