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Stockpiling and Preparing When You Are Lactose Intolerant

Stockpiling and Preparing When You Are Lactose Intolerant

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Lactose intolerance is a fairly common food intolerance that affects many people. You can be severely or mildly intolerant. Lactose is a sugar in milk that requires an enzyme in the stomach to break it down. Not everyone who is lactose intolerant has the same symptoms, but all of them lack the ability to break down lactose in milk products. People who are lactose-intolerant lack the enzyme needed to break down the lactose.  While this particular intolerance has been on…

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Prepper Update: Where I Am Now and What I Am Thinking (January 2022)

Prepper Update: Where I Am Now and What I Am Thinking (January 2022)

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Being a prepper in this day and age is very different from when I first started. The circumstances, the reasons, and the needs have changed in big and small ways. Things that I only thought were small chances of happening are now happening. Things that I thought would happen have not and will not. First of all, my family size has definitely changed. My son is the only kid at home at the present time. He graduates high school in…

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Why You Need to Grow Food One Year and Preserve Food for Two Years

Why You Need to Grow Food One Year and Preserve Food for Two Years

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Gardening can be fickle sometimes. One year you can grow enough for seven families and the following year, you barely have enough for your own family. Many factors can play into this like weather, watering, and neglect. Some years you will have the perfect growing conditions and plenty of time to weed, water, and tend to your plants. The following year could be a drought year or you have more things planted than time you have to work on the…

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The Pantry Challenge Reimagined: Taking Some Time To Clean Up and Eat Up Your Food Storage

The Pantry Challenge Reimagined: Taking Some Time To Clean Up and Eat Up Your Food Storage

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January is an excellent month to do many things. Many people view the start of the year as a way to start over. I view January as a way to take stock of my life and see where I need to improve. I also find that January is an excellent month to tackle your food storage.  Generally, people are home more during the winter, which means we eat more meals at home. It’s easier to meal plan and easier to…

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35 Things You Need To Be Prepared For Winter

35 Things You Need To Be Prepared For Winter

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Winter is upon us again in the Midwest. We just had our first snowstorm that lasted about 18 hours. However, many things can happen in 18 hours to make winter more dangerous and deadly if you are not prepared.  One of the most common things that people prepare for in the winter at home is power outages due to blizzards, snowstorms, and ice storms. Power outages can last for an hour or stay for several days. With a power outage,…

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Three Prong Approach to Food Storage: How to Make Sure You Are Covered For All Situations

Three Prong Approach to Food Storage: How to Make Sure You Are Covered For All Situations

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Updated 5/17/2025 When you first start preparing, food storage is usually your starting point. Depending on your preparation, you gear your food storage towards that direction. What if I told you you could have your food storage covered in just about any situation? I believe in the three-prong approach to food storage: In my experience, you should have all three kinds of food storage. You might be preparing for natural disasters and think #1 is all you need. However, you…

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