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Episode-746- Bryan Davis from AskBryan.com on the Ancients and Their Food

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Modern Survival| 112 Comments
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Bryan Davis of AskBryan.com today is here to share with us what he calls, “the secret of the ancients”  The ancients knew something we have largely forgotten fermented food preserves is good for the body, stores with out refrigeration and can even help to alleviate many illnesses.

Bryan has a passion for fermented foodstuffs.
He preaches and teaches the health benefits and craft of this ancient (and mostly forgotten) food to as many folks as he can reach.

He is also becoming increasingly interested and involved in the real food movement and working hard to reach as many people as possible with the message of the healing power of food.

Join Bryan and I as we Discuss…

  • What exactly is fermented food
  • What are the benefits of fermented foods
  • How can we make our own fermented foods easily
  • How can healing out guts heal our minds
  • What is the paleo diet
  • Why is our modern diet wrong for humans
  • Why should we not fear eating fat
  • How can meat be far more “sustainable” than grain
  • How are modern foods killing people
  • How can we increase our storage capacity of more paleo type foods

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Episode-731- Preserving the Harvest

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Modern Survival| 18 Comments
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Well the time is approaching rapidly that we will be in the full swing of fall harvesting and even planting the fall gardens.  With temps are or near 100 in many parts of the nation today it may seem a long way off, yet it isn’t, cooler weather and the bounty of the garden and the field are just around the corner.

As we turn our focus to harvest both of garden and game it is a good time to discuss what to do with it all.  You can only eat so much fresh, your neighbors will only smile about so many free zucchinis.  You worked hard for it, when it comes to game it is also hard work, time and money, today we talk about making it last.

Join Me Today as we Discuss…

  • What is blanching
  • The easiest method – dehydration
  • The closest to fresh method – flash freezing
  • Canning – pressure and steam
  • Pickling
  • Fermentation
  • Brewing and vinting
  • Making liquor
  • Smoking vs. curing

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Episode-636- The Time to Store Food is Now

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Modern Survival| 47 Comments
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Sure I always tell you that it is a good idea to store food but today I want to get you really serious about doing this both to mitigate threats and to enhance your life on an everyday basis.

While I strive to keep the tone of TSP upbeat once in a while we must look at concrete underlying threats to our lives.  Every major organization that monitors the food supply is saying the same thing right now about our global supply of food, simply put, shortages are coming and they won’t be going away.

Join me today as we discuss….

  • The danger of nuclear disaster in America is economic and to the food supply
  • Main stream media is actually awake about this
  • Food commodities are expected to out perform gold and silver
  • How are we going to feed 9 Billion People
  • In 2010 for the first time there were more urban that rural people globally
  • The largest export of the US is top soil in the wind
  • Developing nations are increasing global demand
  • Why you must practice eat what you store and store first
  • What is the opportunity and reverse opportunity buy
  • Understanding the meaning of individual sustainability
  • Where commercial long term storage food fits into your plan
  • What becoming a producer means

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

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Episode-621- Steve Palmer of ShelfReliance.com on Food Storage and Global Events

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Modern Survival| 12 Comments
Episode-621- Steve Palmer of ShelfReliance.com on Food Storage and Global Events [ 58:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Shelf Reliance is a Great Source of Food Storage Systems.

Steve Palmer is co-founder of ShelfReliance.com a company specializing in food storage, storage rotation, and emergency preparedness products.  Their goal is to help families prepare for whatever tomorrow may bring, allowing them to feel confident if disaster strikes. The primary goal of ShelfReliance.com is to educate people on how to become self-reliant and create redundancy in their lives.

Steve and I also discuss a variety of global issues today such as pandemic threats, food supply issues, peak oil, unemployment, inflation and other reasons that a food storage plan just makes sense for all Americans. We also discuss what’s behind many of the current shortages in long term storage foods.

