Doctor Prepper™ interviews Shawn Hostetter, President and member of the Board of Management, Katadyn North America. The American headquarters is in Minneapolis MN, and a food manufacturing plant near Sacramento CA. Founded in 1928, the company name was created from “catalytic“ and “oligodynamic,” two typical designations for the processes utilized in water treatment. The US subsidiary was created in 1980.

Shawn’s current responsibilities for Katadyn North America include management of all North American corporate management, production, marketing, and sales of brands such as:
Katadyn filters––the world’s #1 supplier of portable water purification products, with a worldwide market share exceeding 50%! Water purification systems and products for outdoor, travelling, and camping. The company also manufactures mobile, hand-operated, and electrically-powered desalinators.AlpineAire Foods––meals for camping and long-term storage. AlpineAire Foods (formerly TyRy Foods)has been producing quality freeze-dried, dehydrated, and ready-to-eat instant meals, side dishes, breakfasts, soups and desserts for more than 30 yearsRichmoor Freeze-dried Foods––known for highest-quality wilderness dining; freeze-dried outdoor and expedition food for the US markets
The Katadyn Group is further diversified in the outdoor market with popular outdoor and camping brands:
Optimus Stoves––expedition quality outdoor stoves; cookware and accessoriesTrek’n Eat––Freeze-dried outdoor and expedition food for the European marketsAQUAFIDES––Products for industrial and municipal water treatment via UV disinfection

David Chu, an ex-patriate citizen saw many people leaving the country because of the lack of reasonable government continuing as new leaders began to increase their strong-handed take-over of the country. David understood exactly how those people were feeling, since he had been born in China and had “flown the coop” when he saw “the handwriting on the wall!”

“Like most people in the USA, I was pretty much asleep until 2003…I used to be a very conservative, right-wing person who believed in the American dream, the pax americana…so much so that in March 2003, I was helping organize rallies in support of US troops. This was at the beginning of the Iraq war…I was in Santa Rosa CA and we organized these rallies––thousands of people showed up! The Republicans were wondering how the heck did this guy bring out all these people waving flags and these giant placards that said Support Our Troops.  We had four rallies in Santa Rosa during that month alone!

“So that’s where I started from. But then I went down the rabbit hole––very, very deep. To the point where I began to realize there were many problems with the 9/11 was the issue. It took me about a year to assimilate it and to digest it. I really, truly, like a lot of immigrants who come to this great country, I really believed in the good America, the Hollywood version, you know? And when I finally accepted the fact that the only ‘conspiracy theory’ on 9/11 is the government’s propaganda story…that took me about a year to digest. And once I assimilated that, my eyes opened up really wide, and I started to look at all sorts of issues.

Get more details about the Patagonian paradise in his article at HERE.

Bob Gaskin is a former Marine Corps Infantryman who served his country from 1989 to 1995. He is a Conservative, Patriot, Veteran, Christian, Pro-Gun advocate, Pro-Free Market, Pro-Life, Astronomer, DC Lobbyist, and Historian.

He is currently a Firearms instructor as well as a Survival Instructor at his Disaster Preparedness Boot Camp. Bob speaks at Preparedness Expos and Seminars all over the country. His purpose is to help people overcome their fears about natural or man-made disasters through education and understanding.

In his spare time, he has written a book entitled Society Ending Events: The First 180 Days, and a newer book, Morals of Prepping–– Mental, Emotional & Spiritual Prepping.

Bob has a strong personal belief that by the end of the year 2016, Earth will have gone through a series of events that will bring about a Society-Ending Event in the U.S. He also believes that less than 6% of the population will survive this period. He feels that the more people he can convince to stop listening to the smokescreen rhetoric prevalent in the media and propagated by fear-mongering conspiracy theorists and get them to start their own research, they will discover for themselves the truth of what lies ahead and be able to survive.

Bob also operates Black Dog Gun Range, the largest privately-owned law enforcement training facility in Tennessee. The gun range, offers 27 different live-fire ranges, a 66,000 square foot indoor training facility with 50,000 square foot modular “kill house,” and 11 no-fire training ranges. Some of the training specialties are: Standard and Advanced Firearms Training, SWAT Training, Hand Gun Carry Permit Class, and Combat Focus Shooting Class.

Listen to James Wesley Rawles, – the New York Times Bestselling author of the Patriots series of survival novels (and the Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog.com), discuss what the biggest threats to this country are at this time, and what you can do to prepare for them. Also find out about his latest novel, titled Liberators, on the Secrets of a Survivalist Radio Show.

Replay 12/17/2011

Get Real--Get Prepared with Vickilynn Haycraft. Exploring preparedness from the grass roots up! Tonights Topic: Prepping Products.Vickilynn welcomes fellow PRN hostess and the owner of Millers Grain House, Donna Miller to the show. Donna will highlight her favorite tools and products for the special Prepper on your list, even for yourself! Theres still time, tune in for great ideas, resources and a fun show! Millers Grain House: http://www.millersgrainhouse.com/store/ Vickilynns websites: http://www.realfoodliving.com http://www.blog.realfoodliving.com http://www.examiner.com/housewares-in-national/vickilynn-haycraft http://www.examiner.com/family-preparedness-in-national/vickilynn-haycraft