Forrest Garvin

Forrest Garvin is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of PrepperNet, a 120,000+ member preparedness community. He hosts The Prepping Academy podcast and has written seven books on preparedness, privacy, faith, and self-reliance.

Forrest Garvin is one of the recognized voices in modern preparedness, privacy, and self-reliance. He is the founder of PrepperNet, a community of more than 120,000 members; the host of The Prepping Academy, a long-running podcast with millions of downloads; and the author of seven books, including Entrepreneurship for Survival, The Grayman Field Guide, and Prepare The Church. With more than 25 years of field experience and a portfolio of companies serving families, churches, and businesses, Forrest's work focuses on helping ordinary people become more prepared, more private, and more free.

Forrest Garvin has spent more than two decades building communities, training people, and writing extensively on what it actually takes to be ready in the modern world. He is the founder of PrepperNet, the 120,000+ member preparedness community, and the host of The Prepping Academy, a long-form podcast with millions of downloads across nine seasons. Forrest is the author of seven books, including Entrepreneurship for Survival, The Preparedness Roadmap, Stand Firm to the End, The Case for Christian Preparedness, Prepare The Church, The Grayman Field Guide, and Self-Reliance Reborn. His work spans family readiness, privacy and personal security, faith-grounded resilience, and the entrepreneurship needed to support all of it. Beyond writing, Forrest leads or operates more than a dozen companies in the preparedness, privacy, training, and media space, including Garvin Academy, Grayman Protection, Carolina Survival & Preparedness Academy, Prepper Shows USA, and Your Digital Exposure. As a speaker, he is known for measured, story-driven talks that translate decades of real-world experience into clear, actionable guidance, without theatrics, fear, or fluff.

Please welcome an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of PrepperNet, the 120,000-plus member preparedness community. Host of The Prepping Academy podcast and author of seven books on preparedness, privacy, faith, and self-reliance. From the mountains of North Carolina, please welcome, Forrest Garvin.