For reference, I had a very productive set of raised beds for a while in sunny coastal California that represented about 7.5 square meters. I could produce more

For reference, I had a very productive set of raised beds for a while in sunny coastal California that represented about 7.5 square meters. I could produce more than enough vegetables for my wife and I for about 1/4 of the year. That did not include meat, and various carbohydrates like rice, pasta and bread. I felt very confident though, that a with a total of 8 8x4ft raised beds that I could feed us all the fruits and vegetables we needed. We ate quite a few vegetarian meals so when the garden was doing well it reduced our food budget enormously.