After 9/11, my dad filled a duffel bag with some energy bars, a couple gallons of water, some penicillin, and a map. Amid scaremongering headlines about imminent anthrax and “dirty bomb” attacks in ...

These may be boom times for apocalyptic anxiety, but let’s get one thing straight: The fear that our world is on the brink of crumbling predates November 2016. Americans have been working through ...

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 ...

While doomsday "prepping" may once have been considered extreme, concerns about the food supply and looming disasters have left millions of Americans stockpiling for emergency situations. "[M]ost ...

Some people spend more time than others imagining what they’ll do when the world ends. Survivalist movements have long urged adherents to focus on the details: How much food and water will you need if ...

Meet the emergency prepper who grows 900 pounds of fruit and vegetables with enough in the cupboard to last a year—and even has earthquake survival kits. Kerrina Sanchez, 37, lives on a quarter acre ...