NOTE: My blog about Doomsday Preppers touched a lot of nerves in the prepper community. When I apologized, I offered space for preppers to describe who they are, what they do and how they do it. This ...

Homestead is real. And by “Homestead,” I mean the sprawling, largely self-contained and -sustaining compound in the Rocky Mountains that inspired and informed the best-selling post-apocalyptic Black ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - More Americans are identifying as “preppers,” and they’re not just disaster-obsessed people. Cory Hubbard and his team at Defcon Underground have been building underground ...

'I wouldn't call myself a survivalist, just a realist," says "Craig," a financial analyst in Cincinnati. In his 30s, with a wife and baby, Craig keeps a cache of supplies in his basement: magnesium ...

Preparing for emergencies has become a hobby and lifestyle for an increasing number of people throughout the U.S. who call themselves 'preppers.' Preppers are enthusiasts of all things emergency ...

Activists championing organic foods have found support among preppers. They’re sympathetic to the “government is a conspiracy and corporations are evil” idea. But what really made preppers into ...