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Issue #111            May/June, 2007

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DEPARTMENTS

6  Publisher’s Note 7  Editorial:       What’s driving prices up? What can you do about it? 80  Irreverent joke page 77  Ask Jackie:       Raising geese, Chronic Wasting Disease in venison, canning meat, rattlesnakes, etc. 34  Ayoob on Firearms:       Preparing gun owners for the short-term future 101  Letters 76  Movie Review 103   Advertiser Index 105  Classified ads (pdf) 105  Classified advertising form 109-111   BHM anthologies, CD-ROMs, & books 112-113  Order form/Subscription Info For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

ABOUT THE COVER      It took a lot of thinking to come up with this issue’s cover, so I hope it works. The idea is to symbolize the economic squeeze a recession puts on ordinary people. Most of the articles in this issue show how to prepare for that squeeze. Dave Duffy modeled for this Don Childers’ painting by holding a rolled up paper ball in his outstretched hand. Don made the hand shake as if it were under tension as it squeezed, and he even made the ocean more ominous by adding tsunami waves under the fingers.

FEATURES

Building and tools 8  The art of scrounging building materials at bargain prices       By Dorothy Ainsworth 93  A custom kitchen is affordable with a little creative thinking       By Jim Dickie Self-reliance 18  Can you survive out of your pantry for a whole year?       By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM 24  Protein—the cornerstone of a survival diet       By Jackie Clay 30  Circle of friends—The importance of other people in our preparedness plans       By Claire Wolfe 39  The all-purpose family medical kit       By Jackie Clay 88  Preparedness Rule of Three       By Corey Gage Energy 44  Energy class—Part 1       By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM Farm and garden 49  Get serious about gardening       By Jackie Clay 84  Keep your family safe from zoonotic diseases       By Joe Knight Food and recipes 58  Whole grains, a healthy choice       By Sylvia Gist 72  Lenie in the Kitchen—Fast and easy bread recipes       By Ilene Duffy 74  The invention of food canning       By Brewster Gillett