The Terror Attacks We Aren’t Talking About

*I wrote the bulk of this article in mid-2022. Since then, the litany of suspicious events has lengthened exponentially, making my original observations more relevant and timelier than ever* 

“Food processing plants don’t just “accidentally” burn down at this rate and they certainly don’t “coincidentally” become landing pads for plane crashes at the rate they are. Our food supply is under attack in America. The question is—by who?” – Charlie Kirk, Founder of Turning Point USA 

America and the Western world are currently being hit by repeated terror attacks and acts of violent sabotage, but the controlled media refuse to cover it. Today, I want to highlight a score of suspicious incidents in the United States which I believe are covert terror attacks or deliberate sabotage. These attacks are escalating the growing chaos, uncertainty, and demoralization of our nation. I will also give several theories as to who is behind the events, what their end goal is, and what you need to do to protect your family. 

If you have been paying attention, you know that food plants are burning down, trains are derailing right and left, industrial and natural gas plants are exploding, chemical incidents are proliferating, power substations are being shot up and sabotaged from coast to coast, fires are ravaging farms, many farmers are simply not planting crops, cattle are dropping dead or are being euthanized by the thousands, deer populations are being decimated by disease, food shortages are growing, inflation is cranking up the cost of nearly everything, energy output is becoming tenuous and blackouts are beginning, and we are teetering on the brink of bedlam. 

Despite these events, many still say “all is well.” They naively thought that the Republicans were going to win the midterm elections and arrest the progress of evil, which didn’t happen (as I predicted here and here, and reminded you about here). Regardless of the two past elections being blatantly stolen, many still believe against belief that Trump will save them in 2024. Perhaps worst of all, they think societal collapse and tyranny “can’t happen here,” or believe that we are going to turn this mess around and “save our Republic” without the shedding of blood and without tremendous suffering, cataclysm, and divine cleansing. 

The scriptures have a very pointed message for such people: “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion” (Amos 6:1), and “others will [Satan] pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell. . . . wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion! Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!” (2 Nephi 28:21, 24-25). 

All is not well. America, the greatest and most powerful nation in world history, is on the verge of collapse. Yes, Liberty is rising in the hearts of many, and revival is gripping many souls. There’s no denying it. However, evil is so well-entrenched and has progressed so far down its path of destruction, that we won’t salvage things on our own without divine help, and certainly not without an unprecedented effusion of blood, tears, and suffering. 

What we have seen so far with global conflict, shortages, and mayhem, is only a mild prelude to what the rest of this decade has in store for us. We will yet see the global Holodomor I have emphatically warned about. You will yet see the day when you will break down into tears of gnawing regret that you didn’t listen to us “conspiracy theorists” and didn’t plan for your family’s future with food storage, useful skills, relocation out of Babylon, a correct education, and a better relationship with the true Lord Jesus Christ. 

Let’s first talk about the evisceration of the food supply and production plants, as well as some of the other suspicious events like train derailments. Here is a smattering of recent headlines with hyperlinks followed by several lines from each. Read them in full if, as I do, you believe the present topic is crucial: 

SABOTAGE SUSPECTED: Global fertilizer production plants halted, delivery trains crashing, operations compromised, all leading to FOOD CROP FAILURES in 2022” 

“We now know that the globalist genocidal war against humanity is a multi-vectored assault on every system that sustains human life: Biology, energy, economics, freedom, self-ownership of your body and so on. Now, we have new information that reveals the food scarcity attack vector is targeting the fertilizer supply chain in order to unleash massive crop failures in 2022. . . . 

“Between starvation and bioweapons “vaccination,” the vast majority of the current world population will be subjected to one of these two genocidal vectors. When globalists state they want to reduce the world population by 90%, they mean it. In fact, they’ve figured out exactly how to pull it off. 

“Food riots, food rationing and rampant food inflation are now all inevitable.” 

Following rash of fires, FBI warns that food plants will be targeted with cyberattacks” 

“Following a wave of arson that saw numerous food processing plants in the United States burn to the ground or get crashed into by planes all at roughly the same time, the FBI’s Cyber Division published a notice explaining that the next phase of this engineered takedown involves cyberattacks. . . . 

“Nearly two dozen food processing facilities in the U.S. and Canada have already been affected by a “string of fires, plane crashes and explosions,” The Western Standard reported.” 

FBI Warns of Targeted Cyber Attacks On Food Plants After Mysterious Rash Of Fires” 

“This is all happening as the Ukraine-Russian conflict has disrupted the global food supply chain. Food prices are at record highs, and the Rockefeller Foundation just released their timeframe of when “massive, immediate food crisis” may begin — they say, “in the next six months.”” 

List of US-Based Food Manufacturing Plants Destroyed Under Biden Administration” 

“Below is the list of America’s 95 plants that have been destroyed, damaged or impacted by “accidental fires,” disease, or general causes. . . . 

“With inflation at 40-year highs, this is devastating news. 

“What is going on in America today?” 

“Random” Spree of Food Processing Plants Burning Down Is Part of the Food Shortage and Depopulation Plan” 

“Let’s state for the record right up front what I am very certain the destruction of food processing plants is being done intentionally. With over a dozen major food processing plants in North America as well as across the globe “randomly” burning to the ground, exploding, or otherwise being destroyed in the last few weeks alone, this is all part of the plan. It is far too frequent to be random. 

“I would go so far as to say there have been more “random” food processing plants destroyed in the last few weeks than over the course of the previous decade. Judging by news searches that EXCLUDE 2022, it just wasn’t very common. Now, it’s happening every single week, and often multiple times in the same week. . . . 

“On the latest episode of The Midnight Sentinel, I dove into this topic and made some clear accusations. If a few of these plants burned to the ground around the same time, it might be a coincidence. We’re talking about more than a dozen. Once we consider the timing of this all happening a month after Biden’s “food shortage” announcement, it seems way beyond the realm of random chance. . . . 

“Normally, we fight evil by first praying, then getting involved with protests, lawsuits, and even civil disobedience. This is how we fought against medical tyranny most recently and to some extent it worked, though that fight isn’t over. But in this situation, the best way to fight is to still pray but rather than try to fight them directly, we need to defend ourselves and our families. That means being self-sufficient. 

“Anyone who is in any way beholden to government will be controlled, enslaved, or killed. Those who are useful idiots to the globalist regime will be under the thumb of the powers-that-be. Those who have no use to the powers-that-be will be enslaved or killed. The easiest way to control people is with threat of death and food shortages certainly does the trick. 

“We need as many Americans to be able to fend for themselves and their families as possible. As much as I hate telling people to be “selfish,” we’re talking about an existential threat. There’s nothing selfish about wanting to live free and to not be under the tyrannical thumb of world government. Protect yourself with firearms, food, water storage, and precious metals.” 

Gates-funded Picnic facility burnt to the ground” 

“[I]t still isn’t clear what the cause of the fire was or whether it is tied to the protests — though some have speculated it is in retaliation over the career-destroying nitrogen policy brought in by the Rutte government.” 

Food Shortage Crisis? Dozens of Food Processing Plants Destroyed In Fires, Accidents In Recent Weeks” 

“Shockingly, nearly 20 U.S. food plants have been damaged or destroyed over the last year or so, around the same time supply chain breakdowns already began gnarling the U.S. food supply. 

“This is absolutely not coincidental. 

“Then came the war in Ukraine in late February, resulting in food costs reaching an “all-time high” and supply chain issues worldwide. 

“But never fear, because Bill Gates has bought up hundreds of thousands of acres of U.S. farmland across 19 states over the last several years, making him the largest private farmland owner in the country. 

“Notably, China has also been spending billions buying up tens of thousands of acres of American farmland. 

“Whether a coincidence or conspiracy theory, these bizarre circumstances nevertheless add up to the same thing: food shortages are likely coming, and billionaires like Bill Gates and hostile foreign nations like China stand to benefit.” 

Thousands of Cattle Reported Dead” 

“The current heat wave blazing through Kansas feedlots has killed an estimated 10,000 head of fat cattle.” 

Smithfield Foods to Shutter California Meat-Packing Plant” 

“Meat-packing giant Smithfield Foods said Friday it will close its only California plant next year, citing the escalating cost of doing business in the state. . . . 

“The Vernon plant has been the target of repeated protests by animal rights activists over its treatment of hogs. It also was hard-hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some 300 employees exposed to infections in 2020. Several were hospitalized. 

“California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Smithfield Foods about $60,000 for safety violations that exposed workers to infection. 

“Smithfield Foods was founded in Smithfield, Virginia, in 1936 and according to its website provides more than 40,000 jobs in the United States. It was acquired in 2013 by Hong Kong-based WH Group.” 

UPDATED BREAKING: Explosion, fire reported at Medford ONEOK plant; residents advised to leave homes” 

“Local authorities have cordoned off a 2-mile radius around the plant, a natural gas liquids fractionation facility off U.S. 81. 

“Medford residents south of Oklahoma 11 are being advised to evacuate their homes.” 

Shocking Video Shows Chocolate Factory Explosion in Pennsylvania” 

“Law enforcement officials stated that the cause of the explosion is currently under investigation. This incident adds to the increasing number of food processing plants throughout the US experiencing fires or, in this instance, devastating explosions.” 

Another North Carolina power substation was damaged by gunfire” 

“A North Carolina power substation was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday in the third known power substation shooting in the state since early December.” 

Attacks on Electrical Substations Raise Alarm” 

“A recent spate of attacks on electrical substations in North Carolina and other states has underscored the continued vulnerability of the nation’s electrical grid, according to experts who warn that the power system has become a prime target for right-wing extremists.” [note the lying propaganda about “right-wing extremists” when many of these attacks are linked to communistic terror groups like Antifa] 

2 dead, 3 Injured in an Explosion at an Industrial Facility in Medley, Florida” 

“Two individuals were killed and three more injured Tuesday morning when an explosion and fire devastated an industrial complex in Miami’s suburbs. 

“According to footage obtained from nearby businesses and TV news helicopters, the explosion that occurred in Medley, Florida sent a large fireball into the sky and left multiple trucks and other vehicles in flames.” 

DEVELOPING: At Least 13 Injured in Explosion at Metal Alloy Factory in Bedford, Ohio” 

“Photos also shared to WKYC show smoke billowing to the sky, with the cloud visible for miles. The blast was apparently so great that pieces from the plant landed at Northern Haserot directly across the street.” 

Sprawling fire heavily damages furniture factory and warehouse in Chicago Heights” 

“A massive fire heavily damaged a furniture factory and warehouse in Chicago Heights early Monday morning, a year after the company announced a major expansion at the site.” 

Massive industrial fire prompts evacuation order in eastern Indiana city” 

“Indiana’s state fire marshal, Steve Jones, said Tuesday “the smoke is definitely toxic” and residents need to get away from the smoke plumes.” 

70-car train derails in North Dakota, spills hazardous materials” 

“Officials said 31 of the 70 cars derailed, some carrying hazardous materials, and crews identified a leak of liquid asphalt.” 

“Get The Hell Out Of There” – Ohio’s Apocalyptic Chemical Disaster Rages On” 

“While the US government is dispensing millions of dollars in resources to treat balloons as an existential crisis, a small town in Ohio finds itself engulfed in what actually looks like the apocalypse. Perhaps by design, all of the drama surrounding violations of US airspace by Chinese spy initiatives has done well to keep what is becoming one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory from getting any headlines. 

“The chaos began early last week when a train of more than 100 cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio near the state’s border with Pennsylvania with roughly 5,000 residents. The accident launched fifty of those hundred freight cars from the tracks. Twenty of the freight cars on the train were carrying hazardous materials, ten of which were derailed. While the accident had no fatalities, of those ten cars, five contained pressurized vinyl chloride, a highly flammable carcinogenic gas. 

“In order to address the volatile scenario around the crash site, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency executed its plan of venting the toxic gas with a controlled burn in order to evade an uncontrolled explosion which presented the risk of catastrophic damage. . . . 

“However, that operation sent large plumes of smoke containing vinyl chloride, phosgene, hydrogen chloride, and other gases into the air as the flames from the controlled burn raged on for days. Phosgene in particular is a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and respiratory issues. The toxicity of phosgene gas is so potent that it was previously used as a chemical weapon during the First World War. 

“The hazardous airborne chemicals prompted officials to issue mandatory evacuation and shelter-in-place orders within a one-mile radius of where the train derailed.” 

Ohio residents experiencing scary symptoms after toxic train derailment as thousands of animals die” 

“State officials admitted yesterday that the derailment may have killed more than 43,000 amphibians, crustaceans, fish and other aquatic animals. Some residents have reported finding dead roosters, rabbits and foxes, with animals like pigs becoming ill with strange symptoms. 

“In addition to the carcinogenic dioxins that poisoned the area, there are also concerns about the presence of toxic PFAS from firefighting foam at the crash site, which likely contaminated soil and water and does not break down in the environment. And, what we are hearing about now is just the beginning; the effects of this disaster could well impact people in the area for generations to come.” 

Farmers near East Palestine worry about train derailment contamination as growing season approaches” 

“Farmers in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania are especially concerned that dioxins and other deadly chemicals may have spilled over onto their land, affecting their crops and livestock, and the soil where they grow and roam.” 

Toxic wastewater from East Palestine train derailment to be dumped in Baltimore” 

“The remediation plan for the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, now includes sending all the contaminated wastewater from the site several states away to Baltimore, Md. . . . 

“Strangely, the Back River plant in Dundalk that is slated to receive contaminated wastewater from East Palestine exploded last week, tearing holes through three walls and triggering a fire. Officials claim they do not know what caused the explosion and fire, but they insist that the incident will not impact the facility’s waste disposal capabilities.” 

BOMBED WITH DIOXINS: East Palestine residents developing “chemical bronchitis” following train derailment” 

“A local health care worker is calling the phenomenon “chemical bronchitis.” Patients are reportedly turning up at clinics with a bad cough and other concerning symptoms such as a burning sensation when they breathe, rashes on the body, and general feelings of weakness. 

“QUICKmed Urgent Care told local media outlet WKBN that its workers are seeing many such patients since the incident occurred. When people leave East Palestine, even just temporarily, they start to feel fine, only to have their symptoms return when they arrive back home.” 

Dr. Lee Merritt accuses federal government of lying about Ohio train derailment” 

“Physician and podcaster Dr. Lee Merritt has accused the federal government of lying about the Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment and chemical spill. 

““The issue is [that] the cure they’re trying to give us is going to be worse than the problem, because they’re lying about what happened,” she said during the Feb. 27 edition of the “Sons of Liberty” podcast with host Tim Brown. . . . 

“The former Navy physician and surgeon, who hosts the “Merritt Medical Hour” on Brighteon.TV, noted that the Buckeye State is rich in minerals and farm land. The train derailment and chemical spill – alongside the burning of the vinyl chloride that leaked out from one of the railcars – is also being used for land grabbing. 

““I think this is a land grab for the purpose of cutting out our agricultural base and possibly to get the minerals underneath that base,” Merritt told Brown. She added that authorities are also coming after America’s food supply by poisoning the soil. Prior to this, they initially targeted Amish farmers producing raw milk and farming cleanly. 

“The “Sons of Liberty” podcast host agreed, telling his guest that the globalist cabal wants to drive people out of their own land and round them up into cities.” 

200 Million Americans face the constant risk of experiencing chemical disasters like the East Palestine train derailment” 

“The East Palestine train derailment is a bona fide chemical disaster, with toxic chemicals from the so-called controlled release poisoning all forms of life in the area. If you are fortunate enough to live well outside these chemicals’ reach, you might feel pretty lucky, but experts are warning that this type of disaster is far more common than we’d like to believe – and more than 200 million Americans are at risk of experiencing something similar.” 

