Southwestern Oregon Preppers (SWOP) will be holding a meeting on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Noon at the Coos Bay Fire Department, 450 Elrod, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420

The main topic is “How To Avoid Food Borne Illness With Food Preservation”. Tips for dehydration, canning, jerkey, and possibly salting!

This is a free public meeting to get to know fellow local preppers in Coos and Curry counties and to exchange information and ideas. Join Southwestern Oregon Preppers on Facebook and/or meetup.com.

I am a long time prepper living appx. one hour drive from Eugene Oregon. I have a 30 acre farm In a protected low populated area. Ihave an orchard with a variety of apples,plums and pears and I am expanding the orchard by adding peach and walnut trees. Appx 20 acres of pasture and several natural water sources. I am currently adding another larger greenhouse.I have a number of bldgs as well as a large RV trailor and home. I am adding a large propane back up system with 2 generators and will be adding a solar system soon. I am also converting two bldgs to wood heat and cooking.In addition my property backs up to about million acres of forest for hunting and firewood. I have other preps as well but this should give you some idea of what I have. I am not looking for someone to move in permanently. I am looking for a family or two who are allready prep minded but live in the city where it is not suitable to ride out the coming storm. I am willing to make my place accesible as a buggout location for those willing to put in some time and effort to make it a better retreat. I would like to find a young retired military family or two but this is not a requirement. If you are interested please send me a note or leave your email address and I will contact you.  Greg

Looking for others of like mind, to move to our area, or convince us to move to yours (in the south central/south eastern OR area).

We currently reside northeast of Klamath Falls OR. The area offers small rural parcels, close to resource rich national forest land, for affordable prices. We currently reside on 3+ acres on a river that we are working on turning into a homestead.

We are not looking for anyone to join our homestead, but instead, we hope to encourage preppers to move to our area. This would allow like minded people to work together as a community; but with most individuals or families owning their own place, so as to avoid the common technicalities and potential difficulties that come with joining someone else’s homestead property.

There are many options in this area, ranging from 1.5 acre parcels on or near a river, to 5-20 acre forested parcels, to ranches hundreds of acres in size. Land is reasonably priced. Land with homes can be a little over priced, but given the status of the real estate market, you can likely negotiate significant price reductions. If you buy bare land, you can get a well and septic, and live in a fancy travel trailer, or build. Whatever works for your situation.

As for us, we’ve been in the area for over a year. Most people here are your typical rural folks. Hard working and self reliant if they can be, church going, looking out for each other, sometimes a little gruff, but with good hearts. There is a growing number of awake, preparedness minded people in the area, although there are still some people dependent on government hand outs.

We hope to turn that around, by getting more self sufficient folks to move here, who are awake, know the economy inevitably will eventually collapse, are willing to work hard for a free and self-reliant lifestyle, and potentially bring more skills to the area.

The winters are cold, and you have to be prepared for such. If you’re going to work in a town, be prepared to drive in snow. If you have your own business, your customers will be limited unless it’s an internet business or something the locals need regularly.

The advantages: Lots of firewood, wild game and fishing. Authorities rarely come out here, water is plentiful and clean, and depending on where you buy, wells can be shallow, though some areas are deep. Summers don’t get too hot. Lots of knowledgeable/skilled folks.

The disadvantages: It’s rural, closest descent shopping is an hour away. It gets cold. Soil may need some amendments (depending on where you end up). Not as many preppers here as we would like yet (that we’ve met – but we all know none of us really advertise). And like I wrote, we hope to change that.

If you are prepper who is serious about relocating to a rural area, and would like more info or to possibly network, feel free to contact. If you are not serious don’t waste my time.

Coos County preppers group is designed to network with other users in your local area so you can buy, sell, share tips & tricks and or post items pertaining to prepping, bug out supplies and survival!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoosCountyPreppers/

Hello everyone,

We are a family of 2 adults in our 30s with two children under 6 years old. We just sold our home on a small 1.3 acre piece of land to free ourselves up to move to a more ideal location.  We have been working diligently to become more self-sufficient, self-reliant, and prepared for what the future may hold. We are kind, honest, hard-working people with a good set of values. We are financially secure, debt-free, and independent. We are liberty-minded and open-minded.We are open to others beliefs and values as long as mutual respect is a part of them.

We are serious about lessening our ties to the current fragile system. We have been working hard towards our goals. While we have loved our home and property and are proud of what we have accomplished, we are realizing we are not in the most ideal location and feel the need to be apart of a larger community of people on the same page. We also would like to be on a larger tract of land to implement larger scale plans. We have knowledge, skills, resources, tools books, funds, and drive to share with the right people. Many of our preparations can be moved to a new location.

Ideally we would like to join in with an existing group with other families and combine our labor and resources to be as prepared as possible. We are also willing to meet new people who have the same vision to purchase or upgrade an existing property. A property with existing structures, House, Barn, Shop, etc., would be ideal and we are willing to live in close quarters, or alternative housing, yurts, etc.. while new residences and infrastructure are built. We are also willing to move and are willing to take action quickly if needed.We are looking to farm, garden, wildcraft, bushcraft, raise animals and livestock, and be as self sufficient as possible. We are looking to prepare for a long term change, and not just stockpiling food for a short term crisis.

If you have an existing community looking for new members, and we sound like a good fit, please contact us. We currently live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, but are willing to relocate for the right situation. We know a couple other families looking for a similar situation.

Please contact via email at first. tell us a little about yourself/selves and what your are looking for or what you may have to offer. phreetogo2012 at gmail.

Looking for preppers in the portland metro area. lets talk