MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoOther 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.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoLand 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
minus-squareRyumast3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf 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.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou could mix that with a protein complete food like lentils
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.
Land 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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If 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.
You could mix that with a protein complete food like lentils