Train carrying 30,000 gallons of propane derails in Florida’s Manatee County” 

“It could take some time for this derailed train to be fully removed from the tracks as the propane must first be siphoned from the overturned tanker before it can be moved. Around 150 feet of track has been left mangled from the incident.” 

Mystery Disappearance of 30-Ton Shipment of Explosive Chemicals in California Probed” 

“An ongoing investigation in the US is trying to find out how a large shipment of chemicals disappeared from a sealed rail car. 

“About 60,000 pounds (approximately 27,215kg) of the chemical ammonium nitrate, which can be used both as a fertilizer and in explosives, had been manufactured by Dyno Nobel, a global leader in the commercial explosives industry. 

“The shipment was loaded into a Union Pacific rail car, with the train leaving Cheyenne, Wyoming on April 12. The seals “were still intact” when it arrived two weeks later in Saltdale, California. Accordingly, a report was filed on May 10 at the National Response Center (NRC) for railroad incidents.” 

Derailed train in Mohave County was carrying corn syrup, railroad says” 

“Mohave County officials claimed that the train was carrying hazardous materials, but BNSF Railway said it was carrying corn syrup and that “there are no hazardous materials involved.” 

“Lena Kent, general director of public affairs with BNSF Railway, said at least eight cars derailed, and there is no estimated time for the train tracks to reopen.” 

Four rail-borne risks moving through American communities” 

“Communities alongside rail lines had two more close calls this week as freight trains carrying hazardous materials derailed in Houston and Detroit. 

“For the communities where this week’s wrecks took place, the damage was less severe than symbolic: a reminder of the importance of rail-borne hazardous materials to every part of the economy just after the crash in East Palestine, Ohio. 

“Houston is the capital of the nation’s petroleum industry, part of a sprawling crescent of refineries, crackers, factories and liquefaction plants stretching from Baytown, Texas, to the Mississippi River industrial corridor in Louisiana — sometimes called Cancer Alley. 

“And Detroit — the once-and-future heartland of American automotive manufacturing — is now a rising hub of electric vehicle and battery manufacturing, a suite of high technologies whose exotic chemistries depend on hazardous materials. 

“For example, liquid chlorine — carried in the train that derailed in Detroit — is an essential component in wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicle batteries, according to the Chlorine Institute.” 

Transformer explodes at Hoover Dam, prompting emergency response; fire quickly extinguished” 

“Boulder City officials said on Twitter that the city fire department was heading toward the incident about 10:30 a.m. after video circulated on social media showing an explosion near the dam.” 

Explosion and Chemical Release at Plant in Geismar, Louisiana” 

“There was an explosion at the Honeywell Plant in Geismar, Louisiana on January 23, 2023.  Following the explosion there was a release of toxic hydrogen fluoride and chlorine.  A shelter in place was ordered as a result.  It is unclear if anyone was injured as a result. 

“There have been a number of incidents at industrial and manufacturing plants.  There was a fire at the Celanese Industrial chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas on January 6, 2023.  There was a fire at the Carus Chemical Company plant in LaSalle, Illinois on January 11, 2023.  There was an explosion and fire at the Phillips 66 Refinery tank farm in Borger, Texas on January 17, 2023.  There was an explosion at the Quick Turn Anodizing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky on January 17, 2023.” 

‘Like a bomb’: Oakwood manufacturing plant explodes, leaving 1 dead, several injured (photos)” 

“One person was killed and at least dozen people were injured Monday afternoon in an explosion and fire at an Oakwood manufacturing company, Oakwood Fire Department officials said.” 

A major natural gas terminal in Texas goes offline because of an explosion” 

“An explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas has left nearby residents rattled and is taking a substantial amount of the fuel off the market at a time when global demand is soaring. 

“Freeport LNG will be offline for at least three weeks, the company said Thursday, following a fire in its export facility. 

Crews fight explosion, fire at gas plant in Reno County” 

“Emergency management and fire officials are fighting a blaze that broke out after an explosion at a gas plant in central Kansas.” 

“These Are the 20+ Food Facilities That Have Burned in 2022” 

“Every year, a small percentage of food facilities are destroyed in industrial accidents.  

“But 2022 has been ESPECIALLY ACTIVE, with over 20 fires at food facilities so far—a much higher figure than average. 

“It’s gotten a lot of people wondering—including some of the country’s largest media outlets—what the heck is going on?  

“The answer is… we do not know—at least not yet. But these disruptions to our US food supply chain during already historic supply shortages will only make the inflation of food prices worse.” 

What’s Going On with All the Food Processing Plant Disasters? Bizarre String of Fires Hit US Plants” 

“In the wake of last Thursday’s plane crash into the General Mills plant in Georgia, the Western Standard published a list of more than a dozen major food processing plant disasters that have occurred since late last year in the U.S. and Canada. 

“The paper also quoted David Clement, North American affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Centre, who said that these disasters will likely have an impact on the food chain and maybe even the prices consumers pay. 

““Any additional disruption to the food industry and the food processing industry will create a ripple effect,” Clement said. . . . 

“Whatever is going on, the number of disasters at food processing plants has been very high over the last few weeks. At a time when our food supply is already vulnerable due to the war in Ukraine and mounting Bidenflation, that should worry everyone.” 

We’re Beyond the Point of No Return on Food Shortages” 

“At this point, only God can prevent massive food shortages from hitting the United States in the near future. We knew things were bad when even Joe Biden’s handlers instructed him to warn the world last month that we would all be experiencing food shortages soon. Now, it seems to be a foregone conclusion. . . . 

“There’s no need to panic, not because it wouldn’t be justified but because it wouldn’t be productive. Now’s the time to get as prepared as possible and to spread the word before it’s too late.” 

In 2020, the Rockefeller Foundation “predicted” the global food and energy crisis that is now unfolding” 

“Back on July 28, 2020, the Rockefeller Foundation published a document called “Reset the Table: Meeting the Moment to Transform the U.S. Food System” that warned about the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) supposedly causing “a hunger and nutrition crisis” in the future – and one “unlike any this country has seen in generations,” it added, referring to the United States. . . . 

“So, what exactly is in store for the future? Well, it sounds like a whole lot less meat and non-GMO fruits and vegetables, and a whole lot more insects, lab-cultured “meat,” and mass starvation – not to mention global depopulation from Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccines.” 

“Interestingly, the foreword to the “Reset the Table” openly states that it is “a comprehensive playbook” for the future architecture of the world order. It further states that “all of us” will be expected to comply with its dictates.” 

Many more articles could be drawn forth to underscore the high number of odd fires, plane crashes, and explosions at food production facilities and farms, but you get the point. Now, let me say that I’m perfectly open to the idea that some of these incidents are accidents or coincidences. Some of them. But all of them? 

Do you really believe it’s all a coincidence? Yes, fires happen at food production plants. Yes, trains derail more often than you might think. Yet, it stretches credulity to think that these dozens of farms and plants in numerous locations all broke down and accidentally burned within months of each other – and at a time we are already enduring a food crisis with increasing shortages. 

It boggles the mind to think that so many hazardous waste situations resulting from train derailments could happen within such a short period. And it is highly suspicious that all of these incidents have taken place at a time when economic woes were already proliferating due to malicious Scamdemic lockdown policies ushered in by President Donald Trump and tyrannical state governors. 

Despite the emerging pattern of sabotage and malicious intent, the corporate media has been out in force to call it all a “paranoid conspiracy theory.” Fact-checkers – a code word meaning gatekeeping propaganda outlet – have tried to debunk the lists of dozens of fires and explosions, saying there’s nothing unusual about them or that those talking about them are “conspiracy theorists.” 

The National Fire Protection Association put out an article literally titled “Nothing to See Here,” using the phrase seriously instead of ironically as it is usually used. They leaned heavily into the “conspiracy theory” rhetoric to dismiss the litany of fires and explosions from coast to coast. In extreme gaslighting, the NFPA said that “nothing is unusual about any of the fires” yet, in the very next sentence, admitted “no data is kept on fires that occur strictly at food processing facilities.” In other words, without data or proof, they simply dismissed the spat of fires and explosions as “conspiracy theories.” 

All of this makes me recall Thomas Jefferson’s wise words: 

“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery” (Thomas Jefferson, “Summary View of the Rights of British America,” 1774). 

A few unrelated incidents here and there can be dismissed or downplayed, but dozens of them? Can we dismiss planes twice crashing into food production facilities? Can we dismiss trains laden with hazardous chemicals crashing all over the nation? Can we dismiss all of this without at least seriously considering the possibility that they are acts of sabotage or guerilla warfare? 

Folks, when you have two plus two, the answer is four. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And, in this case, the blaze is literal. Our food industry is being burned to the ground. Our infrastructure is being demolished. Our nation is suffering a strategic, controlled demolition, much like the World Trade Centers in New York did on September 11, 2001. Sadly, we are only at the beginning – it’s about to get much worse. 

In May of 2022, the CEO of Goya Foods made this prediction about our burgeoning food crisis: 

““We are on the precipice of a global food crisis. God created humanity. Humanity has created every way to destroy itself — from nuclear to biological to chemical. But now we’ve waged a war — we’ve weaponized food. In the Ukraine — between the Ukraine and Russia — they represent 50% of the world’s production of fertilizer, 30% of wheat, 20% of corn, 2.5 million acres of sunflowers, other food and minerals . . . 

“We’re going to have to tighten our belt and consume less. We’ve gone from oil independence to oil dependence. We’ve given up that position — to have our oil at cost . . . When we bring in stuff from — let’s say, Thailand — coconut water. We’re paying 10 times the freight we usually pay… 

“The biggest component in food and anything is transportation. The transportation has skyrocketed because we’ve given up our independence. When you have an unbalance in the food production — in 2008, the price of grains tripled. Why? Because we were planting corn for ethanol instead of rice and grains and other things . . . When you have an imbalance in the world production — 50% of fertilizer — the farmers are paying double for fertilizer. They’re planting less. Their yields are gonna be less. Costs are gonna go up . . . 

“It’s a very tight balance. And if we interrupt the food production, we will have a food crisis. Prices will go through the roof.” 

I rather think this analysis understates the gravity of the situation. We are preparing not merely for higher prices and some shortages. We are going to endure engineered famine on a global scale. It will make the Judeo-Soviet-engineered Holodomor Terror Famine in Ukraine in the 1930s a blip on the historical radar. 

For those who think this is extreme, ask yourself why millions of farmers around the world recently protested from the Netherlands and Germany to India and Sri Lanka. In 2021, some 250 million Indians went on strike to oppose devastating new agriculture policies – the “three farm laws” – that would wipe out family farms. Dutch farmers are now protesting en masse because of a plan to confiscate their land to create homes for third-world immigrants. The excuse for this Great Reset power play is, you guessed it, “climate change.” Specifically, they claim this theft of land will cut down nitrogen. 

Regarding the Dutch revolt, The Washington Post wrote

“The unrest among Dutch farmers was triggered by a government proposal to slash emissions of pollutants like nitrogen oxide and ammonia by 50% by 2030. Provincial governments have been given a year to formulate plans to achieve the goal. 

“The reforms are expected to include reducing livestock and buying up some farms whose animals produce large amounts of ammonia. Farmers argue they are being unfairly targeted and are being given no perspective for their future.” 

Forced off your land. Dictated to by intrusive government. Targeted unfairly. No hope for the future. That’s what Agenda 2030, the Environmental, Social, and Governance scheme, and the Great Reset are all about. That’s what the Dutch are protesting. It’s also the reason why the Sri Lankan people just ousted their government. 

The Daily Caller noted

“Sri Lanka is in a last-ditch effort to stave off economic collapse after an allegedly climate-friendly ban on artificial fertilizers devastated one of the country’s largest industries. . . . 

“Environment Minister Mahinda Amaweera declared a government initiative to save the earth from “our own geoengineering misuse, greed and selfishness” in 2020 ahead of a forum on halving nitrogen waste. The move was part of Sri Lanka’s effort to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals; the country signed onto a green finance taxonomy with the International Finance Corporation in May that included a commitment to organic fertilizers. 

““If you want to go organic you have to cut down more forests to have enough production, because fertilizer use enhances crop production,” Vijay Jayaraj, a research associate at the Co2 Coalition, explained to The DCNF. “And if you’re cutting down fertilizers, then it means that you need more land to produce enough crops to even meet the domestic demand.” . . . . 

“Inflation in Sri Lanka stood at 54.6% in June, according to Trading Economics, with food prices rising 80.1% and transportation 128% since May, Reuters reported. Half a million people have sunk into poverty as of early 2022. . . . 

“The Sri Lankan government restricted supplies and activities to only those deemed essential on June 28 in the face of fuel shortages until new shipments arrive in two weeks, CNN reported—shipments for which Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said the government cannot afford to pay, according to The Guardian. Wijesekera warned Monday that the country had less than a day’s worth of fuel left under normal demand. . . . 

“Sri Lanka has an almost perfect ESG score at 98.1, tied with Tajikistan, according to data from World Economics. For comparison, Sweden sits at 96.1 and the United States at 50.7.” 

The higher your ESG score, the lower your economy will plunge. Sri Lanka is proof. Dear reader, the green agenda is a poison and, when ingested, causes death. The honorable Ezra Taft Benson once warned of the venomous tentacles of the Satanic world conspiracy: 

“Now we should all be opposed to Socialistic-Communism, for it is our mortal and spiritual enemy – the greatest evil in the world today. . . . 

“For Communism is just another form of socialism . . . No matter whether they label their bottle as liberalism, progressivism, or social reform – I know the contents of the bottle is poison to this Republic and I’m going to call it poison” (Ezra Taft Benson, “Stand Up for Freedom,” February 11, 1966). 

The tactics of this engineered enslavement of humanity vary slightly in different places, but the agenda is the same. Despite existing and impending food shortages, in enemy-occupied California, the state is paying farmers not to plant. Of course, they claim they are doing it to conserve water: 

“Much of the state is already experiencing extreme drought conditions. As part of a $2.9-billion plan to try to keep water flowing in California rivers, the state will pay farms to keep thousands of acres vacant this growing season.  

“Both state and federal officials, as well as some major water companies in the region, signed the plan on Tuesday. Their hope is to keep upwards of 824,000 acre-feet of water every year in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The Capital Press explains that one acre-foot of water adds up to around 325,000 gallons of water—or typically enough to supply water to two households for a year. 

“The most impacted sector will be the rice industry, as the plan would leave 35,000 acres of rice fields in the northern Central Valley—adding up to about six percent of the yearly crop—unused. 

“California produces virtually all of domestically grown sushi rice, and the Central Valley is responsible for a quarter of the nation’s crops. The region is the second-most-pumped aquifer system in the US, with 20 percent of America’s groundwater supplied from pumping Central Valley aquifers. 

“The new initiative keeps wildlife in mind, as officials are looking to restore 28,300 acres of additional habitat for animals and help revitalize populations of creatures such as salmon.” 

Another report about California’s war on food stated: 

“California leads the nation in agricultural production. It’s no exaggeration to say this state feeds the world out of its fertile Central Valley. But that rich land has become a battlefield. . . . 

“Despite agriculture’s vital role in the California economy, some want to use legislation to shut down a significant portion of the industry. If enacted, Assembly Bill 2764 “would prohibit commercial animal feeding operations and slaughterhouses, as defined, from commencing or expanding operations.” 

““Essentially, it is putting a halt to the growth of this industry. Eventually, we would like to see no factory farms at all. No animal farms, and no slaughterhouses,” says Almira Tanner, an activist from Direct Action Everywhere.” 

