Re:Undying Dread: A 400-Year-Old Corpse, Locked to Its Grave
by golem14 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @02:44PM
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"It takes several acres of farm to feed one person."
I think this may be a bit high, my math may be wrong.
an acre of lentils for instance should yield about 5-8 quintals (say 500-800kg) of lentils a year. I imagine if you really care about that one acre, you may get higher yields still.
800kg of lentils would be about 2600 kcal/day for a year.
Rice would yield substantially more (but not everyone lives where rice paddies can thrive)
Now, you need to eat other stuff as well to avoid malnutrition, but if you don't have meat, 1 acre seems to be more than enough per person. If you have to (zombie apocalypse, not because it would be convenient).
Caveat: IANAF, cannot provide any agricultural advice.
I think this may be a bit high, my math may be wrong.
an acre of lentils for instance should yield about 5-8 quintals (say 500-800kg) of lentils a year. I imagine if you really care about that one acre, you may get higher yields still.
800kg of lentils would be about 2600 kcal/day for a year.
Rice would yield substantially more (but not everyone lives where rice paddies can thrive)
Corn: 1 acre yields 170 bushes / 5000kg, about 50,000 kcal/day.
Now, you need to eat other stuff as well to avoid malnutrition, but if you don't have meat, 1 acre seems to be more than enough per person. If you have to (zombie apocalypse, not because it would be convenient).
Caveat: IANAF, cannot provide any agricultural advice.