21 Feb Sat 2009
Calling all farmers!
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
It is great to see someone else on Local Harvest that is central CA! We are organic pistachio growers in Madera. I noticed that you carry pistachios in your CSA? Let me know if you want affordable, local, fresh organic nuts. Here is a link to our store on LH. http://www.localharvest.org/store/M21677. Good luck with your business!