Devon J. Mathis of the California Assembly had something to say about the aforementioned bill: 

“[A]s California seeks to find ways to support the U.S. in its global effort to assist other countries in need, it is entirely counterproductive to limit our production of resources and food. This would thereby increase our dependency on others. Instead, by cutting red tape and streamlining the production of resources at home, we can continue to lead the nation in agriculture production. 

“The agriculture sector is an essential part of our state, our economy and the global market. Unfortunately, this bill is just another attempt to kill the agriculture industry in our state as well as the economic benefit it provides to our local communities.” 

Activist Almira Tanner, from Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), said exactly what she hopes is accomplished by this bill: 

“It is the first step towards phasing out the destructive animal agriculture industry in California. Hopefully, that would spread to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world. It prevents any new facilities from being built or any existing facilities from expanding. Right now, it applies to any sort of commercial animal farm, or slaughterhouse, that makes over $100,000 in revenue. So, this is really comprehensive. It is targeting almost every type of farm. We might see that revenue limit change in negotiations as we try to get this actually passed through the legislature. But, essentially, it is putting a halt to the growth of this industry. Eventually, we would like to see no factory farms at all. No animal farms, and no slaughterhouses. The first step towards doing that is actually just making sure we don’t keep building new ones.” 

This mentally-deficient activist is unapologetic – she wants to outright end the farming industry. It’s part of the green agenda, which, as I covered in my books A Century of Red and Red Gadiantons, is really the Red agenda by another name.  

Jaime White has written about the Elites’ involvement in shifting the world away from normal food to eating bugs and a minimalist diet that will make us dependent and weak: 

“A Rockefeller Foundation document from 2020 outlines an ambitious plan to transform America’s food system using the COVID crisis as the pretext. 

“The document, called “Reset The Table: Meeting the Moment to Transform the U.S. Food System,” was released shortly after the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced its Great Reset agenda months after COVID was declared a national emergency. . . . 

“The document goes on to say that the U.S. food system must be seized and reorganized in the name of “social justice,” “environmental protection” and “fairness.”  

“Notably, though the document describes the need for Americans to have a “healthy diet” through “sustainable agriculture,” it makes no mention of the word “organic,” and the word “natural” is only used in relation to “natural disasters.” 

“So what does the Rockefeller Foundation mean by a “healthy diet”? 

“If the WEF’s “Great Reset” is any indication, a “healthy diet” is the globalist euphemism for a diet of plants, insects, and reclaimed drinking water. 

““By 2050, the world’s food supply will need to feed another 2 billion people. Insect farming for food and animal feed could offer an environmentally friendly solution to the impending food crisis,” a WEF article from 2021 stated. . . . 

“For this social engineering proposal by the Rockefeller Foundation to come to fruition, a major crisis is needed to compound the problems created by governments snarling supply chains with COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates. 

“Perhaps that’s why institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the United Nations, the Bank of England, and the WEF are now warning of a devastating global food crisis to come in 3-6 months, citing the Ukraine conflict and lingering COVID policies. . . . 

“This appears to be an example of the Hegelian Dialectic, a problem-reaction-solution model the globalists use to impose their agenda on the world. 

“Engineer a food crisis by shutting down supply chain routes, reducing livestock quotas, and putting fuel and fertilizer sanctions on Russia, wait for public outcry, then introduce a “solution” to transform the way Americans access food and the food they eat. 

“Why else would governments shut down farms amid such an impending food crisis, even for the sake of “climate change”?” 

If California stops producing food at its normal pace, how will it impact your budget? How will it impact our nation at a time of other shortages? What will happen if farms are shut down, fertilizer shortages prevent farmers from growing new crops, cattle are euthanized, and government policies keep things locked down in a perpetual state of “crisis”? How will it compound the preexisting food crisis? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that we are heading for mass famine and starvation. 

The attack on our nation goes beyond blowing up food production facilities, killing cattle, or artificially decreasing the food supply. I cited multiple articles above about the Ohio “Chernobyl” event that is poisoning and likely sterilizing thousands of Americans, contaminating soil and water, and killing off animals by the tens of thousands. I also cited attacks on power stations which, whatever you might think about the food production fires and explosions, cannot be dismissed as an “accident.” 

It’s cliché to say, but our entire way of life – our health, the food supply, our elections, public infrastructure, the education system, the legal system, free speech, public decency standards, the family unit, general morality, ad infinitum – are under attack. All of this is by design. We know the plan. We have the blueprint. We know the culprits. 

Let’s now discuss who is behind the chaos, including at least some of the terror attacks on farms, food plants, and railways. We know that what is happening is being eagerly promoted by the World Economic Forum, the Rockefellers, and other Elite groups. I cited several articles above discussing this fact. 

Part of the “Great Reset” agenda is to implode society. Why? So that a New Age can rise from the ashes. But ashes are essential. And where things don’t fall apart naturally, they have to receive a helping push. These “pushes” come in a coordinated way in the form of “crises.” World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab explained the following in his book COVID-19: The Great Reset

“[T]hese massive transitions to something entirely “new” were always defined in terms of a response to a violent external shock or the threat of one to come. World War II, for example, led to the introduction of cradle-to-grave state welfare systems in most of Europe. So did the Cold War: governments in capitalist countries were so worried by an internal communist rebellion that they put into place a state-led model to forestall it. This system, in which state bureaucrats managed large chunks of the economy, ranging from transportation to energy, stayed in place well into the 1970s. 

“Today the situation is fundamentally different; in the intervening decades (in the Western world) the role of the state has shrunk considerably. This is a situation that is set to change because it is hard to imagine how an exogenous shock of such magnitude as the one inflicted by COVID-19 could be addressed with purely market-based solutions. Already and almost overnight, the coronavirus succeeded in altering perceptions about the complex and delicate balance between the private and public realms in favour of the latter. It has revealed that social insurance is efficient and that offloading an ever-greater deal of responsibilities (like health and education) to individuals and the markets may not be in the best interest of society. In a surprising and sudden turnaround, the idea, which would have been anathema just a few years ago, that governments can further the public good while run-away economies without supervision can wreak havoc on social welfare may now become the norm. On the dial that measures the continuum between the government and the markets, the needle has decisively moved towards the left. 

“For the first time since Margaret Thatcher captured the zeitgeist of an era when declaring that “there is no such thing as society”, governments have the upper hand. Everything that comes in the post pandemic era will lead us to rethink governments’ role. Rather than simply fixing market failures when they arise, they should, as suggested by the economist Mariana Mazzucato: “move towards actively shaping and creating markets that deliver sustainable and inclusive growth. They should also ensure that partnerships with business involving government funds are driven by public interest, not profit”. 

“How will this expanded role of governments manifest itself? A significant element of new “bigger” government is already in place with the vastly increased and quasi-immediate government control of the economy. As detailed in Chapter 1, public economic intervention has happened very quickly and on an unprecedented scale. In April 2020, just as the pandemic began to engulf the world, governments across the globe had announced stimulus programmes amounting to several trillion dollars, as if eight or nine Marshall Plans had been put into place almost simultaneously to support the basic needs of the poorest people, preserve jobs whenever possible and help businesses to survive. Central banks decided to cut rates and committed to provide all the liquidity that was needed, while governments started to expand social-welfare benefits, make direct cash transfers, cover wages, and suspend loan and mortgage payments, among other responses. Only governments had the power, capability and reach to make such decisions, without which economic calamity and a complete social meltdown would have prevailed. 

“Looking to the future, governments will most likely, but with different degrees of intensity, decide that it’s in the best interest of society to rewrite some of the rules of the game and permanently increase their role. As happened in the 1930s in the US when massive unemployment and economic insecurity were progressively addressed by a larger role for government, today a similar course of action is likely to characterize the foreseeable future” (Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret, COVID-19: The Great Reset, 70-71). 

Be clear about what Schwab is saying. He is saying that government is the “only” solution. “Bigger” government is necessary. A “larger” role for government is our salvation. Governments taking dictatorial initiative to act “rewrite the rules” of society is necessary. Government enjoying a “vastly increased and quasi-immediate government control of the economy” is Schwab’s reality. Central banks, government, and powerful businesses working in a “partnership” is what he wants. 

The fruits of such a system, by Schwab’s own admission, will be akin to FDR’s socialist schemes of the 1930s which tanked the American economy, eroded individual rights in favor of government bureaucracy, stole sovereignty from the American People and put it in Wall Street’s hands, plunged the world further into the Great Depression, stripped away the wealth of our nation, and empowered government beyond all previous constitutional bounds. All of this, dear reader, is the predictable result of socialism-communism. 

Make no mistake, despite Alex Jones, Joel Skousen, and others shrilling crying about the “globalists” all day, Schwab and his ilk are not “globalists,” because “globalism” literally means nothing and is a vague distraction from the truth. They are, rather, committed Marxian socialists. Communists, if you prefer. Many of them are also Luciferians and New Age occultists. What does it tell you about “globalist” Klaus Schwab when he has a bust of Bolshevik dictator and occultist Vladimir Lenin on his desk? 

But, some cry, Schwab promotes “stakeholder capitalism” and is not really a communist, but more like a “fascist.” Stakeholder capitalism, an invention of Schwab, seeks to enlist companies to toe a government line as opposed to being owned by the government as under communism. That’s a semantical difference, which is to say no difference at all in practical effect and principle. Stakeholder capitalism is no more nor less than Lenin’s “state capitalism.” 

“State capitalism” is what Lenin said should be promoted in the West. Communism had already triumphed in the East, but capitalism was too entrenched in the West to accept communism outright. So, a perverted version of “capitalism” in which the state controlled everything in actual fact, while allowing “private” companies to exist and pretend to govern themselves according to strict regulations that benefit the state and enrich CEOs in league with the state’s agenda, should be adopted. Does this system sound familiar? It’s the one Red China adopted and promotes under their “global governance” schemes. 

Once again, Schwab and his ilk who promote global governance are not “globalists,” but communists. The communists are the original “globalists.” Who was it that created the Comintern (i.e. Communist International) to wage covert war against all nations from inside them, using homegrown agents and subversives whenever possible? The Soviet regime. Who created the First International in London in 1864? Socialists and communists (Karl Marx was heavily involved, as well as in the Paris Commune). Who published The Communist Manifesto? The Communist League, which was formerly known as the League of the Just, which can be traced backward through the League of Outlaws, Italian Carbonari, French Jacobins, etc., to the Order of Illuminati

The communists and socialists, then, hail from the same source – the Order of Illuminati. They come out of the groups who variously called their ideology socialism or communism. Later, they adopted the terms Marxism, then Leninism, then Maoism. But they continue to use the ideas of Marx, Lenin, and the various socialist and communist writers and thinkers. Schwab, in the above quote, quoted Mariana Mazzucato, a rabid Italian Marxist. Together, all of these ideological comrades pursue the same goal of a world dictatorship. 

To bring about their Marxian-communist-socialist-Illuminati (call it whatever suits you, it’s the same thing) world dictatorship, this international band of robbers and occultists have employed everything from war to economic collapse to engineered pandemics, to force mankind into the shackles they have forged. One of their potent tools is terrorism. 

Modern terrorism is a Soviet invention. It existed thousands of years ago in various forms, but the Soviet Union perfected and modernized the dastardly industry. They trained and funded terrorist groups from Germany to Palestine to Cuba to Nicaragua to Vietnam. Terror was their game and no one has been more involved than Soviet Russia. Please watch G. Edward Griffin’s 1982 documentary “No Place to Hide: The Strategy and Tactics of Terrorism” for a crash course on this aspect of the communist conspiracy. 

It was not only that the Soviets trained foreign terror groups or the elite forces of other nations, but they had their own specially trained units who were waiting in the wings to carry out massive disruption operations the world over. Soviet intelligence operative and defector Suvorov theorized how the next world war would begin. Not the precise moment, but the months leading up to it. 

As you read his description of how he thinks Russia will gradually initiate the next world war, please keep in mind the myriad of strange farm and forest fires, production plant explosions, plane crashes, train crashes, boat crashes in canals around the world, hack attacks on oil pipelines, suspicious mass shootings, assassinations and assassination attempts, and incidents that seem to keep piling up one on top of the other. Suvorov wrote

“The last month of peace, as in other wars, has an almost palpable air of crisis about it. Incidents, accidents, small disasters add to the tension. Two trains collide on a railway bridge in Cologne because the signalling system is out of order. The bridge is seriously damaged and there can be no traffic over it for the next two months. 

“In the port of Rotterdam a Polish supertanker bursts into flames. Because of an error by the captain the tanker is far too close to the oil storage tanks on the shore, and the burning oil spreads around the harbour. For two weeks fire brigades summoned from practically the whole country fight an heroic battle with the flames. The port suffers tremendous losses. The fire appears to have spread at a quite incredible speed, and some experts are of the opinion that the Polish tanker was not the only cause of the fire, that the fire broke out simultaneously in many places. 

“In the Panama Canal the Varna, a Bulgarian freighter loaded with heavy containers, rams the lock gates by mistake. Experts reckoned that the ship should have remained afloat, but for some reason she sinks there and then. To reopen the canal could well take many months. The Bulgarian government sends its apologies and declares itself ready to pay for all the work involved. 

“In Washington, as the President’s helicopter is taking off, several shots are fired at it from sniper’s rifles. The helicopter is only slightly damaged and the crew succeed in bringing it down again safely. No one in the craft is hurt. Responsibility for the attack is claimed by a previously unknown organisation calling itself ‘Revenge for Vietnam’. 

“There is a terrorist explosion at Vienna airport. 

“A group of unidentified men attack the territory of the British military base in Cyprus with mortars. 

“A serious accident takes place on the most important oil pipeline in Alaska. The pumping stations break down and the flow of oil falls to a trickle. 

“In West Germany there are several unsuccessful attempts on the lives of American generals. 

“In the North Sea the biggest of the British oil rigs tips over and sinks. The precise reason for this is not established, although experts believe that corrosion of main supports is the culprit. 

“In the United States an epidemic of some unidentified disease breaks out and spreads rapidly. It seems to affect port areas particularly, such as San Francisco, Boston, Charleston, Seattle, Norfolk and Philadelphia. 

“There are explosions practically every day in Paris. The main targets are the government districts, communication centres and military headquarters. At the same time terrible forest fires are raging in the South of France. 

“All these operations — because of course none of these events is an accident — and others like them are known officially in the GRU as the ‘preparatory period’, and unofficially as the ‘overture’. The overture is a series of large and small operations the purpose of which is, before actual military operations begin, to weaken the enemy’s morale, create an atmosphere of general suspicion, fear and uncertainty, and divert the attention of the enemy’s armies and police forces to a huge number of different targets, each of which may be the object of the next attack. 

“The overture is carried by agents of the secret services of the Soviet satellite countries and by mercenaries recruited by intermediaries. The principal method employed at this stage is ‘grey terror’, that is, a kind of terror which is not conducted in the name of the Soviet Union. The Soviet secret services do not at this stage leave their visiting cards, or leave other people’s cards. The terror is carried out in the name of already existing extremist groups not connected in any way with the Soviet Union, or in the name of fictitious organisations. 

“The GRU reckons that in this period its operations should be regarded as natural disasters, actions by forces beyond human control, mistakes committed by people, or as terrorist acts by organisations not connected with the Soviet Union. 

“The terrorist acts carried out in the course of the ‘overture’ require very few people, very few weapons and little equipment. In some cases all that may be needed is one man who has as a weapon nothing more than a screwdriver, a box of matches or a glass ampoule. Some of the operations can have catastrophic consequences. For example, an epidemic of an infectious disease at seven of the most important naval bases in the West could have the effect of halving the combined naval might of the Soviet Union’s enemies. 