Join us today as we discuss…

  • The story of the founding of ShelfReliance.com an unusual entry into self reliance
  • The story behind the ShelfReliance rack systems and how much they really hold
  • Why long term storage food should be food you would be happy to eat in good time or bad
  • Why variety should be a key part of your food storage plan
  • Setting caloric goals for your food storage needs
  • Why you should store more than you think you will need
  • A story of how a customer used Thrive Food to feed others in a disaster
  • How food storage mitigates hyper inflation
  • The difference between storing and hording
  • Making apples to apples comparisons between food storage brands
  • Understanding product storage life and how temperature effects it dramatically
  • How a lot of inflation is currently held up in the supply chain but will eventually hit consumers
  • Why the threat of a pandemic is best addressed with a food storage program
  • How peak oil (not no oil) will impact food prices in the future
  • The concept of “capital deferral” brought to the household environment

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Check out this Video of the Shelf Reliance Cansolidator Pantry

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Modern Survival| 7 Comments

Just heard from Mike at Shelf Reliance they are doing a special discount now, for the month of October, you can get 10% off all our food rotation systems, from the Cansolidator Cupboard to the Harvest 72, and 20% off the Cansolidator Pantry, which comes out to only $26.99 at 20% off. The code for 10% off any Food? Rotation System is FRS10 and the code for the Cansolidator Pantry at $26.99 is PODCAN.

This video reviews the Shelf Reliance Consolidator Pantry which is the mid sized system fitting in between the Cupboard and the Pantry Plus. I really like these smaller systems from Shelf Reliance, items like the Harvest may be over kill for some people. For many you won’t need Cansolidators for all your cans just the items you use the most. I can’t tell you what a difference these items have made for me. Automatic rotation and better use of space what more could you ask for. Really check out how much one unit holds when I fully empty out the Pantry Plus.

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Episode-517- Survival Podcast Call In Friday 9-24-10

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Modern Survival| 26 Comments
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It is Friday and time for another edition of “call in Friday” where I take your calls and comments on the air.  Today I have questions about food storage, credit, cold weather clothing, agricultural exemptionis, the free state project concept, using your preps and more.  If you would like to be on the show call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.

Join me today as we take your calls on…

  • Dealing with beavers cutting down your fruit tress (yes really)
  • Storing food in mason jars for dry storage vs. mylar
  • Options for clothing including cotton, wool, blends and dealing with cold and hot weather
  • Getting your land an agricultural exemption
  • Free State Project at the city/town/county level?
  • Do you need a credit rating in America today
  • Will I get a second BOL when we move to Arkansas
  • What do you do after opening large freeze dried amounts of food you can’t use quickly
  • Why is unemployment higher but more people are now buying houses
  • A young high school girl SCHOOLS the school!  FRICKEN AWESOME!!

Resources for today’s show…

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New Video on Using Yoders Canned Bacon

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Modern Survival| 19 Comments

So I seem to always be going on and on about Yoders Bacon on the show because it is one of my favorite prepper foods for both long term storage and day to day use.  I think a lot of folks wonder how you get 50-60 slices of bacon into a can the size of standard soup can and have it still be usable and look  like sliced bacon.

The key is packing it really tight, folding he layers in half and separating each layer with wax paper.  When you open it this stuff is swimming in grease, heck though it is bacon what do you expect.  In this video I show you what to expect when you open it, how to get rid of a lot of the grease and how to package it for use after opening.

Of course in a SHTF scenario you would want to reserve the grease for use in cooking, etc.  Many people will do that day to day as well but as for me I am in the middle of continuing to drop weight and cutting out any excessive intake of fat.  This is one of the best long term storage foods that is also great for day to day you that you can make part of your food storage regiment.

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Episode-515- An Interview with Chris Martenson – Author of The Crash Course

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Modern Survival| 33 Comments
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Chris Martenson Author of The Crash Course Today on The Survival Podcast we are fortunate to have with us as a guest Chris Martenson who is the creator of “The Crash Course”. Crash Course is an incredible look at our global population and resources that we require as a population.

