This article will guide you through the construction of a filter equivalent in performance to the Imperial Berkey that sells for about $300. My total cost was $122

Gather the necessary components. You will need the following:

• two 5-gallon food grade buckets (got mine from Lowes for $5 each)
• two lids for the buckets (got mine from Lowes for $1.50 each)
• a pair of Black Berkey filter elements (ordered mine on Ebay for $99 which included free shipping and a free Sport Berkey filtered bottle)
• a food grade spigot (the kind used for large coffee pots or water coolers is perfect, ordered mine from jamesfilter.com for $10)

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For the first time in more than a decade, a government minister has been talking about ensuring that we have something to eat, says Clive Aslet.

Farmers are resilient folk. Just when the rest of us want a break from all thoughts of food, they bustle off to Oxford for a conference that is about nothing but. (more…)

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Consumer’s Guide:

Preparing an Emergency Food Supply

Elizabeth L. Andress, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Extension Food Safety Specialist,

Department of Food and Nutrition

Let’s face it, almost everyone loves bacon. And now you can add delicious bacon to your food storage with Tactical Canned Bacon or “Tac Bac”.

“The zombies have fought long and hard, but the tide is seeming to finally turn. We will survive this invasion, this walking pestilence. We will, because we were smart enough to stock up on Tac Bac – Tactical Canned Bacon. Yes, we have been surviving on bacon.”

[via Thinkgeek]

“I find it doubtful that many US ’suburban survivalists’ can afford to spend thousands of dollars on dried beans and various other emergency supplies. Yet, the Texas Statesman cites examples of people who are doing just that: Economic crisis spurs spike in ’suburban survivalists.”

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[via Treehugger]