“The ‘overture’ could last from several weeks to several months, gradually gathering force and embracing fresh regions. At the same time the GUSM would become involved. Photographs compromising a NATO chief appear on the front pages of Western newspapers. A scandal explodes. It appears that some of the NATO people have been having meetings with high-ranking Soviet diplomats and handing over top secret papers. All efforts to refute the story only fuel the fire. The public demands the immediate dismissal of NATO’S chiefs and a detailed enquiry. Fresh details about the affair are published in the papers and the scandal increases in scope. At that moment the KGB and GRU can take out and dust off a tremendous quantity of material and put it into circulation. The main victims now are the people whom the Soviets had tried to recruit but failed. Now carefully edited and annotated materials get into the hands of the press. Soviet Intelligence has tried to recruit thousands, even tens of thousands, of people in its time. They include young lieutenants who have now become generals and third secretaries who have now become ambassadors. All of them rejected Soviet efforts to recruit them, and now Soviet Intelligence avenges their refusal. The number of scandalous affairs increases. The nations discover to their surprise that there are very few people to be trusted. The Soviet intelligence service has nothing to lose if the press gets hold of material showing that it tried to recruit a French general, without saying how the attempt ended. It has even less to lose on the eve of war. That is why the newspapers are full of demands for investigations and reports of resignations, dismissals and suicides. The best way of killing a general is to kill him with his own hands. 

“There is a marked increase in the strength of the peace movement. In many countries there are continual demands to make the country neutral and not to support American foreign policy, which has been discredited. At this point the ‘grey terror’ gathers scope and strength and in the last days of peace reaches its peak. 

“From the first moment of the first day of war the main forces of spetsnaz go into action. From then on the terror is conducted in the name of the Soviet Union and of the Communist leadership: ‘red terror’. 

“But between the ‘grey’ and the ‘red’ terror there may be an intermediate period — the ‘pink’ terror, when active military operations have not yet begun and there is still peace, but when some of the best spetsnaz units have already gone into action. The situation is complicated by the fact that, on the one hand, Soviet fighting units are already in battle, but that, on the other hand, they are not yet operating in the name of the Soviet Union. This is an exceptionally risky moment for the Soviet high command. But he who risks nothing gains nothing. The Soviet commanders want to gain a great deal, and so are ready to risk a lot. A great deal has of course been done to reduce the level of risk. Only a relatively small number of spetsnaz troops take part in the ‘pink’ terror, but they are the best people in spetsnaz — professional athletes of Olympic class. Everything has been done to make sure that not one of them should fall into the hands of the enemy before the outbreak of war. A great deal has also been done to ensure that, if one of them should fall into enemy hands at that moment, it would be very difficult to establish his connection with any country whatsoever. 

“The ‘pink’ terror may continue for no more than a few hours. But those are the most important hours and minutes — the very last hours and minutes of peace. It is very important that those hours and minutes should be spoilt for the enemy and used for the maximum advantage to the Soviet side. It must be pointed out that the ‘pink’ terror may not be carried out at all. It is used only when there is absolute certainty of the success of the operations and equal certainty that the enemy will not be able in the remaining hours and minutes to assess the situation correctly and strike the first pre-emptive blow.” 

All of these seemingly accidental events that Suvorov hypothesized would be unleashed – fires, boat crashes, bridge collapses – are of the sort we are seeing occur nearly every day now. Could some of these “accidental” fires in fact be the work of Russian special forces or specially trained units of hostile nations? Could they be the work of domestic operatives who serve not the American People but the shadowy forces that control it? 

To attribute all of these things to “accident,” “coincidence,” or “incompetence,” is delusion. Thomas Jefferson rebuffed this line of thinking in two important statements. The first was quoted earlier regarding single acts of tyranny versus a series of oppressions. I repeat it here:

“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery.” 

The second statement comes from the Declaration of Independence: 

“[A]ll experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” 

Both statements instruct us to look for patterns of behavior. Single bad acts can often be discounted, but a series of them is harder to justify away. One act of terror could be the work of a lone nut, but a series of similar attacks forces us to look for a broader conspiracy. Seeing multiple planes crash into food production plants isn’t normal, nor are many train derailments carrying harmful chemicals that are released into the air, nor are so many forest fires and grid attacks and oil refinery accidents, etc.  

When we witness all of these bizarre events at a time when so much suffering already abounds, we may be able to discount some of them as accidents or the result of incompetence, but all of them? Are all of these accidents? Of course not! It would be exceedingly foolish write them off. Taken as a whole and viewed together, a pattern emerges – a pattern warned about by defectors from the enemy and patriots who have studied this topic for a living. 

Suvorov, for instance, went on to theorize about specific Spetznaz attacks that could occur, describing the potential scenarios and impacts. One included Russian agents flying small remote-controlled aircraft into the White House, another talked about fomenting revolution in Pakistan, and so on. I invite you to read Suvorov’s chapter detailing these operations here

Russian sleeper cells in the United States are not fiction, but fact. Soviet defector Colonel Stanislav Lunev testified: 

“Although most Westerners don’t realize it, the GRU is one of the primary instructors of terrorists worldwide. The Communist Party Central Committee specifically authorized the GRU to train terrorists in order to further the USSR’s political goals and support its allies. After all, what could be better than to have other people commit terrorist actions that further your own goals? 

“There was also the GRU Special Center for the training of terrorists at GRU headquarters. The KGB provided financial and communications support to terrorists, but the operational training and support was reserved for the GRU. The GRU has trained terrorists from almost every country in the world, including Iraq, Libya, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey, and Latin America. Where no terrorist groups existed in countries inimical to the USSR, the GRU would help to form them, and then provide them the necessary training, funding, and organizational support. So, for example, while the terrorists involved in the World Trade Center bombing [of 1993] may never have attended GRU training, the GRU was responsible for the formation of the terrorist group that they belonged to” (Stanislav Lunev, Through the Eyes of the Enemy, 80-81). 

“Long Live Red Terror”

Most “Muslim” terrorism today is, in fact, Marxist terrorism wearing a Jihadist mask. Most of ISIS’s leaders, for instance, were Iraqi’s formerly trained in Russia. Most of ISIS’s leadership spoke Russian. When the war started, fighters from the “former” USSR flooded down to join the Devilish cause. U.S. and Israeli fingerprints are all over ISIS as well – it is not a monolithic entity, but has factions. But we must never discount the Russian involvement in Middle East terror. 

In his account, Col. Lunev also explained how thoroughly Russia has prepared to carry out terrorist acts here in the United States: 

“Though most Americans don’t realize it, America is already penetrated by Russian military intelligence to the extent that arms caches lie in wait for use by Russian special forces – or Spetznatz

“As a GRU officer, my main mission was to prepare for war. I can tell you that for the Soviet Union and for the Russian Federation, America was and is the main expected wartime adversary. Other countries count only as a means to attack America. 

“Russia remains terrified of the power of America, and Russian military intelligence does everything it can to prepare for a war that it considers inevitable. Let me be very clear about this. The GRU is still recruiting agents and is still preparing for war with the United States as we approach the supposedly peaceful, post-Cold War millennium. . . . 

“These elite special forces are under the control of my former employer, the GRU . . . They penetrate countries shortly before a war and perform military sabotage that Americans would call terrorism. Some Spetznatz groups perform as assassination squads. These soldiers are familiar with all types of weapons, explosives, and mines; and they are experts at killing quickly without weapons as well. They are also trained to drive all types of military vehicles, including helicopters and small airplanes. They must be fluent in at least two foreign languages. English is the language of choice. 

“During wartime, they would try to assassinate as many American leaders as possible, as well as their families. They would also blow up power stations, telephone switching systems, dams, and any strategic targets that cannot be taken out with long range weapons . . . In Soviet and Russian military doctrine, nuclear weapons are not merely for deterrence; they are to be used, and Spetznatz has them available. 

Spetznatz troops are currently training inside the United States. They regularly enter the country as foreign tourists, using fake passports and their knowledge of foreign languages to pass as Germans or Eastern Europeans. 

“They are the best supplied troops in the Russian military. One of the GRU’s major tasks is to find drop sites for their supplies of clothes, cash, and special equipment – including even small nuclear devices, the so-called “suitcase bombs.” . . . 

“It is surprisingly easy to smuggle nuclear weapons into the United States. . . . 

“In wartime, many GRU officers – all of whom are men – would go undercover to directly aid the Spetznatz forces. 

“These wartime plans were fully in place during the Caribbean Crisis – or Cuban Missile Crisis, as Americans refer to it – and remain fully in place today. In 1962, Spetznatz forces were deployed all over the free world, ready to commit acts of sabotage. When no orders came to “go into action,” they destroyed all evidence of their presence and went home. They were undetected and operated freely during the hottest period of the Cold War. Now, when America is less alert to the danger, think of what Spetznatz could do” (Stanislav Lunev, Through the Eyes of the Enemy, 22-28). 

Perhaps we should not think in terms of what they could do, but of what they are doing and have done. I firmly believe, though I confess my lack of direct evidence, that various enemy sleeper cells are being activated to carry out some of the disruptive acts we have discussed, including fires and explosions at farms and food facilities. 

Am I saying that Russian agents are behind the plant fires, animal deaths, and so on? No. Not necessarily. The communist world revolution was never a Russian conspiracy, though Russia was seized and used as the primary base of operations for decades. Instead, I’m saying that the communist conspiracy is behind it, be that whatever branch it may. It has always been a tenet of communist strategy to use native born conspirators whenever possible and it appears to me that many of these incidents are the work of “insiders.” 

I repeat and underscore the fact that this vicious conspiracy often uses home-grown agents (such as Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground) whenever possible to further its ends and carry out its dirty deeds. It nearly always operates via third parties, front groups, and smaller nation states under their sway. For instance, the Soviet Union rarely provided terrorists to do their bidding, opting instead to train foreigners and supply them via client states like Libya and Cuba. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was wholly created by the Soviets and both of its leaders past and present, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, were Russian-trained agents. Palestinian terror, then, is directly attributable to Russia. 

Iran is also a major sponsor of world terror, but who sponsors Iran? Russia. And, more recently, China and Turkey have strengthened ties with the terrorist regime. Like the PLO leaders, the Iranian Ayatollah was trained in the Soviet Union. Iran couldn’t carry on its work of sponsoring terrorism via Hamas and other groups, or plant sleeper cells in the United States which we know they’ve done, without Russian backing. 

Homegrown Antifa terrorists training with likeminded terrorists in the Middle East

Could it also be that Marxist-minded home-grown terror groups like Antifa are involved in at least some of the incidents? Have we forgotten that Antifa members have derailed a train, shot people dead in the streets, brawled in the streets, rioted, and burned locked buildings with people inside? There is also evidence that Antifa members were behind many of the fires throughout California last year. It would be in alignment with their playbook to deepen the food crisis. 

The conspiracy is so vast that it has its agents embedded throughout the intelligence agencies of all major nations – the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, Israel, Iran, and beyond. The term “sleeper cell” originated with the Soviet strategy of planting agents covertly in an enemy nation, establishing them for years sometimes, and activating them whenever necessary for nefarious operations include terrorism, sabotage, spying, subversion, etc. 

Let me repeat that Iran, Mexico, China, Israel, and other countries, have operatives and cells inside our nation which are capable and willing to do harm and who have been caught red-handed doing harm in the past. The largest spy ring ever uncovered in America, for instance, was Israeli. This spy ring was discovered in the aftermath of 2001, around the same time the dancing Israelis, agents of Mossad, linked to the 9-11 attacks were apprehended. One source explained

“US authorities have broken a network of Israeli spies living in the United States who were burrowing into the justice and defence departments, a French website specialising in intelligence matters reported Monday. 

“The site, Intelligence Online, said it had exclusive access to a US justice department report that showed “a huge Israeli spy ring operating in the United States was rolled up by the Justice Department’s counter-espionage service” last year. 

“Around 120 Israelis were arrested or deported as a result of the top-secret operation, which it said had began in April last year and was ongoing. 

“The website said the ring was active in the states of Arkansas, California, Florida and Texas, and was made up of around 20 cells of between four and eight members who were aged between 22 and 30 and had recently completed Israeli military service in an army intelligence division. . . . 

“Dasquie said US investigators were concerned by indications that some of the alleged Israeli spies had been based in the same US cities as people suspected of having helped in the logistics of the devastating September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. 

“For instance, it had been established, he said, that a dozen Israelis, including the alleged surveillance leader, had been based in the Florida town of Hollywood between January and June last year. 

“US authorities have arrested another dozen people “suspected of being tasked with the logistics of preparing the September 11 attacks” in the same area, he noted. 

“Dasquie stressed, however, that the “troubling” coincidence was still only one theory being looked into and that there was not enough information to determine whether Israel’s Mossad secret service had been aware of the preparations for the September attacks.” 

A network of powers, nations, intelligence services, banks, corporations, organizations, cults, churches, media outlets, and organizations is attacking us, ruining our food supply, and causing chaos. The various groups in this conspiracy don’t always agree and might not know each other, but their agenda is roughly the same and they are directed, from beneath, by the malevolent one who wages war against God and all goodness. I have repeatedly identified this conspiracy as the communist conspiracy, but I go a step further: It is the Illuminati-communist conspiracy, Babylon, the Church of the Devil. It is utterly Satanic. 

While some of the mysterious incidents were doubtless accidents, it breaches the boundaries of belief to surmise there is no hidden hand directing this work of chaos for higher purposes. The timing is too perfect. The targets are too calculated to hit us where it hurts. The results are too specifically engineered to contribute to and exacerbate the existing crises. It’s death by a thousand cuts. 

Regardless of whether you want to accept the reality of conspiracy, the fact remains that we are moving into a worsening food crisis that shows no signs of improving. Be it the Russians, Israelis, home-grown terrorists, our own “Deep State,” or sheer incompetence allowing conniving opportunists to empower themselves, the result is the same – our Faith, Families, and Freedom are degraded while the state expands and darkness proliferates. The question then becomes, “What do we do about it?” 

For many years, I have urged everyone to get a food storage. I have warned that a time of famine was coming. I have warned about the Elite’s Zero Population agenda of mass genocide using poisoned vaccines, air pollution, water and food contamination, and outride murder. I have warned of a coming global Holodomor. I have constantly urged everyone to gather at least a one-year food storage, including water, warm clothing, and other essentials. I would bet everything we will need it. I have staked my own life on having such preparations. 

I know world war, mobocracy, economic collapse, plagues, natural disasters, tyranny, and grid down scenarios are coming. There’s no doubt. It’s not fantasy or conspiracy, it’s reality. We’re seeing the economy tank. We just lived through one man-made plague. We’re enduring tyranny. Natural disasters are increasing everywhere. Riots are raging. War is being fought in more and more nations, and nuclear war is being threatened and, I believe, is inevitable The controlled press is now, just this week, warning of “right-wing extremists” preparing to make attacks on our power grid – which, based on how they usually project, means they are planning to take down the grid (remember, “they” means any wing of the mass global conspiracy). Are you prepared? Could you survive? 

I have also recommended folks serious about surviving these dark days to relocate out of the cities. Cities are the work place to be in a crisis. For one thing, and this is highly relevant to our topic, it’s difficult being self-sufficient in a city. There is little space to grow your own food. And that food you do grow will likely be stolen from you by hordes of starving people. In the rural areas, it will be a different story. 

In the country, you have the chance to own property, farm, raise animals, homestead, hunt, fish, and forage. In the country, you have good folks who, by their lifestyle, are more self-sufficient and handier. They help each other. There is a greater sense of community. The people, by and large, are more religious, moral, and patriotic. Your chances of survival, and of mounting a resistance to the demonic forces of world tyranny that will come to call, are higher. 

