Anybody interested in exploring this may enjoy a series of shows from the BBC on farming using the technology available at various points in time. The first ser

Anybody interested in exploring this may enjoy a series of shows from the BBC on farming using the technology available at various points in time. The first series is called "Tales from the Green Valley" and uses 17th century tech [0]. There are many practical concerns related to timing and food storage which are not considered in the original article which you can learn about in this series. The followup, Victorian Farm [1], demonstrates how much of a force multiplier industrialization is, but also shows how capital intensive the machinery is, and it becomes pretty obvious why large scale industrial farms are the end state for feeding people at scale. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Green_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Green_Valley [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Farm