The Crash Course is definitely not “feel good” viewing but I think every American should see it and after we visit with Chris today I am sure you are going to want to check it out, perhaps even watch it again if like many listeners you have already watched it before.

Join Chris and I today as we discuss…

  • What is “The Crash Course and what is its message?
  • Why is population growth itself a potential disaster?
  • Which resources will first feel population driven shortages?
  • Why are we on course for an energy shortage soon?
  • Why more oil, gas, alternative, nuclear etc. isn’t enough?
  • What are the biggest pending dangers to our economy?
  • How is money loaned into existence?
  • What is meant by primary, secondary and “third order” wealth?
  • What does it mean to become “resilient”?
  • Why is community important for preppers?
  • What are some methods of individual energy independence?
  • What are some easy methods of food and water storage?
  • Why is growing your own food so important?
  • Why does it make sense to invest in productive land?

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Episode-491- Storing Food, The Why, The How & The What

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Modern Survival| 16 Comments
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Every once in a while I feel we need to back up and go back to basics especially due to the fact that we constantly have new folks showing up for the first time to check out the show.  That said even when I revisit a topic I try to bring not material, new view points and new analogies to the table.  Today we will discuss the why, how and what behind the often highly misunderstood concept of storing food.

Join me today to discuss…

  • Why bother storing food today at all
  • Is food storage a symptom of paranoia – (some say yes)
  • Time travel back 100 years and everybody did it
  • What makes an item a good candidate for storage
    • You and your family eat it – duh right?
    • The food journal your insurance against expensive charity
    • It will last at minimum six months with out freezing/cold storage
    • High caloric value or high nutritive value
    • Is multipurpose
    • Is easy to divide and barter
  • Methods for finding room to store your food
    • Rotational pantry
    • Buckets, Bins and Boxes
    • Utilizing “wasted space”
    • Mini Root Cellars
  • Important considerations
    • Insuring food gets used and rotated
    • Decentralized storage
  • “Rolling your own”
    • Drying/Dehydration
    • Smoking
    • Canning
    • Pickling/Fermenting
    • Jerky vs. Biltong
    • Freezing has  a place
  • Food storage is one of the most rational actions a person can take

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Episode-483- 20 Simple Steps to Basic Preparedness

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Modern Survival| 4 Comments
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Perhaps these could even be called baby steps and even so I bet even a few veteran preppers could do say 4-7 of them to improve what they have already done.    I figured it was a good time to back up before I roll out with the RV for a long vacation and give people concrete action.  Don’t worry there will be shows Wednesday, Thursday and a guest host on Monday, Friday this week is still sort of up in the air.  By the way these steps are not in a defined order other than the first three which will help you immensely with the other eighteen.

Join me today as we discuss….

  • Step one – keep a food log
  • Step two – keep a spending log
  • Step three – perform a risk assessment on your life and geography
  • Step four – build a basic black out kit
  • Step five – build a basic first aid kit
  • Step six – start copy canning
  • Step seven – cut two expenses, just two of your choosing
  • Step eight – Build a basic 72 Hour Kit – BOB
  • Step nine – buy some source of back up power – any source
  • Step ten – get some source of back up heating
  • Step eleven – build two 7.5 gallon tubs or four 5 gallon buckets emergency food
  • Step twelve – store a minimum of 50 gallons of water, more if you can
  • Step thirteen – acquire a minimum or two emergency radios
  • Step fourteen – acquire some means of back up communications
  • Step fifteen – build a basic documentation pack
  • Step sixteen – build up a 30 day supply or commercial long term storage food for your house hold
  • Step seventeen – learn at lest 2 methods of food storage
  • Step eighteen – find a local farmer’s market and visit often, learn about seasonal opportunities
  • Step nineteen – learn to cook 5 items you have never eaten before with storable items
  • Step twenty – store up a reasonable amount of COH (cash on hand)
  • Step twenty-one (bonus) – affirm your right and responsibility to survive

Resources for today’s show…

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