No matter how you feel you need to prepare to safeguard your family, I want to emphasis there is still time. Start today. Prepare. Pray for guidance. Follow the quiet promptings you receive. However much time we have left, the end is approaching swiftly. Prepare methodically and at a good clip, though you don’t need to panic buy or do something rash. Know, though, that we’re in the end game, a titanic clash is coming, and your family won’t be exempt. 

A mob of maniacs may never march into your neighborhood; or they may do just that. The grinding tank treads of an invading army may never tear up your streets, but they may. Your government may never demand you disarm and send men to round you up, but they have voiced their desire to do just that and they are evil enough to do it given the right pretext. Prepare, carefully but quickly. 

As time goes forward, terrorism will increase. Fires, “accidents,” “failures,” and perhaps even bombs and bullets, will increasingly hit power stations and foot factories, oil refineries and pipelines, transportation facilities and trains, and so forth. Don’t be overly alarmed and respond in a panicked and hysterical way. Don’t tune out or be a victim of cognitive dissonance. However, know it’s all part of a well-documented plan to take down your nation and subjugate your family. Expose the plan; light disperses darkness and truth always rises to the surface. React boldly, decisively, and manfully to protect your rights, your principles, your family, the Constitution, and your nation. Inform others. Be fearless. Raise the alarm to rally our brothers and fellow freemen. 

Raising the alarm and prompting someone to take current events seriously and prepare their families survive what’s coming is what I hope to have accomplished in some way with this article. Share it with others if you learned something or find some benefit in it. 

God bless you to stand firm in the face of terrorism. Hell has been unleashed, but Heaven is stronger. Satan is raging, but the Lord is already victorious. The Devil will rule openly over his usurped kingdom for a season, but seasons change and the true King is returning to claim His throne forever. Keep the faith. Stay the course. Hold the line. 

Zack Strong, 
May 31, 2023

Got Grain? 

For years, my writings have contained pleas to prepare for hard times by storing food as well as repeated warnings of coming famine. If you have not heeded those warnings, I want to urge you once again to quickly begin preparing for the coming disaster. If you have begun storing food, I want to offer a word of encouragement to ramp up your preparations. And, if you have so far ignored this counsel, I want to impress upon you how much you will one day regret it.

Let’s be realistic: You can’t eat money. You can’t cook up a Rolex watch. You can’t consume your big house, speedboat, or fancy car. Your smartphone won’t fill your belly. You can’t melt down and drink your gold and silver coins. As wealthy and materially-blessed as you may be, the man with food is far richer than you unless you also have food. 

The great religious Pioneer leader Brigham Young once chided the self-righteous slackers in his community: 

“How many of you have had wisdom enough to procure and lay up for yourselves produce enough to last until harvest? You may call this a small matter. How many of you have wheat or flour to last you a year? If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast, and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot procure for yourselves and save against a day of scarcity those substances designed to sustain your natural lives? You wish to come here and preach to the people, when you have not knowledge to sustain yourselves temporally, to say nothing of a spiritual salvation. You cannot save yourselves, a wife, and a child from starvation, unless someone takes you by the hand and leads you; and yet you want to make us believe that you are almighty big men. I exhort the brethren to seek unto the Lord for wisdom. If you cannot provide for your natural lives, how can you expect to have wisdom to obtain eternal lives? God has given you your existence—your body and spirit, and has blest you with ability, and thereby laid the foundation of all knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, and all glory and eternal lives. If you have not attained ability to provide for your natural wants, and for a wife and a few children, what have you to do with heavenly things? 

“. . . Instead of trying to find out how God is made, or how angels are made, I wish you would try to learn how to sustain yourselves in your present existence, and at the same time learn the things of God” (President Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 8, 68, June 3, 1860). 

People today are in the same boat – the same dilapidated, leaky, sinking boat. We are apt to believe “it can’t happen here” when we see earthquakes in Japan, wars in Europe, or famines in Africa. Yet, crises can and do happen here. I need only say the word “Coronavirus,” to say nothing of Hurricane Katrina, scorching fires in California, killer tornadoes in the Midwest, and power outages in Texas, to remind you of how ever-present peril is. 

Estimates are that 1 in 10 American homes were hit by natural disasters in 2021. That means tens of millions of your countrymen suffered crises. Add in man-made disasters, like the COVID-19 bioweapon release and vaccine genocide, to say nothing of Marxist Black Lives Matter riots and Antifa terrorism or increasing criminality, and the number of crisis events skyrockets. The fact is that every family will one day face a crisis of one degree or another. The smart strategy, then, is to prepare. 

Besides drawing close to the Savior Jesus Christ and conforming to His exalted teachings, perhaps the greatest thing you can do for your family is to store food for the coming days of famine and cataclysms. Ezra Taft Benson raised his prophetic voice to all Americans when he counseled

“It would be well if every family have on hand grain for at least a year. And may I remind you that it generally takes several times as much land to produce a given amount of food when grains are fed to livestock and we consume the meat. Let us be careful not to overdo beef cattle and other livestock projects on our welfare farms. 

“From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord’s counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential. Other basics could include honey or sugar, legumes, milk products or substitutes, and salt or its equivalent. The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah. 

“President Harold B. Lee has wisely counseled that “perhaps if we think not in terms of a year’s supply of what we ordinarily would use, and think more in terms of what it would take to keep us alive in case we didn’t have anything else to eat, that last would be very easy to put in storage for a year … just enough to keep us alive if we didn’t have anything else to eat. We wouldn’t get fat on it, but we would live; and if you think in terms of that kind of annual storage rather than a whole year’s supply of everything that you are accustomed to eat which, in most cases, is utterly impossible for the average family, I think we will come nearer to what President Clark advised us way back in 1937.” (Welfare conference address, October 1, 1966.) 

“There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food, even if it is only a garden in your yard and/or a fruit tree or two. Man’s material wealth basically springs from the land and other natural resources. Combined with his human energy and multiplied by his tools, this wealth is assured and expanded through freedom and righteousness. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of each of these particulars.” 

I want to underscore one line in particular: The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.” This was said in 1974, but it seems more relevant today in 2022 as we see: 

• Plagues shutting down the supply chain 
• Red China hoarding over 60% of the world’s grain 
• War hampering food exports 
• Nations suspending trade, grain exports, and fertilizer sales 
• Major countries being unable to plant their winter wheat due to unnaturally wet conditions 
• Unnaturally dry conditions plaguing farms in other parts of the world 
• The biggest drought in over a millennium hitting North America 
• The United States digging into its oil and food reserves to stave off rapidly rising inflation and public discontent 
• Massive fires stopping the regular farming cycles in some parts 

These and a hundred other hindrances make us easily see how having a year supply of food could be as crucial to us as being on Noah’s ark was when the Lord sent down His rains to cleanse the earth. 

Bearing all of this in mind, you may be wondering how to begin gathering a food storage to feed your family when it all hits the fan. I want to present a succinct methodology for getting the food you need, including what you should put in your storage. 

A general rule of thumb is that you should store the things your family normally eats. Why would you store giant buckets of oats if your family doesn’t eat oats? Store what you eat. That’s sound counsel. However, considering the lateness of the hour, I don’t think it is the wisest approach. 

If you haven’t started preparing, or if your supplies are lacking, then my recommendation for you is to immediately buy those things that will sustain life during a crisis. If you don’t normally eat oats, so what? You’d be grateful for them in a catastrophe. If you don’t eat a lot of rice, suck it up. You’d be grateful to have a supply of it to fill your belly. If you don’t usually eat lentils, I don’t think your children would complain too much if you were able to prevent them from starving by dishing them up some. It’s better than eating bugs or killing your neighbor for food! 

Some may reject this advice, but I stand by it. If you don’t know where to start, simply start by getting anything that you can eat – anything that will sustain you. Canned foods are a great option. The food is already prepared and it often has a shelf life of several years. Just open and serve. Canned meats like tuna, sardines, corned beef, and SPAM variations are great to have. Tuna is particularly versatile and can be blended with many other foods and spices and is good cold and hot. 

You can even can, pressure cook, or preserve your own meat if you prefer. Nearly anything can be preserved – chicken, pork, fish, ground beef, and so on. If you’re legitimately interested in preserving your own food, I recommend watching two informed presentations by Wendy DeWitt which can be found here and here

Canned vegetables – corn, peas, beets, asparagus, beans, mixed, mushrooms, etc. – should also find their way into your storage. What veggies do you like? Grab a few cans of your preferences each time you go to the store. Incrementally, you can build up a large store of food in no time. Can you afford five cans of food this week? Could you afford it every week? What about every other week? Throw in a 5 lb. bag of rice and a couple bags of lentils each time you pick up your five cans and you can see how quickly you can build up a food storage for a fairly low cost. 

Grains are crucial for your storage. That’s why I asked, Got Gain? The most readily available grain is probably rice. It’s inexpensive and plentiful. The price varies by location, but it’s still a cheap commodity at the moment. On the Walmart website, a 5 lb. bag of “Great Value” long grain white rice costs $2.58. My wife and I shopped yesterday at a local store, buying an extra 30 lb. of rice for our storage. We didn’t spend more than $2 per bag. We even picked up a bag for $1.76 of a brand we’ve never tried. Is there any excuse not to throw an extra bag of rice in your cart each time you shop? 

Let me quickly interject that rationalizing your procrastination only prolongs your worry and ensures your eventual suffering. Just throw the $2 bag of rice in your cart! What? You don’t have $2? Do you really need the Pringles and Pop-Tarts? I enjoy dill pickle-flavored Pringles as much as the next guy, but are they really a necessity? 

Learn to forego things you want for things you need. You might want that sugary cereal, but you don’t need it. On Walmart.com, a 12 oz. box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch costs $3.28 – nearly a dollar more than that 5 lb. bag of rice! Who will argue that Cinnamon Toast Crunch is more nutritious or beneficial than a bag of rice? 

A word more about grain. Rice is the easiest, but it’s not the only grain. Wheat is another. Most flour is made from wheat. Flour is used to make bread, pasta, and a host of other common items. If you’d like to eat bread during the apocalypse, make sure you have some flour or some wheat. You can buy a 10 lb. bag of all-purpose flour for $3 at Walmart. True, bleached flour may not be the healthiest, but it’s better than nothing in a pinch. If you prefer unbleached, it’s just a few cents more. If you want whole wheat flour, which is obviously healthier, you can buy a 5 lb. bag of Gold Medal brand for just $4.38. 

If you prefer to make your own flour, or to have wheat on hand for a variety of purposes, you can purchase a 45 lb. bucket of hard red wheat from Augason Farms is about $45. Maybe that seems like a hefty price tag, especially if you don’t have a lot in the bank right now. But what’s the price of your life? What is peace of mind worth? What is the value of your children’s survival? Alternatively, how much does one trip to McDonald’s cost your family? In 2020, the average McDonald’s meal for a family of four cost $28, more than half the price of forty-five pounds of wheat, yet the dividends are nil in comparison. 

Oats are another excellent item to store. Oats aren’t prohibitively expensive, though, like everything else, they were cheaper in the past. Right now, through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you can buy a case of six #10 cans for $35.20. Oats can be stored for decades. They’re a great thing to have in your storage. 

Think of all this food you’re going to store. How will you cook it? Probably some type of oil. But how much oil do you have on hand? Is it a sufficient amount for a prolonged period of time? If you’re like most people, you probably guzzle cooking oil like water. Despite the health dangers, you will need something to cook the food you meticulously store. Make sure you have it. Also, be sure you have a way to make fire. 

Dear reader, take an inventory and see how much food you have sitting in your house right this very moment. If the stores all closed tomorrow due to war, pandemic, or a natural disaster, how long could you survive on what you have on hand? A week? A month? Longer? Don’t sugarcoat the reality. Take an honest inventory and see where you lack. If you don’t have, or aren’t trying to get, a year’s supply of food and water, then I think your supplies are lacking. 

For a variety of reasons, religious and practical, I recommend at least a one-year supply. Don’t say you can’t do it; you can. Don’t say you have nowhere to put it; you’ll find space if your priorities are right. Don’t make excuses; your families deserve better than that. Your children look to you for guidance and protection. Safeguard them. Give them a future. Give them a chance to survive the coming famines and crises. 

Make 2022 the year when you finally prepare and secure your home against what’s coming. Bad omens portend famine and scarcity. Inflation will continue to skyrocket. Commotion will become more widespread. But having a food storage to feed your family will give you confidence and a palpable peace of mind. 

When someone asks you, “Got Grain?”, an affirmative answer is the only tolerable reply. The only thing more important to your future survival is affirmatively answering, “Got God?” Get grain and God and you can weather the coming storms. And they are coming quickly. May God bless you. 

Zack Strong, 
March 21, 2022

Food Storage and Personal Preparedness

*This article was originally written and published mid-2015 via the Independent American Party. It no longer exists on their servers, so I’m uploading it here. I’ve made a few minor changes to the content, corrected some typos, and added some pictures, but it remains essentially the same as the day I first published it. Enjoy and please heed my plea to prepare* 

I want to devote this article to the topic of food storage. This topic is, in my opinion, absolutely crucial. I don’t believe a person can claim to be fully prepared for the future if they don’t have, or at very least are working towards getting, a substantive food storage. My desire here is to inspire you with an urgent feeling of the necessity of food storage and other forms of personal preparedness. I will first discuss my motivations for pursuing this subject and then I will discuss what a person should be storing and how to go about it.

Above all else, the thing that motivates me to pursue a food storage with vigor is the fact that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As such, I believe in modern, current, and living prophets and apostles who guide the Church through inspiration and revelation adapted to current circumstances. God has always operated in this manner with His children. 

Indeed, our Savior has promised us through His servants that His Church would be built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 4:11), that it would be led by continuing revelation (Amos 2:7), and that men and women would see visions and dream dreams (Joel 2:28-29). These modern apostles of the Lord have counseled for a hundred and fifty years on the necessity of gathering food storage and of being personally prepared for the promised times of tribulation. I want to quote several examples of the general counsel they have given because doing so will help convince you that preparation is simply good advice, and also so that you will better understand where I am coming from. 

In 1860, President Brigham Young asked Latter-day Saints a few tough questions. Said he: 

“I wish to ask the strong-minded men – the talented men . . . How many of you have had wisdom enough to procure and lay up for yourselves produce enough to last until harvest? You may call this a small matter. How many of you have wheat or flour to last you a year? If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast, and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot procure for yourselves and save against a day of scarcity those substances designed to sustain your natural lives? . . . If you have not attained ability to provide for your natural wants, and for a wife and a few children, what have you to do with heavenly things?” 

George Q. Cannon stated the following in November 1891: 

“It seems scarcely possible, in so fruitful a land as America that there should be famine; yet we have good reason to believe that sooner or later even this country, now so bountifully supplied with every product of nature, may be visited by famine; and we should not waste the bounties of the earth because of their abundance and their cheapness. We should garner our grains and fruits of the earth and preserve them so that we may have on hand sufficient to meet our wants should crops fail for one or more reasons. This is true prudence on our part and should be acted upon by every wise man and woman in this country, especially those who have faith in the predictions of God’s servants.” 

In April 1937, J. Reuben Clark, Jr., made the following wise recommendations: 

“What may we as a people and as individuals do for ourselves to prepare to meet this oncoming disaster, which God in his wisdom may not turn aside from us? First, and above and beyond everything else, let us live righteously. . . . Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague; where we are now in debt, let us get out of debt; if not today, then tomorrow. Let us straitly and strictly live within our incomes, and save a little. Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead. You of small means put your money in foodstuffs and wearing apparel, not in stocks and bonds; you of large means will think you know how to care for yourselves, but I may venture to suggest that you do not speculate. Let every head of every household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let every man who has a garden spot, garden it; every man who owns a farm, farm it.” 

