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Garden Master
Should we be starting a thread about gardening for all our food needs?
The USDA has newer information on food consumption but it's cups per person per day. That doesn't make much sense for gardening. Here is a link on annual food consumption by the pound: Table 13-7. Per capita consumption of major food commodities . It's a 10 page per file but printed data so a quick download.
What can a garden produce? Here is a short pdf file: Small Plot and Intensive Gardening from Purdue University.
I think they may help understand food requirements and the capability of our self-sufficient gardener.
Steve
The USDA has newer information on food consumption but it's cups per person per day. That doesn't make much sense for gardening. Here is a link on annual food consumption by the pound: Table 13-7. Per capita consumption of major food commodities . It's a 10 page per file but printed data so a quick download.
What can a garden produce? Here is a short pdf file: Small Plot and Intensive Gardening from Purdue University.
I think they may help understand food requirements and the capability of our self-sufficient gardener.
Steve