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What does "feeds 2,000 households" mean? This is a three acre project. From what I can find it takes about half an acre to provide a single person's caloric req
by wang_li 10y ago
What does "feeds 2,000 households" mean? This is a three acre project. From what I can find it takes about half an acre to provide a single person's caloric requirement for a year.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoI was thinking something similar, and I think it is weirdly both simplified and exaggerated. I'm gonna guess if they give a family food once, they are counted as "one family fed", and their output ranges from April (if they are growing lettuces, spinach, and peas) to October (for some squash varieties). I very highly doubt they grow and store such things like potatoes and carrots for wintertime use.
- randomfool 10y agoTheir website says 50,000lbs of produced since 2011, so 10,000lbs a year for 2,000 households = 5lbs of produce per household per year. For reference, an average 1kg rabbit eats 2.6oz of greens a day, or 57lbs a year. So it sounds like they can feed one rabbit per household for one month of the year. - Agrihood numbers: http://www.miufi.org/america-s-first-urban-agrihood http://www.miufi.org/america-s-first-urban-agrihood - Rabbit numbers: http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetables-and-fruits-for-a-rabbit-diet/ http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetables-and-fruits-for-a-rabb... http://www.cookitsimply.com/measurements/cups/lettuce-shredded-chopped-0070-0g142.html http://www.cookitsimply.com/measurements/cups/lettuce-shredd...