On October 6, 1973, presidents Harold B. Lee, N. Elder Tanner, and Marion G. Romney released a statement in which they quote President Clark and added their own warning: 

“Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and where possible fuel also, for at least a year ahead. Planned storage in the home will assist the membership to be self-sustaining in times of need. . . . The likelihood of such eventualities as accidents, illness, and underemployment face nearly every family at one time or another. Wars, depressions, and famines, as well as earthquakes, floods, and tornadoes, loom as possibilities to be considered in looking ahead and planning for the care and protection of the family.” 

In an October 1973 talk entitled “Prepare Ye,” Ezra Taft Benson made the following recommendations for good preparation: 

“Concerning clothing, we should anticipate future needs, such as extra work clothes, and clothes that supply warmth during winter months when there may be shortages or lack of heating fuel. Leather and bolts of cloth could be stored, particularly for families with younger children who will outgrow and perhaps outwear their present clothes . . . Wood, coal, gas, oil, kerosene, and even candles are among these items which could be reserved as fuel for warmth, cooking, and light or power. It would also be well to have on hand some basic medical supplies to last for at least a year. I have seen a hungry woman turn down food for a spool of thread. I have seen grown men weep as they ran their hands through the wheat and beans sent to them from Zion – America.” 

In April 1976, President Spencer W. Kimball counseled: 

“Brethren and sisters, we’ve gathered here this morning to consider the important program which we must never forget nor put in the background. As we become more affluent and our bank accounts enlarge, there comes a feeling of security, and we feel sometimes that we do not need the [food] supply that has been suggested by the Brethren. It lies there and deteriorates, we say. And suppose it does? We can reestablish it. We must remember that conditions could change and a year’s supply of basic commodities could be very much appreciated by us or others. So we would do well to listen to what we have been told and to follow it explicitly. . . Develop your skills in your home preservation and storage. We reaffirm the previous counsel the Church has always given, to acquire and maintain a year’s supply –a year’s supply of the basic commodities for us.” 

In October 1980, Ezra Taft Benson pleaded: 

“Obtain food storage. Plan to build up your food supply just as you would a savings account. Save a little for storage from each pay-check. . . . Make storage a part of your budget. . . . If you are saving and planning for a second car or a television set or some item which merely adds to your comfort or pleasure you may need to change your priorities. We urge you to do this prayerfully and do it now. I speak with a feeling of great urgency. Be self-sustaining during days of tribulation. The Lord wants us to be independent and self-reliant because these will be days of tribulation. He has warned us and forewarned us of the eventuality. For over forty years . . . members of the church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay tithes and a generous fast offering; be industrious; and have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Today there are compelling reasons to re-emphasize this counsel.” 

Finally, in October of 1987 President Ezra Taft Benson said simply: “The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people of Noah.” 

Any informed person will notice the wisdom inherent in the above statements and counsel. Whether religious or not, a person can see the necessity to prepare for the future. Preparation was so normal in the days of our forefathers that many of them took it for granted. Today, however, personal preparedness is abnormal. The media looks down on “preppers” and society considers us bizarre or paranoid. But who is wiser, the person who prepares for a disaster beforehand or the person who gives disasters no thought at all and does not prepare? The answer is obvious. We all need to be in the former category and do all we can to prepare for disasters both man-made and natural, both wars and depressions as well as floods and earthquakes. 

Think of your region. What types of disasters would be possible there? If you live in Utah, you live in a major earthquake zone. Are you Utahns prepared for a major earthquake? If you live in California, are you prepared for the “big one” you know will one day rock your state? Are you prepared if the drought worsens and famine strikes? If you live in Florida, are you prepared for hurricanes and floods? Are you Texans and Louisianans ready to cope with flooding, tornadoes, or erratic weather? Are you New Yorkers prepared to endure harsh winters and biting blizzards? Are you Alaskans prepared for bitter cold, earthquakes, and tsunamis? Are you Washingtonians, Oregonians, and Wyomingites ready to deal with volcanic eruptions? If you live in Missouri or Tennessee, are you prepared for the devastating earthquake and flooding that would result if the New Madrid Fault became active? I think my point is clear. How much thought have you given to the unique challenges of your specific area? 

No matter your area-specific challenges, everyone is susceptible to the eventualities of war, disease, and economic depression. Serious famine or drought would affect almost everyone as would a major blow to our nation’s power grid. Yet, there are ways to minimize the influence many of these disaster will have on you and your family. This is where good preparation comes into play. 

If you want to avoid the ravishes of war, would you be more successful living in the big city or the countryside? If you want to avoid rioting and mobocracy, would you be more successful in Dallas, Texas or in Manti, Utah? Would you feel the sting of famine more in San Francisco, California or Kalispell, Montana? Would economic collapse hurt you more living in a metropolitan area or in rural America? Could you fend for yourself and live off the land more easily in the city or the countryside? The answer is obvious. 

So, rule number one for great preparation is to get out of the major cities. At the very least, move to the suburbs and develop a plan for leaving if disaster strikes. Avoid population centers. Population density is one of the gravest threats during a crisis. Humanity turns to mobocracy with its attendant rioting, looting, pillaging, lawlessness, and savagery during a disaster. Though nowhere is immune, this is far less likely to happen in a small town. Any honest person must concede that fact. So, when considering where to live, I recommend making the sacrifice to live in a smaller, more rural community. Be smart about it and don’t pick up and move without a plan. However, if you move with purpose, you won’t regret it – and, in fact, such a decision might just be the difference between life and death one day. 

Next, you can mitigate the effects of economic depression by doing several things. One, you can make every effort to get out of debt. Debt is bondage and the freer you are, the more likely to survive tough times you are. Two, try to own your own home. Where would you go if the money stopped flowing in and you could no longer pay your rent and were evicted? This is a serious possibility for an increasing number of people as conditions worsen. Three, having a food storage will put you in an advantageous position if employment suddenly ends or depression forces millions to take to the streets. Four, living in a rural area will allow you to avoid many of the challenges that city-dwellers will be affected by during a depression. These things are easier said than done, yet they are necessary if you want to be prepared. Start developing a plan today. 

I have mentioned developing a plan. Contingency planning is so very important. In fact, it just might be the most valuable skill I will discuss in this article. We have to learn to start thinking strategically. This comes naturally to some but not for others. Those who don’t have the natural inclination need to devote time to learning the skill. Being able to think on your feet is crucial. Being able to judge a situation and respond in a measured, reasoned manner is invaluable. And being able to view the course our society is taking and make preparations for combating the threats is vital. In a word, I am asking you to develop the skill of discernment. Pray for this skill and try to exercise it regularly. With time your ability will increase as you exercise it and pay it heed. 

The first step in contingency planning is to start pondering on the subject. You can’t plan for something you’ve never considered. As I’ve written above, consider the various threats you face in your area. Consider what would happen if the economy collapsed. Buy a detailed map of your local area and trace escape routes if you suddenly needed to leave it. I also recommend that you have on hand multiple maps detailing not only your local area, but your state and perhaps surrounding areas and states. 

Think about which items you would need to grab if some situation required you leave your home immediately, and then prepare these items in advance in a survival pack or bug-out bag. Whatever you do, start thinking about the realistic threats facing you and start planning ways to survive them. Whether Mother Nature or your fellow man is the cause, you will face crises in the future. Will you be prepared? Will you have taken the time to plan in advance for such situations? 

Along with your other storage items, you might want to consider storing some of the following: bolts, nails, screws, tools, cloth, tape, sewing needles, string, rope, tarps, shingles, roofing, wood, pencils, paper, etc. Why would you want to store these items? Simply because they will be in demand during a crisis when trucks aren’t running and store shelves aren’t being stocked. Items that now seem mundane will be worth more than gold in a catastrophe. If you have an abundance of these things, you will be in a position to barter and trade with others. Also, you will be in a position to share, give charity, and lend a helping hand to others in need. 

Think about paper for a moment. People are going to want to record their experiences. Some will want to write to take their minds off of things. Others will want to send messages or to teach their children. If you have a store of paper and pencils to sell, barter, or share, people will flock to you. The same can be said of all the items I listed and countless other I have not. 

Now I want to circle back around to food storage. You can have all the gold, guns, tools, paper, and warm clothes in the world, but you are going to die without food and water. If you store no other thing, store food and water. Sometimes people look at food storage as a daunting task. I disagree. My own experience has taught me otherwise. 

About two years ago, as a poor college student living from paycheck to paycheck, I was able to finally achieve a full year’s supply of food. All-in-all, it cost me somewhere in the ballpark of $600 dollars. This was for two people, so the costs would naturally be higher for larger families. However, if struggling college students with only part-time work and no extra funds can complete this task, I think you can. 

You might need to reshuffle your priorities. You might need to make sacrifices or go without some luxury. You might need to forego that next family vacation or not spend the money to pay for your kids to play sports one summer. Whatever the sacrifice, the prize is worth it. With a food storage comes peace of mind and security. And, for me, I received the satisfaction of knowing that I fulfilled what I consider a commandment from God. 

People are often puzzled at which food items to store. My response is to store the necessities of life. Even if you don’t eat beans and rice regularly, you would be most grateful for them in a crisis situation –and they would sustain you. Ideally you would store the same types of foods that you normally eat. However, focus on the necessities of life first and on the easier-to-gather items. After you have your basic year’s supply of food, then you can start adding a larger variety which includes more delectable items. 

Another helpful suggestion is to start introducing bulk foods such as beans and rice into your diet to acclimate your body. Don’t fall into the trap of believing that your store’s shelves will always be stocked with fresh produce and an endless variety of products. Start thinking strategically and realize that you very well might need to live off of the bare staples one day. Additionally, where possible, become self-sufficient by planting a garden and growing fresh fruits and vegetables free of harmful pesticides. 

So just what are the necessities of life? Traditionally, most cultures have considered grains, rice, and legumes their staple foods. The Iroquois tribes in the eastern United States subsisted on three main foods which they deemed the “three sisters” – corn, beans, and squash. Roots and tubers are staple foods in many portions of the world. Potatoes, fruits, and beans are staples of South America. Rice, soybeans, bamboo, yams, and various fruits are staples of Asia. Wheat, rye, and beans are major staples in Central Europe. Wheat, yams, and millet are staples of Africa. Rice is a major staple on the Indian subcontinent. 

This is a small smattering of the staple foods of various regions of the world, yet you can see a general pattern. When everything is accounted for, the average diet world-wide consists of approximately 50% cereals (whole grains, wheat, barley, oats, corn, millet, etc.), with roots and tubers (potatoes, carrots, beets, etc.), then meat and milk and eggs (including legumes), then vegetables following. 

Beyond the staple foods, make sure not to neglect items such as cooking oil. Coconut oil is one of the best for this purpose, not only because of its health benefits but because it stores far better and for far longer than regular vegetable or olive oil. Natural, healthy fats like tallow and lard should also be high on your list. 

Also don’t forget spices. Think of how valuable a cabinet of spices would be if you had to subsist on beans and rice for a long period. Pepper and salt will be priceless commodities during a crisis, as well as cayenne, paprika, cumin, and others. When choosing salt, be sure not to store your regular table salt which is devoid of iodine. Himalayan pink salt is, according to my research, probably the best salt you can find. 

Honey is another item which should be near the top of anyone’s list. Like salt, make sure you pick the right kind of honey. Pick raw, unfiltered, unheated, pure honey rather than filtered and processed honey. Agave is also becoming a popular substitute for honey or sugar. Honey lasts quite literally forever and contains essential nutrients that can keep you going in a crisis. 

You can supplement the staples with canned goods. You may can many foods ranging from apples and apricots and peaches to tomatoes and beets and corn. Meat can also be canned and stored for long periods. Not only tuna, sardines, and Spam, but chicken, beef, etc. 

Learning to make different types of bread out of the grains you store will be vital. It’s a skill our ancestors all knew. It’s a skill that will keep you alive as long as you have grain on hand or know how to grow it. 

And don’t forget foods which can break the monotony such as chocolate or hand candies. These comfort foods will add variety to your storage. They will be little reminders of civilization. You might say they’ll be symbols of hope. 

Though there are many specialty stores and websites which sell food storage and food storage packages, I recommend shopping for food storage at your grocery store or local market. Food is much cheaper at the grocery store than at a specialty store. I recommend buying in bulk. You can normally find a twenty-pound bag of rice or beans without much difficulty. Many stores, particularly out west, sell bulk buckets of grains, oats, potato flakes, etc. 

What is stopping you from throwing an extra 20-pound bag or white rice into your cart the next time you’re at the grocery store? Surely the meager cost isn’t stopping you. You’re already spending the money on food – why not spend a few dollars extra to buy a bulk bag of beans for your food storage? Forego that next fast-food stop or pizza run and buy yourself a couple bulk bags of rice and beans. You can start a food storage that easily. 

If you don’t feel you have enough money to go for a 20-lb. bag just yet, then throw in an extra can of corn the next time you shop. Let that one can of corn be the foundation for your food storage. And the next time you go to the store, add another can of beans to the mix. You would then have two cans of food in your storage. Then the third time, grab a 5-lb. bag of rice. Within just a few weeks you will have several cans of vegetables and a bag or two of rice or beans and you will be on your way to achieving a respectable food storage. Make a commitment today to begin storing food the next time you shop, even if it’s just one single can of corn. 

As far as the actual storage process goes, I won’t say much here. But be sure to consistently rotate your food supply. Make sure that you’re storing your food at proper temperatures. For instance, you normally want to keep canned goods at temperatures of 50 degrees or lower for extended storage duration and, ideally, in darkness. Canned items will keep for several years in these conditions before their taste begins to deteriorate and usually are fine past the expiration date. Beans and whole grains will last for a good many years in proper conditions. Rice has a shorter shelf life, but will still keep well for an extended period. There are many helpful resources online which will delve into the specifics and how-to’s of proper food storage. 

On top of store-bought items, make sure to invest time in learning how to locate and acquire wild fruits and vegetables in your local area. Knowing which mushrooms and berries are edible might be a life-saving skill one day. There are many fantastic books on food identification available. I would recommend finding one that has information on the wild foods that grow in your region. Practice identifying these mushrooms, berries, roots, and other items ahead of time so that when disaster hits, you’re not fumbling around trying to figure it all out. 

A last helpful suggestion on food storage. I recommend going to this website. At the site, you will find a food calculator. If you have no idea how much food to start storing for your family, this will give you a general estimate. Simply use the calculator to type in how many family members you have and their ages and the calculator gives you an estimate of how much food and water you will need for a year. The food is broken into categories such as grains, legumes, sugars, water, etc. I have personally found this tool very useful and commend it to you. 

Now a word on water. For me, the hardest aspect of food storage is storing water. Why? Because it takes a lot of space. Humans need a massive amount of water to keep them functioning at an ideal level (as a side note, I challenge people who consume little water to substitute water for soda or other beverages and watch the amazing health results that follow). While I do absolutely recommend acquiring large drums of water, I place a more immediate emphasis on water filtration. 

Devices such as the LifeStraw are invaluable, in my opinion. I recommend that you have at least one such device in every survival pack you own as well as with your regular food storage. Chlorination tablets are also a good thing to have on hand. Water bottles with built-in water filtration straws or similar technology are useful. Having a rain water collection system goes hand in hand with these filtration devices. 

I want to now discuss medicine. I believe that God has placed everything naturally on earth to heal any sickness we may have and to keep us strong and healthy. But how many of us really know what natural remedies exist? Our society is addicted to prescription drugs and artificial medicine. Our nation’s health is being ravaged by today by the medical establishment which prefers profits over actually helping people become and stay healthy. 

