Re Rustica

FA Farm of Washington State just wrote in their blog that they estimate farmers can feed, on average, 5 people per acre. 

We love the thought - let us farmers do a bit better than 5 people per acre, though. How about a friendly competition between us - and whatever other farms on LH want to join in?

How much food can we produce on a trial 1/5 acre?

We can all track how many calories and grams of protein we can produce in 1/5 acre, with bonus points for growing without irrigation, fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. We'll all share our techniques and maybe learn something.

If we manage to get more than 1 person's needs met, we'll have done a good thing.

Besides offering a chance for everyonen to improve their averages, it'd be interesting to learn whether we could all produce similar quantities of food over a 12 month period despite differences in climate.

Let us know if you're interested! 559-977-7539

Everyone needs a hug sometimes.  Today, our goose with no hat came up and asked to be picked up and hugged.  After she got her fill, she told us she wanted down and wandered off to join her friends.