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> minimum amount of farmland per person assuming a vegetarian diet is about 0.17 acres Why assume a vegetarian diet? And why assume that 100% of farming would
by panarky 9y ago
> minimum amount of farmland per person assuming a vegetarian diet is about 0.17 acres
Why assume a vegetarian diet? And why assume that 100% of farming would be done at the grocery store?
Do you really need the vertical farm in the grocery store to grow the wheat to bake your bread or the silage to feed cattle?
The vast majority of farmland is dedicated to grains and animal feed, and that can remain.
But the vertical farm in the grocery store can take care of the fresh stuff, like herbs, lettuce and some veggies.
- azakai 9y ago> Why assume a vegetarian diet? It's the most efficient in terms of land use (also water, etc.). I think the person you are responding to is trying to make the best possible case for the approach, in order to be as fair as possible. (And yes, it is not necessary to grow 100% of food in stores, as you point out, for this startup to have a viable business model; but it's still interesting to see how far it could go, that's what I took that comment to be doing.)