I would advise you to immediately begin weening yourself off of prescription drugs and to start taking your health into your own hands. Our bodies have been designed by an all-knowing Creator. In His genius, He created us with self-healing and regenerating bodies. You can correct most of your health issues by proper dieting and nutrition. You can heal your teeth, for instance, through proper nutrition and intake of supplements. The same is true of a host of other maladies ranging from basic sickness to allergies to tooth decay. 

The reason you need to start managing your own health independent of doctors and dentists is simply because you most likely will not have access to doctors, clinics, dentists, and therapists in a crisis. If you haven’t learned to take care of yourself, what will you do when you are suddenly bereft of these crutches you’ve been leaning on? If you have depression and are on antidepressants, what will you do when your supply of drugs runs out and your mind suddenly goes into withdrawal? If you have allergies for which you take prescription medicine, what will you do when the pharmacist closes his doors and you’re left without? 

I recommend that you not only take a more holistic approach to medicine and learn natural remedies for illnesses and conditions, but that you also begin stockpiling basic medicines, supplements, and first-aid gear. Everyone should at least have a first-aid kit handy, but ideally you will have much more in your supply. You should have, for instance, basic trauma gear, surgery equipment, etc. Make sure you’re getting enough vitamins and nutrients. Turmeric can help with inflammation and arthritis, cod liver oil can help your teeth, vitamin C can boost your immune system, cayenne can help relieve headaches and fight fevers and heal wounds, etc. There is a rich literature on holistic and natural healing methods. If you drink deep from this fountain of knowledge, you’ll be better prepared for the future. When no doctor is available, you will become the doctor. Will you be prepared to help yourself and others should the need arise? 

I next want to stress the need to acquire useful skills. These skills can include first-aid skills, hunting, construction skills, food canning know-how, basic evasion techniques, firearms training, knot-tying skills, ham radio ability, small engine repair skills, gardening and farming, etc. A basic rule of life is that we should always be learning and growing and adding to our knowledge bank. Being able to think on your feet is absolutely essential. Being able to read a map, read terrain, read someone’s body language, speak coherently, negotiate, skin an animal, plant a crop – these are all valuable skills. In a word, we need to become independent and self-reliant as our forefathers once were. 

One of the final recommendations I want to offer here concerns networking. Having the ability to fend for oneself is a blessing, but having a network of family and friends whom you can trust will be increasingly valuable as our society continues to plunge ever downward. Imagine if our country was thrust into war, our power grids were down, communications were cut off, and you found yourself alone in a rioting city. Now imagine yourself in that same situation but with a like-minded network of family and friends who have prepared and planned for such an occurrence and who have each other’s backs. Which boat would you rather be in? A team united with a singular purpose can almost always get more done than a lone wolf. 

 I’m not suggesting that you go door-to-door in your neighborhood asking for team members. In fact, it would be wise to keep most of your important preparations on the down low. But you should be feeling out people when you meet them, looking for possible allies and people you can trust. These individuals can often be found at your local church. I also recommend enlisting reliable family into your network. At the very least, know who in your community and among your circle of family you can trust enough to show up on their doorstep if the situation turns serious and you need a place to lay low or hide. This will be more important than most people realize as our government increasingly persecutes anyone who loves Freedom, who is religious, who believes in conspiracy, or who wants to be self-sufficient. Preparing a network to cope with such circumstances would be very wise. 

In conclusion, I want to ask you to open your eyes and look at our world. People are confused and scared and increasingly wicked and immoral. Basic human decency, manners, and brotherly kindness are falling by the wayside. Self-centeredness and pride are all too common. Society has gone off the tracks and has abandoned the safe moorings of religion and virtue. 

Drought is worsening, disease and illness are increasing, the weather is becoming erratic, natural disasters are increasing in frequency, the economy is plummeting, debt is skyrocketing, tensions between nations are worsening, war is raging, people are losing faith in God, education is worsening, unemployment is growing, profanity and promiscuity are more and more accepted, and conditions on planet earth generally are worsening according to almost every metric available. 

And on top of it all, the forces that run our government are following a deliberate plan to enslave us under their absolute control. They are openly pushing for world government and have done everything they can to destroy the Constitution and consolidate power in the federal government. They have harnessed international banking and big business interests to support this plan. Everything they do, every policy they pursue, every law they pass, is designed to strip us of our God-given Liberty. 

Remember Thomas Jefferson’s logic in his document entitled A Summary View of the Rights of British America. He reasoned: 

“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery.” 

The American People have suffered one abuse after another after another after another for well over a century. Indeed, since the days of Lincoln, the federal government has been attempting to subjugate the citizenry, strip states of their powers, and consolidate control. This subjugation began in earnest during the Woodrow Wilson administration with the passing of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments and the institution of the unconstitutional and privately-owned Federal Reserve system. Republicans and Democrats alike follow the same policies, increase our debt, take us to war, erode our sovereignty in favor of international organizations, and trample the rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution. It is time to use Jefferson’s solid logic and recognize that our leaders have betrayed us and that a plot is being followed which will bring us into bondage. 

This path we are on will only lead to war, civil unrest, economic collapse, lawlessness, hatred, destruction, and misery. Ought we not to prepare ourselves for such eventualities? All Christians should be preparing for the harsh judgments decreed in Matthew 24 by our Lord. And all rational people everywhere should be watching world events with a wary eye and plan accordingly to meet additional war, economic depression, and an influx of disease and famine. 

The sane response to our world in commotion is to begin preparing for you and your family’s temporal needs. You need a food storage – I urge you to store at least a year’s supply. And the best time to get one is before a disaster, and preferably while prices are still relatively low. You will need additional skills – medical, survival, etc. You will need to develop a network of trustworthy family and friends to help you through the coming hardships. You will need to relocate out of the cities to safer areas, or make contingency plans to do so as soon as disaster hits. And you need to humble yourself before God and live His commandments and His standards. 

When all is said and done, the safest path is obedience to our Creator’s eternal commands. We should also listen to the advice of wise men and to the lessons of history. When disaster strikes, whether it comes in the form of an earthquake, a famine, disease, an economic depression, government persecution, or world war, I pray that you will have prepared beforehand so that you will be ready to face it with confidence and faith. God Bless. 

See two additional articles I’ve written on preparedness here and here

Zack Strong, 
January 1, 2022

The Urgent Need to Prepare

*I originally wrote this article in September, 2014. It featured on the Independent American Party’s website and was later picked up by the Independent Political Report. Since it apparently no longer exists on those platforms, I’ve decided to republish it here. I’ve edited it slightly for punctuation, but it’s essentially intact and unchanged from seven years ago. There are a few things I might say differently if I was writing it at the present time, but I trust you’ll glean the benefits and timeless principles* 

In the parable of the Ten Virgins told by our Lord, we are taught the virtue of being prepared. The parable is focused primarily on spiritual matters, but the temporal applications are also plain. Our world is turbulent and the need to prepare for contingencies and disasters of all types – whether man-made or natural – has never been greater. September is national preparedness month and therefore I am devoting this article to preparedness. I will briefly discuss food storage, relocation, contingency planning, and survival. I will also provide a basic list of useful items which one might use as a starting point in their own personal or family preparations, as well as helpful links (see the bottom of page) to other good sources of related information. This article will not be an exhaustive study, but rather a starter’s guide. 

Food Storage 

Perhaps the most important temporal preparation an individual can make is to gather a substantial food and water storage. Without these basic necessities of life, even the most astute “prepper” or experienced survivalist will die in a major disaster scenario. A lack of food or water can bring any nation – yes, even the United States – to its knees in a matter of days. Without food and water, society and civilization break down and anarchy ensues. It should be clear to any thinking person that a supply of food and water is paramount when speaking of preparedness. 

Before I move on to the details of food storage, I want to address one prevalent myth that swirls around survival blogs and preparedness websites. Many folks erroneously believe that as long as you know how to hunt, you will always be able to obtain food and therefore do not need to store any. Similarly, I hear people boast that they don’t need to store up food because they have a garden or farm on which they can grow all the fresh food they will ever need. What such well-intentioned, but erring, people do not seem to grasp is the concept that society will more than likely not be running in an ordered, regular way in the event of a major disaster. 

Those with gardens and farms might be forced to relocate or evacuate their homes without notice due to war, fire, flood, approaching plague, sudden drought, terrain-altering earthquake, or any number of other cases. A serious drought might dry up the water supply and make gardening or farming impossible. An exceptionally harsh, early, or long winter could destroy the harvest. Those who have staked their survival on the ability to hunt would likewise suffer in a disaster scenario. The food supply – whether it be deer, ducks, squirrels, or some other game – would dry up quite rapidly if everyone was suddenly forced to hunt for their livelihood. A drought or bad winter could also seriously affect the available food supply. But even in the best of times, hunting is never a totally reliable art because of factors outside of the individual’s control. 

Gardening and hunting are incredibly important skills, and I will touch on them later, but both require a fairly stable set of conditions in order to produce a beneficial outcome and therefore cannot be relied upon completely. Trying to transport a full food storage in the event of a relocation or evacuation scenario might also be difficult and is not 100% reliable either, but it is, in my estimation, more reliable than depending on the elements or on wild game for food in a disaster. 

How much food is necessary to store? You will hear different recommendations from everyone. Some say one month, others three months, and others plan for longer. However, I emphatically recommend that you have at least, as a minimum, one year of food and water. On the face of it, getting a one year’s supply of food might seem like an impossible task logistically. It also might seem like overkill. Yet I believe that a one-year supply will be vital to our survival in the dark days I foresee approaching. 

I highly recommend that you visit this website to find what is referred to as a “food calculator.” This food calculator allows you to type in the number of people in your family and their ages and then it approximates how much food storage you need. It breaks down the list into many categories and gives specifics on how much wheat, flour, honey, legumes, water, etc., that you will need. I have found their approximations incredibly accurate. Overall, it is a great resource. 

Using the food calculator at the above link, one person will need the following to make a one-year supply of food. I will not list specific food items (which the food calculator conveniently provides), but will simply give you the amount that you will need for each broad food grouping: 

Grains: 300 lbs. 
Legumes: 60 lbs. 
Sugars: 60 lbs. 
Fruit: 185 lbs. 
Vegetables: 185 lbs. 
Dairy: 75 lbs. 
Fats and Oils: 13 lbs. 

As you can see, gathering a true food storage is no small task. It will take time, money, and storage space. Many companies offer an entire one-year food package that you can order online or out of a catalogue. However, this is far from the most economical way to go about getting food storage. The cheapest way to get a food storage is to go to your local grocery store and simply buy bulk items such as 20 lb. bags of rice and beans or 45 lb. buckets of wheat and oats. 

An effective way to start building food storage is to simply buy an extra item each time you go to the grocery store. For instance, if I need a bag of dried beans, it is just as easy to grab two bags. If I’m already looking for some rice, why not throw a second bag in the shopping cart? If I am buying canned vegetables, I would throw an extra can or two in my basket. If an item is on sale, pounce on it. In all reality, it does not take much effort to collect a food storage, but it does take time unless you happen to have hundreds of dollars sitting around to devote to food forage at the drop of a hat. By buying your food storage a little at a time and in logical increments, you won’t feel an exceptionally heavy drain on your wallet. The key is to get started today. I first got my year’s supply of food as a 26-year-old broke college student. If I could do it, you can, too. 

A word on water. Even more important than food, is water. A human can go longer without food than without water. Water is vital. In a crisis scenario, water – especially clean water – will be a priceless commodity which is far more valuable than gold, silver coins, or physical objects no matter how fancy or high-end they may be considered now. A person needs to drink approximately one gallon of water every day. The exact amount will vary from person to person, but you will want least one gallon per person, per day. Then you need to think about cooking, cleaning, and other functions for which water is necessary. When you really sit down to think about it, the amount of water one needs to store is staggering. But store it you must. 

Though I recommend storing all the water you will need for at least a year, I highly encourage folks to invest in various water purifiers. I think that everyone should have always one, preferably multiple, LifeStraws in your survival gear or bug-out bag. LifeStraw is simply a water purifier built into an easy-to-use straw format which weighs barely over an ounce. You open the ends, stick it in the water, and drink. This device is designed to be used in muddy, bacteria-infested, dirty water. LifeStraw has been used in water polluted with feces and other harmful elements. LifeStraw will filter about 264 gallons, or approximately one year’s worth. It truly is a wonderful invention and something I deem vital for anyone seriously contemplating preparedness and survival. Other companies, such as Frontier or AQUAGEAR, make quality products that are similar to LifeStraw. Whatever brand you go with, make sure that you include some type of water filtration device in your water storage. 

Entire books have been written on food and water storage, so I am, naturally, leaving a lot of information out. I want to share one final thought on food storage, however. Our forefathers all stored food – often many years’ worth. It was so fundamental that no one questioned it or thought twice about doing it. Today, however, those of us who prepare for future eventualities are called paranoid, extremists, or foolish. Despite these criticisms, we must do the right thing and prepare ourselves and families for the disasters which will strike at some point. Noah built his ark over a span of decades, during which time his neighbors and friends mocked him. However, when the rain started to fall, Noah and his family were the only ones spared the deluge that followed. The point is that it is better to be prepared years too early than one day too late. When the crap hits the fan, will you want to be the one who had pointed the finger of scorn at those crazy “preppers,” or one of those “preppers” who gathered a food and water storage and was ready to meet disaster? No one can make that choice for you, but I plead with you to begin to prepare now. Your future life may very well depend upon your present preparations. 

Relocation 

One of the most dangerous and incomprehensible tendencies of modern society is to group into cities. Cities are inherently dangerous and naturally lead to corruption, vice, and a collectivist mentality among their inhabitants. I believe, as did Thomas Jefferson and many others, that cities sap the strength out of a nation and individuals and are anathema to Freedom. I would not want to be caught anywhere near a major city of metropolitan hub in the event of economic collapse, civil war, invasion, martial law, serious plague, or major natural disaster (for instance, the earthquakes which we know will someday hammer the Wasatch Front in Utah, the New Madrid Fault area along the Mississippi, or the multiple fault areas of California). Large population density is perhaps more to fear even than nuclear weapons or the wrath of Mother Nature. 

I believe that world war is virtually inevitable and that the next war will reach our soil. In the almost certain event of a major war with Russia and China, for example, I would not recommend that anyone be anywhere close to major military bases and installations, major ports, or strategic cities. Seattle, for instance, is close enough to the Bangor submarine base that it will undoubtedly receive direct fallout in the event of a nuclear attack. The same goes for San Diego, Los Angeles, Ogden, UT, Baltimore, Albuquerque, Charleston, Cheyenne, WY, Great Falls, MT, Colorado Springs, Denver, Norfolk, and many other cities – some of which will likely receive direct hits owing to their proximity to strategic military targets. 

But even if war were to never occur, civil unrest or economic collapse could result in mass rioting. Would a rural town devolve into riots? Perhaps on occasion, but its overall stability would be far greater than in a city. In the event of a trucker strike, cities could be without food. Again, if the power grid collapsed, it would be a matter of hours before total chaos and anarchy ensued. In every major hurricane or natural disaster, store shelves are emptied within hours. The L.A. Riots proved the danger of cities, as have multiple other riots and protests over the years. Police will not be able to maintain order, and may in fact instigate confusion, and cities will quickly divide into gangs or tribal groups. We arrogantly think that it could not happen here, yet history defies and rebukes such a claim. Just the simple fact that do many people are piled on top of one another in cities guarantees that fighting will eventually happen. Human beings are naturally selfish and will go to inhuman extremes to protect themselves, indulge their lusts, or survive – and much more so when they get into large groups. American cities would turn into chaotic, tribal war zones within days in a major crisis. 

