TIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acre
TIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acre
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Other factors besides calories per square-whatever-an-acre is, is how much fertiliser, how often does the land need to rest.
It does empty the ground of some nutrients. I love them and grew up on a small potato farm.24 0 ReplyLand should never rest/fallow, especially if it's tilled. All you end up doing is burning off soil organic matter and adding weeds to your seedbank.
Rotational cropping is a must, preferably with a legume
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4 0 ReplyIf you mix potatoes the only big thing you're missing is protein. Otherwise they have a pretty good mix of every other vitamin.
There's pretty much no food that compares.
3 0 ReplyYou could mix that with a protein complete food like lentils
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