Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 15, 2012

One of the best things you can do for the sake of your own self reliance is to build up your home food storage. Your home food storage can tide you over in the event of a financial setback, or be part of your efforts for emergency preparedness. Unfortunately, many people think of stockpiling when they consider home food storage.

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Storage Building Home Bank 229

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

If you don’t have enough money to put food on the table, you are going to do something about it. Those affected by our recent Great Recession have had the benefits of saving reinforced as well. In its simplest form, the thing that makes a person a saver is the act of saving. Included here is peer pressure.

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Making Recession College 401K 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2011

Are we on our way to an actual depression (as opposed to the Great Recession)? Do I have enough food, water, heat, light and shelter to last through depression like conditions? I will go to the bank and stockpile some cash. What Should You Do In a Market Downturn? How will I defend my homestead if intruders invade?

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Recession Economical Grandchildren Kids and Family 176

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2014

This was in the 1980s, deep in the recession. For the first time in my parents’ lives, they had to rely on food stamps. I still remember one Thanksgiving during that period of unemployment when our church gave one of the food baskets for the needy to us. When I was 9, my dad, who worked a factory job, was laid off.

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Plants Gardening Garden Home and Garden 160