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City Chickens

As people become more interested in self-reliance and preservation, the urban farming movement continues to gain momentum. We’ve written about urban gardening and urban bee keeping as great ways to sustain your family and even generate some trade. Now that the weather is nice and you’ve got your tomatoes in and your hives out – it’s time to expand your enterprise. It’s time for chickens.
Why chickens?
Allow us to convince you that chickens are a worthwhile addition to your sustainability […]

July 21, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Urban Farming 0 Comments

Travel Food and Freeze-Dried Meals

Recently a reader told us that they use our freeze-dried meals to get through the unhealthy, expensive airport food gauntlet when they travel. We thought that was pretty clever since it is generally easy to find hot water – often at no charge. So we did some in-depth thinking about the perils of airport food and how to avoid them.

Restrictions. Travel restrictions severely limit what you can bring with you, which pretty much eliminates all the good stuff in […]

July 20, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Meal Planning 0 Comments

Underground Shelters

As we watched the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster unfold last year, most of us had the same reaction – we couldn’t believe what we were seeing. Emergency system after emergency system failed, and failed so quickly that there was no time for science or technology to catch up and prevent total disaster – a level 7 (the maximum) on the International Nuclear Event Scale. It was almost like watching a sci-fi movie, except, unfortunately, it wasn’t a movie. It […]

July 11, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness 0 Comments

Important Documents

In the kind of emergency where you need to grab-and-go, it’s critical that important legal documents and records are at hand and ready to go with you. Hopefully, you won’t need any of them and you’ll be back at home in no time. However, we’ve all learned lessons from Katrina – and having documents that prove you are who you say you are and you own what you say you own can mean the difference between getting the government […]

July 5, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness 0 Comments

Planning for Pandemic

In 2009 the CDC confirmed an outbreak of human cases of H1N1 (swine) flu in North America and the outbreak quickly spread around the world. Two months later the World Health Organization raised its flu alert level to Phase 6 – the highest level – indicating that a global pandemic was underway. Then Hollywood made a bunch of zombie movies that played on our reactions and fear of pandemics, and, well, the facts have gotten a little…muddy.
Pandemics are fascinating […]

June 27, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness 0 Comments

Our Favorite Sandwich

This month we’re really excited to announce the addition of gourmet freeze-dried meats to our products. These seasoned meats are uniquely prepared so they can be easily combined with other food ingredients to create complete meals.
These meals are not just “survival food” – you know us better than that! We like to eat well in any situation, so we hired a chef! (You can see Chef Norman working his magic in this video.)
Besides great taste, one of the things […]

June 14, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Meal Planning 0 Comments

Did We Register for That?

Statistically speaking, there are going to be 182,000 weddings in June this year. Chances are, you’ve been invited to one of them. Money is the most popular gift, followed by something off the couple’s wedding registry. Do you ever wonder how many china plates and bookends wind up at the Goodwill or how soon that $30 bath sheet will be lining a puppy crate? Not that we’re cynical here, in fact we love weddings. But, we’re practical – thus […]

June 7, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness 0 Comments

Preparing Picky Eaters for Emergencies

In our last post we recommended you keep a couple packs of regular playing cards on hand and learn the rules to some basic games in advance. We’ve found that a diversion helps pass time and soothe kids (even adults!) in an emergency, even if it’s just a power outage.
There is sound reasoning behind this plan; part of preparing for an emergency isn’t just making sure you have food, water and shelter. If you’ve got a family, preparing for […]

May 30, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness kids 0 Comments

Prepare to Have Fun

Kids can easily be frightened by power outages, storms and “emergency” situations that interrupt their daily routines. Once you know your family is safe and has provisions, sometimes there’s nothing to do but pass the time. Card games are a classic way to pass time by candlelight. Games let your children know that everything is okay while providing a diversion until bedtime or until things return to normal.
It helps to know the rules of some easy-to-learn basic card games […]

May 23, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness 0 Comments

Making Yogurt

We’ve got pictures on our website of tasty-looking fruit, yogurt and granola parfaits. This concoction is a favorite with athletes and outdoors people because it’s full of protein, calcium, vitamins and whole grains. You can order our freeze-dried fruit and you can order our crunchy granola – but if the food supply chain is interrupted, where does the yogurt come from? The good news is yogurt is ancient; humans have been making yogurt with rudimentary equipment for thousands of […]

May 16, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Meal Planning 0 Comments