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Why? Staple crops can be planted very close together and there are many crops that can coexist on the same plot. Crop nutrients are obviously a concern, but if

by camdat 5y ago

Why? Staple crops can be planted very close together and there are many crops that can coexist on the same plot. Crop nutrients are obviously a concern, but if you're only trying to survive for a couple of cycles seems totally feasible and could be extended artificially.

mbrubeck 5y ago
Have you actually tested this in any way? How many calories/year do you grow in each square meter of your own garden? In the real world, people doing this for a living find that they need literally 100 to 1000 times that much land to feed a family of four.
thrashh 5y ago
Have you actually tried to grow stuff? I grow a lot of stuff and have for years and it’s an excessive amount of labor, you only get certain food during certain times of the year, sometimes for only for a few weeks, and that’s assuming you don’t have losses due to pests. Agriculture is best left to the professionals for feeding societies.
- xedrac 5y ago
  On the contrary. I think everyone should try growing some of their own food. It's not only great for your physical health, but your mental health too! Also having some long-term food storage and water on hand is a great way to weather unexpected circumstances. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing. It's sort of like having a generator or battery storage for backup power... If everyone had it, the whole grid (or food availability) would be a lot more resilient. Imagine if all of Ukraine's residents had plenty of food and water in their homes for the next 2 months. That would be huge.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
    Being prepared by storing two months of food and water has nothing to do with growing your own food. If your municipal water supply is compromise, the last thing you should be doing with water is pouring it on the ground.
cecilpl2 5y ago
Conservatively each person needs 1500 calories per day and that's cutting it close. That's about 2 million calories per year for 4 people. Potatoes are one of the most calorie-dense vegetables by weight and by growing space. They have 350 calories per pound, so you need 5700 pounds of potatoes to feed a family of four. A good potato yield is about 25,000 pounds per acre, so you need nearly a quarter acre of potatoes (1000 square metres) to feed your family for a year.
- vkou 5y ago
  It's also worth noting that you're not going to be in shape to do much agricultural work on 1500 calories/day.

by camdat 5y ago

mbrubeck 5y ago

Have you actually tested this in any way? How many calories/year do you grow in each square meter of your own garden? In the real world, people doing this for a living find that they need literally 100 to 1000 times that much land to feed a family of four.

thrashh 5y ago

Have you actually tried to grow stuff? I grow a lot of stuff and have for years and it’s an excessive amount of labor, you only get certain food during certain times of the year, sometimes for only for a few weeks, and that’s assuming you don’t have losses due to pests. Agriculture is best left to the professionals for feeding societies.

xedrac 5y ago
On the contrary. I think everyone should try growing some of their own food. It's not only great for your physical health, but your mental health too! Also having some long-term food storage and water on hand is a great way to weather unexpected circumstances. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing. It's sort of like having a generator or battery storage for backup power... If everyone had it, the whole grid (or food availability) would be a lot more resilient. Imagine if all of Ukraine's residents had plenty of food and water in their homes for the next 2 months. That would be huge.
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
  Being prepared by storing two months of food and water has nothing to do with growing your own food. If your municipal water supply is compromise, the last thing you should be doing with water is pouring it on the ground.

cecilpl2 5y ago

Conservatively each person needs 1500 calories per day and that's cutting it close. That's about 2 million calories per year for 4 people. Potatoes are one of the most calorie-dense vegetables by weight and by growing space. They have 350 calories per pound, so you need 5700 pounds of potatoes to feed a family of four. A good potato yield is about 25,000 pounds per acre, so you need nearly a quarter acre of potatoes (1000 square metres) to feed your family for a year.

vkou 5y ago
It's also worth noting that you're not going to be in shape to do much agricultural work on 1500 calories/day.