<story><title>How much garden you would need to survive on</title><url>https://lifehacker.com/how-much-garden-you-would-need-to-100-survive-on-1848829190</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>syntaxing</author><text>I thought about this a lot during the peak of the pandemic. How much would you need to grow to not need to go to the grocery stores. But then I noticed, even for myself, if I eat 1 potato every meal, that’s over 1K potatoes a year. That’s a shit ton of potatoes. Include veggies, fruits, grain for chicken to make eggs, it’s really really tough to survive on your own garden. Makes me really appreciate our current food system.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>0_____0</author><text>People do it in parts of the world, generally referred to as &amp;#x27;subsistence farming&amp;#x27; and not considered a desirable situation&lt;p&gt;I think it&amp;#x27;s really awesome for people to grow their own food but at the same time we need to have our eyes open - industrial ag is the backbone of our civilization, our way of life, and our freedom to do anything else with our time is dependent on it.&lt;p&gt;There are home gardeners out there who tout how much of their food they grow but curiously never seem to address that the bulk of their calories come from your industrial staple grains and starches.</text></comment>
<story><title>How much garden you would need to survive on</title><url>https://lifehacker.com/how-much-garden-you-would-need-to-100-survive-on-1848829190</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>syntaxing</author><text>I thought about this a lot during the peak of the pandemic. How much would you need to grow to not need to go to the grocery stores. But then I noticed, even for myself, if I eat 1 potato every meal, that’s over 1K potatoes a year. That’s a shit ton of potatoes. Include veggies, fruits, grain for chicken to make eggs, it’s really really tough to survive on your own garden. Makes me really appreciate our current food system.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fbdab103</author><text>Not a farmer but, I think potato yields are such that is achievable if you were dedicated to the task.&lt;p&gt;According to[0], a hectare (100m x 100m) should yield 25,000kg in a year. That&amp;#x27;s a whole heck of a lot of potatoes.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;savvycalculator.com&amp;#x2F;potato-yield-calculator&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;savvycalculator.com&amp;#x2F;potato-yield-calculator&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>