ArcHub: Food & Water
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary [ebook]
Grocy [software]
Web-based self-hosted groceries and household management. Includes: Pantry inventory with expiry dates, Recipes, Shopping lists, Chores, Tasks, Appliances with manuals and notes, Battery management, and more. See video here.
You can't trust food labels [video]
Honest grocery store ad [video - yt] by Honest Ads
Food Preparation & Storage
Food Preparation & Recipes
BudgetBytes.com [website] - budget-friendly recipe site
Broccoli [app] simple recipe saver
Gourmet [software] - organizes your recipes. Imports recipes from multiple formats, including websites, generates shopping lists and counts calories
Cookbooks
The MIND Diet Plan and Cookbook [ebook]
The science of cooking [ebook]
The Tea Book [ebook] by Linda Gaylard
Step‑by‑Step Bread [ebook] - Demonstrates Every Stage in Every Key Technique
The Fireless Cook Book [ebook] by Margaret Johnes Mitchell
Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking [ebook]
The Pastry Chef's Companion [ebook]
Salty snacks [ebook] by Cynthia Nims
PDFMagazines.Club/Food [pdfs] - magazines about food and cooking
Appliances
Taste & Flavor
Mouthfeel [ebook] - How Texture Makes Taste (2017)
The Science of Spice [ebook] by DK (2018)
The Science of Flavor [ebook] by DK (2025)
The Food Lab [ebook] by J. Kenji López-Alt
Food Storage & Preservation
StillTasty.com [website] - food storage and spoilage guide
nchfp.uga.edu [website] - national center for home food preservation
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning [ebook]
Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation (2007)
The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years [ebook] - by M. Appert. (1812)
⚒ Cheap DIY Vaccuum Sealer [article]
Ice Cutting Refrigeration [video]
The Ice Crop [ebook] How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice by Theron L. Hiles (2012)
Fermenting, Brewing, & Pickling
The Messy World of Fermentation [article]
Fermenting [ebook] - Pickles, Kimchi, Kefir, Kombucha, Sourdough, Yogurt, Cheese and More (2021) by by Wardeh Harmon
Fermenting Foods Step-by-Step [ebook] by Adam Elabd (2015)
The Practical Distiller [ebook] - a detailed guidebook on the art of distillation, particularly focused on producing whiskey, gin, brandy, and other spirits.
How To Brew Everything [videos] How to make: Beer, Wine, Tequila, Hard Cider by How To Make Everything
Pickles [video] by How To Make Everything
Can You Pickle Anything? by How To Make Everything
Garum [article] Fish fermentation allowed the ancient Romans to store their fish surplus for long periods
Homebrewed Vinegar [ebook] by Kirsten K. Shockey
Diet & Nutrition
Good Food Makes Good Health [article] - easy to understand nutrition basics by Hesperian Health Guides
Simply Nutrition [ebook] - For Complete Beginners (2023) by DK
Science of Nutrition [ebook] - Debunk the Diet Myths and Learn How to Eat Responsibly for Health and Happiness by Rhiannon Lambert
NutritionFacts.org [website] - science-based nonprofit organization founded by Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, that provides free updates on nutrition research via bite-sized videos, blogs, podcasts, and infographics.
MIND Diet [pdf] - Mediterranean-Dash Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, a science-based diet thought to drastically reduce the risk of cognitive disorders as you age.
Energize [app] - nutrition tracking app
iDiet - diet management software that will help people choose, customize and follow their diet.
Food Sourcing & Production
Food Sourcing
LocalHarvest.org - connecting people with farmers
CSACoalition.org - Find local organic CSA farms in your community and receive financial assistance to purchase CSA shares
FoodNotBombs.net - collecting and redistributing unsold food
FallingFruit.org - collaborative map for foraging
Grist.org - accessing food before, after, and during a disaster
Food Guide for War Service at Home [ebook] - a practical guide to food conservation and efficient use of food supplies during wartime
Feasting free on wild edibles [ebook] by Bradford Angier
How to eat in the woods [ebook] by Bradford Angier
Mushroom Hunter [ebook] by Gary Lincoff
PDFMagazines.Club/Hunting [pdfs] - magazines about hunting
PDFMagazines.Club/Fishing [pdfs] - magazines about fishing
Make Your Own Traditional Fishing Tackle [ebook] by Paul Duffield
The Complete Fishing Manual [ebook] by Henry Gilbey
Getting the most from your game and fish [ebook] by Robert Candy
Food Production
Grow Your Groceries [ebook] by Simon Akeroyd (2025)
Indoor Edible Garden [ebook] by Zia Allaway
PermaPeople.org - Discover plants, swap seeds, plan gardens, share knowledge
RevolutionarysGarden.com - podcast about sustainable food security and gardening
Food Warriors - online workshop for food production by indigenous experts
TheSurvivalGardener.com - blog about growing more food for less work
Fruit Trenches [article] - growing subtropical fruits in the freezing cold
Growing Garlic [article]
Grow Ten Tons of Organic Vegetables [article]
The Library of Work and Play [ebook] Gardening and Farming Growing your own mushrooms [ebook] cultivation, cooking & preserving
by Jo Mueller (1976) Low Tech Mushroom Farming [ebook] The Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea [ebook] by Edward Money Bread [video] by How To Make Everything Sugar Beets [video] by How To Make Everything Sugarcane [video] by How To Make Everything Maple Syrup [video] by How To Make Everything
Animal Products
Eggs & Birds
Poultry for profit [ebook] - by R. A. Power (1923)
The Dollar Hen [ebook] - by Milo M. Hastings (1911)
Chicken [video - yt] by How To Make Everything
Ducks and Geese [ebook] - Standard Breeds and Management by George E. Howard
Turkey Raising [ebook] - by Stanley J. Marsden and Alfred R. Lee
Dairy
Keeping one cow [ebook] (1880)
Keeping Goats [ebook] - by Debbie Kingsley (2022)
Butter & Cheese [video] by How To Make Everything
Homemade Cheese [ebook] - Recipes for 50 Cheeses from Artisan Cheesemakers by Janet Hurst
ABC Butter Making [ebook] - A Hand-Book for the Beginner by Frederick S. Burch
The Home Creamery [ebook] - Make Your Own Fresh Dairy Products
Goat's Milk [video] by How To Make Everything
Making Goat Cheese [video] by How To Make Everything
The Science of Cheese [ebook] by Michael H. Tunick
Meat
The Everyday Meat Guide [ebook] - A Neighborhood Butcher's Advice Book by Ray Venezia (2016)
Beef Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm [ebook] - by H. Russell Cross et al. (1978)
Pork Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm [ebook] - by H. Russell Cross et al. (1978)
The Modern Packing House [ebook] - the design, construction, equipment and operation of meat packing house
Honey
Manual of the apiary [ebook] by Albert John Cook (1879)
Beekeepers Problem Solver [ebook] - 100 common problems explored and explained (2015)
Introduction to simple low cost beekeeping [video]
Harvesting Honey [video - yt] by How To Make Everything
⚒ Build a swarm trap for catching wild honey bees! [video]
Gleanings In Bee Culture [pdfs] (1873 - 1992)
Fermenting Mead from Ancient Honey [video] by How To Make Everything
Water
Disaster Water Conservation [article]
⚒ Rainwater Harvesting [ebook] A Guide To Home-Scale System Design (2019)
Backyard Greywater System [pdf]
Water Johads [article] traditional low-cost, low-tech engineering to collect rainwater
Water Supply [ebook] the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells by Ernest Spon (1875)
How To Read Water [ebook] - by Tristan Gooley (2016)
Selected Water Resources [pdfs] (1968-1992)