First-hand stories, useful guides and the people and places behind them.
A practical, low-waste approach to prepping for the UK’s Be Ready campaign. How to build emergency supplies from what you already own, which items have better eco alternatives and which do not, how to handle water, power and cooking safely, and why real self-reliance is about skills and community, not stockpiles.
The Be Ready campaign asks UK households to keep three days of non-perishable food. This guide shows how to make that reserve healthy, seasonal and connected to local farms, with what Britain actually grows, a three-day no-cook meal plan, storage and preserving tips, and where to buy local food.
The UK’s Be Ready campaign asks households to prepare for three days of disruption. Here is what the official advice actually says, how to build an emergency kit and household plan without panic buying, what to eat for three days without cooking, and what local food can and cannot do for your resilience.
From wartime food rationing and oil shortages to pandemics, extreme weather and disrupted supply chains, history shows the human cost of emergencies and the risks when essential supplies fail. This timeline examines major crises, their outcomes, deaths and lasting consequences, with practical lessons for household preparedness, food security and building more resilient local food systems.