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> How much space does the average person have in their back yard? Not nearly enough. In Sili Valley, I live on a 8000 sq ft lot. In much of the USA, people l
by dbcurtis 10y ago
> How much space does the average person have in their back yard?
Not nearly enough. In Sili Valley, I live on a 8000 sq ft lot. In much of the USA, people live on 1/4 to 1/2 acre lots. A garden that will produce enough fresh produce during the growing season to feed a family of 4 during the season along with enough to preserve for the off season is bigger than that lot, even before you subtract space for the house. I invite you to do the math.
My mother's garden fed us the year around. That garden was bigger than my current city lot.
- ccallebs 10y agoI'm definitely not suggesting that self-subsistent farming will be common with the product. Certainly not in SV! But it doesn't have to, right? If it can augment your grocery trips and prevent however much food you would've purchased from being shipped cross country, it's definitely left a mark. I didn't mean to suggest it would supplant the supermarket, only allow people to more easily grow their own food.