Preppers Festival in New Castle, Virginia was a Huge Success

This past weekend, we attended the 1st Annual Preppers Festival in New Castle, Virginia. Nearly 5000 people showed up to attend preparedness workshops, browse over 60 vendors, hear live bluegrass music, and interact with other preparedness minded people from around...
Beyond Off Grid Teaser Trailer

Beyond Off Grid Teaser Trailer

Post-production on the film is really picking up steam, and we’re happy to introduce to you our new teaser trailer for Beyond Off Grid.  Let us know what you think in the comments.
Why Inflation is a Racket, and Why Gold and Silver will Rise

Why Inflation is a Racket, and Why Gold and Silver will Rise

It’s become quite apparent to anyone paying attention that the American economy is in bad shape and is not getting any better.  How could it?  All the factors causing the economic stagnation – high taxes, regulation, corporate consolidation,...
A Family’s March Off Grid

A Family’s March Off Grid

I’m blaming grid noise. How else would I have missed it? The first letter is large and bright orange. The rest of the letters are all disproportionally big, somewhat crooked, and uniquely colored. Together, they cheer “LeTS Go ooF Grid” from the clean white back side...
March Off Grid by Preparing for Emergencies

March Off Grid by Preparing for Emergencies

One of the best things you can do in the near term to reduce your dependency on the modern system and take steps to march off grid is to prepare for emergencies.  Jenny Cazzola, writing at Traditional Cooking School, provides some good thoughts on how to prepare for...
More Off Grid Than We Knew

More Off Grid Than We Knew

This is the third post in a series from the Schaap family about their effort to reduce their dependence on the modern system and increase their self-reliance called March Off Grid.  Read their introductory March Off Grid post here.   It’s easy to feel overwhelmed...
Not Off Grid, Yet

Not Off Grid, Yet

This is the second post in a series from the Schaap family about their effort to reduce their dependence on the modern system and increase their self-reliance called March Off Grid.  Read their introductory March Off Grid post here. My family was attending a wedding...
Come and Take It

Come and Take It

In Franklin Sanders’ Thursday commentary, he commemorated the heroism of the defenders of the Alamo, and related the cause for which they stood and fought so valiantly for us today. “On 6 March 1836 after 13 days of fighting, the siege of the Alamo ended...
March Off Grid

March Off Grid

This is the first post in a series from the Schaap family about their effort to reduce their dependence on the modern system and increase their self-reliance called March Off Grid. One of the primary goals of the Beyond Off Grid project is to motivate families to take...
The Fed has Climbed Up to Ride the Tiger

The Fed has Climbed Up to Ride the Tiger

Despite all the Federal Reserve’s back and forth about whether it will “taper” or not “taper” the “Quantitative Easing” (read: printing lots of money from nothing), it’s just more of the same.  More endless money...