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Originally Posted by Richard
For someone to grow all of their food is a difficult task with no assistance. The statistics from Cornell are: - Amateurs at agriculture - 5 acres per person, 7 people minimum; a total of 35 acres.
- Persons with at least 2 years of agriculture college - 3 acres per person, 5 people minimum; a total of 15 acres.
- Experienced, expert agriculturists - one and a third acres per person, 3 people; a total of 4 acres.
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When I was getting my bachelor's the figure we were told was 900 sqft. But that is in my part of the world where you can grow all year. We actually had to plan the garden out for a year. Its pretty intense to do as it requires a lot of relay cropping and intercropping. A bunch of bananas has 10000 calories, roughly. I think the 100 plants behind my house yield 2 million calories per year on 1/6 Acre. I could definitely grow greens and calabaza in the middles. If I had coconuts that would be a good protein source. I could live out of my backyard. I just wouldnt get much meat.