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It would be interesting to see a way to scale up production to produce more than just a couple of meals.
by craftyguy 8y ago
It would be interesting to see a way to scale up production to produce more than just a couple of meals.
- loeg 8y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ajkzVf-VM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ajkzVf-VM
- craftyguy 8y ago.. using the same (or similarly 'primative') technique.
- loeg 8y agoIt doesn't scale up. That's why it isn't used.
- craftyguy 8y agoFalse. Tribes in Papua New Guinea still grow food without industrial equipment, using technology that has changed little in the last tens of thousands of years. No shit it doesn't scale to feed millions, but it scales in some way to feed more than one guy on youtube.
- jschwartzi 8y agoYou kill the rats and the pigs that come for your yams then smoke the meat.
- wool_gather 8y agoIndeed. He has two other (earlier) videos of him building gardens, one with cassava, which he says is a very high-output food source. He also notes "A person could potentially be nearly self-sufficient from a small plot of sweet potatoes." Presumably it should scale for a small group, since they could share the work. https://primitivetechnology.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/planting-cassava-and-yams/ https://primitivetechnology.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/plantin... https://primitivetechnology.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/sweet-potato-patch/ https://primitivetechnology.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/sweet-p...