Cities are unhygienic and unhealthy places which invite disease and provide juicy targets for governments or nefarious groups to launch a plague or bioweapon. If such a naturally occurring or man-made plague hits, are your chances of surviving better in Boston, Dallas, Seattle, or Salt Lake City, or in a rural community that no one has ever heard of? The answer is obvious. Furthermore, a mass pandemic would likely result in forced quarantines or rounding up of the sick or potentially infected. In such a scenario, you would be better far away from the cities. Even after Hurricane Katrina people were herded into the Super Dome and imprisoned there, often suffering horrible abuses and not allowed to leave for long periods of time. And Hurricane Katrina was a minor incident compared to what I am envisioning. 

Maneuverability is also severely restricted in a city, whereas living in a rural location, small town, or outlying suburb would provide ample opportunity to avoid mobs, stay out of sight, slip into the woods, escape, evade detection, or flee to a designated retreat or hideout. If war hits this country – whether civil war or foreign invasion – smaller outlying areas will not be primary targets. And again, an invading army would likely bypass a small farming community off the beaten path whereas a large city situated on a highway is a prime target for subjugation. Refugees moving from city to city can also become like swarms of locusts devouring everything in their path. In any scenario, being in a smaller town somewhat off the beaten path will give you greater chances of survival than any city ever could. 

If the above is true, then it follows that relocation out of the major cities is wise. And if such a move is wise, then doing so sooner than later can only be a good thing. You cannot cut ties to the world and leave on a dime, however, but rather you should develop and follow a plan for moving, establishing a lifeline in a new location, and setting down roots. The best guide on this process in existence is the third volume of Joel Skousen’s book Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places. I cannot recommend Joel’s work highly enough. His political analysis is superb and his preparedness advice is unsurpassed. 

If you want to know more about the concept of relocation, why it is important, and where some of the safer locations in the country (and in your own state) are, then buy Joel’s book. For my part, I want to add that I believe the single safest area of the country is the Intermountain West. The general nexus of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana is a great area. I independently have pegged this area as the safest area of the nation, but other experts such as Joel Skousen (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com) and Jim Rawles (http://survivalblog.com) have confirmed this view in my mind. You can find pockets of safety in most areas of America, but the Intermountain West is your best bet for long term survival through the storms that are approaching. Whatever you do, you have got to start thinking strategically and making preparations now. 

Contingency Planning 

One of the vital things that many otherwise preparedness-oriented folks overlook is strategic planning. Yes, you may have a food storage, but do you have a detailed plan to escape your city or town if you need to? Have you thoroughly considered and mapped escape routes, alternate or back roads, retreat locations, or meet-up spots for your family? Have you thought up a multitude of scenarios spanning from martial law to invasion to earthquake to famine? You must think about these things and make preparations. 

One of the most critical aspects of strategic thinking is to really get to know your local terrain inside and out. You need to know back roads in case an earthquake severs the main highway of a military blockade stops traffic on Main Street or a raging wildfire is crossing through town and shutting down normal routes. You need to know who you can trust in your locale, which areas of town might be conducive to concealment, which spots would make for a good defense ice stand, etc. you should become familiar with the physical terrain – rivers, streams, hills, canyons, forests, valleys, etc. Knowing your terrain might one day allow you to escape an enemy, evade capture, outwit a mob, defend against criminals, keep your head low, or outrun a raging fire. In any case, you have to be prepared to roll with the punches –and preparing in advance is the best way to do that. 

Like food storage, contingency planning could be the sole topic of a lengthy book. Suffice to say that we need to decide BEFOREHAND what we will do in a given scenario. Will we run and evade threats or will we stand and fight? Will we conceal ourselves and wait it out or will we flee to a secondary retreat location? Will we and together with other like-minded families or will we go it alone? Will we stand for our principles and beliefs or will we sell ourselves and our family and friends out in a moment of trial? These are all things we must think about, plan out, discuss, and decide before disaster ever rears its head. 

Survival 

One of the important things that we must all begin to do is to develop skills which will be useful to ourselves and to others in the event of a crisis. I can’t cover everything here, but I will give a few suggestions to hopefully stimulate your own thoughts. 

Basic and advanced first aid is a valuable skill and one which may save your own life or the life of a friend, relative, or simply of a fellow human in need. There are many modern aids to help with this next skill, but starting a fire is something we should all know how to do. Hunting is an important skill, as is gutting and butchering an animal once killed/trapped. Gardening is a skill we can all develop now and one which will yield delicious and healthy dividends long before a crisis. Knowing how to tie knots and handle ropes is valuable. Being able to utilize a map and a compass might come in handy if/when technology goes down. Knowing how to use a knife, an axe, a saw, a chainsaw, and various other tools might become vital. Knowing how to weld, do carpentry, or basic construction will likely be very important. Speaking a foreign language or two might not be necessary, and is not normally associated with survival, but who can doubt but that it would be valuable in many situations both presently or during a collapse scenario? Knowing how to build a shelter, particularly a concealed one, may very well save your life. Knowing how to identify edible herbs, mushrooms, roots, or berries might save your life as well. And don’t forget to learn natural and traditional medical remedies instead of relying upon the often-dangerous drugs and pharmaceuticals dished out to the population today. All of these skills, and many more, are things which would certainly help you of society were to go south. I will leave it to your judgement to decide which skills will be necessary for you to acquire, but I do know that having a varied skill set will not only benefit yourself but those around you. 

Another important part of survival is getting and staying in shape. You will be at a disadvantage if the need arises to survive in harsh crisis conditions of you are obese, out of shape, or sickly. You need to eat healthily, give your body the proper vitamins and essential minerals it needs, exercise regularly, drink a lot of water, and remain active. Most jobs nowadays require us to sit at a desk for hours on end. Science and good old fashioned common sense both prove that sitting, on average, shortens life span, creates complications in your health, and increases your susceptibility to disease. Simply put, you don’t need to be competing in marathons, but you need to keep active and moving. You need to work on losing weight if you are too big. Respect for your body – which is shown by taking care of it – is important. A strong body also makes for a stronger and more alert mind – and you need to have your wits about you in a dangerous situation. You can begin this process by abandoning soda, coffee, power drinks, and pure junk food, and by getting enough water, rest, and exercise. You will quickly see improvements in your health, mental acuity, perceptiveness, and energy levels if you will follow these steps. 

Next, I would like to talk about what type of gear you might want to put in a bug-out bag, 72-hour kit, or survival pack. Once again, people will give different recommendations, but I will discuss what I deem important to have. I will give an explanation followed by a list of items. 

First off, I believe that second only to a one-year food and water storage is the need to store warm winter clothes, blankets, etc. I foresee a time when the power grids in the United States are knocked out, whether through an EMP attack, a solar flare, or as a result of war or harsh weather. Imagine the frightful scenario if an EMP attack were to destroy the power grid in mid-December. Last year the winter season broke literally thousands of records for cold temperatures, amount of snow, etc. The winters appear to be growing colder. What would happen if your city’s power went out suddenly during the winter? Would you be equipped to survive? Would you be able to keep your family warm? What if America were invaded during the winter time and you were forced to evacuate your town on foot – would you be warm enough to make the journey? If a natural disaster leveled your city, destroyed the roads, and forced you out into the cold, could you survive negative temperatures? These might seem like far-fetched scenarios, but they really are not. 

I believe the need is great – no matter whether you live in sunny Florida, California, or Texas, or in Fairbanks, Alaska, Kalispell, Montana, or New York City – to have warm clothing, a nice winter coat, a sturdy pair of warm waterproof gloves, winter boots, a warm face mask or hat, thermal undergarments, warm socks, and thick winter clothing. You will find varied opinions about which coat or gloves or boots work best or are the warmest, so I suggest that you do research and test out various products. I will end by repeating my feeling that the need for warm, waterproof, wind resistant winter clothing is dire. In fact, I would label winter clothing a necessity. 

Apart from winter clothing, you will want a wide variety of gear and items ranging from emergency blankets to solar/crank radios to first aid kits to paracord to potassium iodide tablets to a breathing respirator to a saw, etc. Directly below I have provided a list of what I currently have in my own survival/bug-out bag or which I am in the process of adding to it. I should first of all explain that I favor a slightly larger style of pack rather than a smaller backpack style. My current pack is a “K-Cliffs Catlespine Internal Frame Backpack.” I won’t bother with specific brand names in most cases, but here is what I have packed inside my pack: 

– LifeStraw 
– first aid kit 
– 50 ft. of paracord 
– rope 
– ThyroSafe, Potassium Iodide Tablets (I currently have 2 boxes of 20, 65 mg tablets) 
– mess kit 
– portable stove 
– multiple boxes and books of wind/waterproof matches 
– waterproof fire sticks 
– fire lighters 
– windproof lighter 
– hatchet 
– saw 
– shovel 
– pocket saw 
– knife 
– machete 
– four function Life Gear flashlight 
– headlamp 
– hand warmers 
– waterproof gloves 
– sleeping bag 
– tent 
– tarp 
– hat/beanie 
– thermal undergarments 
– extra socks and underwear 
– MREs with heaters 
– pens, pencils, and a notepad 
– Havalon Piranta surgical steel knife (I highly recommend this scalpel-like knife to hunters) 
– pocket knife 
– map of your region, state, and specific location (I have individual maps of Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as well as Idaho-specific locations and one of the Spokane, WA area) 
– Duct Tape 
– Moleskin 
– face mask 
– commercial-grade paint respirator 
– Frontier mini filtration straw 
– AQUAGEAR water filtration bottle 
– whistle 
– compass 
– fire starter (flint) 
– a hook and fishing line 
– 8.45 oz boxes of water 
– Kaito solar/crank/battery-operated radio with flashlight 
– Datrex emergency ration bar 
– Mainstay food bar 
– SOS Food Lab, Inc. food bars 
– extra batteries 
– vitamin C 
– Blistex chapstick 
– sunglasses 
– Aloe Vera ointment 
– insect repellent 
– sewing kit 
– deodorant 
– toilet paper 
– toothbrush and toothpaste (non-fluoride) 
– biodegradable soap 
– nail clippers and file 
– bandana 
– binoculars (having worked with optics, I absolutely recommend Vortex above all other brands) 
– two-way radios 
– pepper spray 
– handgun with box of ammunition 
– silver coins 
– pocket Constitution and Declaration of Independence 
– Citizen Rule Book 
– scriptures (last, but certainly not least)  

If you are not satisfied with my list, here are several other lists that others have compiled. You will find variations, but the core items are virtually identical in all lists: 

– http://bugoutbagacademy.com/free-bug-out-bag-list/ 
– http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/bug-out-bag-contents-lists-and-bugging-out/ 
– http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/building-your-bugout-bag-the-complete-infographic-checklist_04302013 
– http://survivalcache.com/bug-out-bag/ 
– http://graywolfsurvival.com/669/bug-out-bag-list-contents/ 
– http://offgridsurvival.com/survival-gear-bugoutbags/ 
– http://www.modernsurvivalonline.com/Files/evac/articles/BOB-SurvivalKit.pdf 
– http://www.thebugoutbagguide.com 
– http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-shed/gear-guy/Bugout-Survival-Bag.html 

Whatever you put in your pack, make sure it is specific to your circumstances (i.e. terrain, environment, etc.) but yet versatile enough to use in many conditions. Even if you cannot afford to purchase a nice pack or new gear, start by putting something together. Whether you have to use an older backpack or a duffle bag, start gathering up household items which may be useful (painkillers, tape, extra batteries, an extra knife, etc.). It is not difficult to throw together a decent survival pack fairly quickly once you begin seriously considering the matter. Once you get your initial pack, continually improve upon it as your circumstances and means allow. 

Summary 

In summation, the key to getting prepared is to start now. Unless you have hundreds of dollars laying around which you can plop down today, you will need time to gather all the necessary supplies and to develop plans for future scenarios. I have provided a very basic outline for preparedness – it is up to you to take that outline and build upon it and tweak it to meet your family’s needs. 

If you have made it to the bottom of this article, I take it that you are truly concerned, as am I, about the future of this country. If so, you already have a leg up on most other folks. The first step to preparedness is a desire to prepare and an awareness that there is a need to prepare – even if you do not know exactly how to go about it. I hope that my article gave you a few bits of advice. Others have devoted much more time to this up subject than I have and have put their work online, in books, etc. Below this article I have provided a list of website links to look up. You will find many archived full of information about all things survival and preparedness. I recommend that you take some time to go through them and glean out the information pertinent to you. As I have repeated often, the key to preparedness is to start. Start today in some way, shape, or form and you can get the ball rolling. 

As I close, I want to share one more admonition and bit of advice. No People can survive as a free, prosperous, peaceful, and happy nation if they do not worship God, live His laws, and live a moral life. The same is true of individuals. Many political fixes need to be made in our bloated statist system, but the only true remedy for our nation’s problems is found not in D.C., but in our hearts. We must repent as a nation and humble ourselves before our God. Even if our once great Union does not follow this course, we will be blessed individually if we do. Center your life on the Gospel of the Master and He will be with you no matter what storms and tempests you are called to pass through. May God help inspire you in your preparations for our turbulent future. 

Short List of sources for additional information: 

– http://www.thefoodguys.com/foodcalc.html- http://survivalblog.com 
– http://www.preparednesspro.com/do-you-have-enough 
– http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/20-items-to-kick-start-your-food-storage-plan/ 
– http://www.offthegridnews.com/2010/08/02/how-to-create-a-food-storage-supply-for-you-and-your-spouse-for-as-little-as-5-per-week/ 
– http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-start-a-food-storage-on-138765 
– http://www.moneycrashers.com/long-term-home-food-storage-emergency/ 
– http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net 
– http://www.foodstorage.com 
– http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/tate55.html 
– http://www.tacticaldefensellc.com/long-term-food-storage-done-right.html 
– http://www.provident-living-today.com/Bulk-Food-Storage.html 
– https://www.lds.org/topics/food-storage?lang=eng 
– http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/food-storage 
– http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/fn_502.pdf 
– http://beprepared.com/education/15-tips-for-food-storage 
– http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/48306/ 
– http://readynutrition.com/resources/are-you-ready-series-best-practices-for-long-term-food-storage_03042011/ 
– http://makedirtnotwaste.org/sites/default/files/a-z_food_storage_guide-web.pdf 
– http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net 
– http://www.preparedness.com 
– http://www.cheaperthandirt.com 
http://www.buylifestraw.com 
http://preparednesspro.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/myths-and-facts-of-water-storage/ 
http://www.waterandhealth.org/drinkingwater/water_storage.php3 
– http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256 
http://www.ki4u.com 
– “The Good News About Nuclear Destruction”– http://www.ki4u.com/goodnews.htm 
– http://infidelbodyarmor.com 
– http://www.survivalschool.us 
– http://www.wildernesscollege.com 
– http://modernsurvivalblog.com 
– http://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/survival-preparedness-with-limited-resources/ 
– http://www.preparednesspro.com 
– http://preparednesspro.wordpress.com 
– http://www.shtfplan.com 
– http://www.luckygunner.com 
– Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places by Joel Skousen 
– “Strategic Relocation” the film at https://www.bitchute.com/video/1YJCwtfy9yVB/ 
– http://www.joelskousen.com 
– http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com 
– http://www.cpr-savers.com 
– http://www.respiratormaskprotection.com 
– http://americanpreppersnetwork.net/index.php 
– http://www.forgesurvivalsupply.com 
– http://www.survival-supply.com 
– http://www.offthegrid.com 
– http://www.natureskills.com/articles/survival/ 
– http://offgridsurvival.com/category/survival/skills/ 
– http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/survival/shelter/2006/10/seven-primitive-survival-shelters-could-save-your-life/?image=0 
– http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/index.html 
– http://www.wilderness-survival.net 
– http://www.practicalsurvivor.com 
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/378/A-Suggested-Survival-List.asp