SELF-SUFFICIENT LIVING:
Making the Best of Basics, by James Talmadge Stevens
- Chapters on storing and using everything from water, wheat, and dried fruits and vegetables to vitamin supplements to maintain your family’s health, and emergency sources of fuel and energy. Includes over 200 recipes.
Back to Basics, by Reader’s Digest Books
- How to learn and enjoy traditional American skills. With so many urban and suburban dwellers moving toward simplifying their lives, Reader’s Digest has updated its popular Back to Basics series to provide the ultimate how-to book.
The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book, by Carla Emery
- How to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, catch a pig, make soap, work with bees and more.
How to Develop a Low-Cost Family Food Storage System, by Anita Evangelista
- Life is unpredictable. A sudden downturn in family finances can make food purchasing difficult. A severe storm can keep your family trapped at home for an extended time. This book can help even the most financially strapped families learn to store emergency essentials.
