• M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    (EDITING TO ADD THIS IS WRONG AND I MESSED UP THE CALCULATIONS. IT SHOULD BE 40 TIMES OR SO MORE)

    Also just because this bugs me in a strange way.

    10 acres of land growing wheat produces about 600lbs of harvested wheat a year. That is about 900,000 calories a year. Even of you ate nothing but wheat gruel you would just manage enough food for one person (about 900,000 calories assuming 2500 a day).

    I think like a lot of people you have no idea the scale of farming required to feed the world. Is this why Holodomors happen?

    • Casey_Masterpiece@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think 600lbs for 10 acres is very low. That would be 1 bushel per acre. I think 30 bushels per acre is pretty low for current wheat growing areas. Just realized I could look it up and it’s in the middle 40s per acre. So 24000 lbs for 10 acres.

    • BruceDoh@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      That is an insanely low yield. You should be able to feed at least 1 person per acre with wheat. Other crops like corn and potatoes can have yields that are 2-4x larger from the perspective of calories vs. land use.

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        You are right I messed up the calculations, I still stand by 10 acres being a small farm.

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      See the problem here is you think farming means wheat. Did you know vegetable plants exist?