How to Produce 6,000 Pounds(2720 Kilograms apprx) of
food in Small Spaces
A family that farms just 4,000 square feet of land is able to produce about 4,300 pounds of vegetables, 900 chicken and 1,000 duck eggs, 25 pounds of honey, and further poundage of seasonal fruits on their 4,000 square-foot postage stamp of land just outside the southern California’s sprawling megalopolis. Beyond providing food for themselves, the family makes about $20,000 per year by selling their produce from their front porch.”
That kind of productivity would rival any highly mechanized, GMO-seeded, chemical fertilized Big farm field. That the family was able to reap such an extraordinary harvest from a tenth of an acre is actually the status quo where farmers really know what they’re doing. Especially when they avoid many of the pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers and GMOs of modern farming.
Every member of the family pitches on to make sure every square inch of their land produces as much as possible. In addition, beyond simply producing their own organic food, the Dervaes family is living almost totally off the grid. Many of the gadgets they use are hand-powered, and what isn’t hand powered gets energy from solar panels, which leads to power bills that max out at about $12 per month. They also don’t burn any fossil fuels, as their car is powered by biodiesel produced from used cooking fat—which restaurants deliver to their doorstep.”
The real secret here is that a focused effort applied with the ancient wisdom about how to till the land and enrich the soil can go a long way. This family have proven that farming can still be highly productive when you know the tricks of the trade and the land is genuinely respected.
food in Small Spaces
That kind of productivity would rival any highly mechanized, GMO-seeded, chemical fertilized Big farm field. That the family was able to reap such an extraordinary harvest from a tenth of an acre is actually the status quo where farmers really know what they’re doing. Especially when they avoid many of the pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers and GMOs of modern farming.
Every member of the family pitches on to make sure every square inch of their land produces as much as possible. In addition, beyond simply producing their own organic food, the Dervaes family is living almost totally off the grid. Many of the gadgets they use are hand-powered, and what isn’t hand powered gets energy from solar panels, which leads to power bills that max out at about $12 per month. They also don’t burn any fossil fuels, as their car is powered by biodiesel produced from used cooking fat—which restaurants deliver to their doorstep.”
The real secret here is that a focused effort applied with the ancient wisdom about how to till the land and enrich the soil can go a long way. This family have proven that farming can still be highly productive when you know the tricks of the trade and the land is genuinely respected.
Conclusion
Many farmers, both small organic and Big Agriculture, have recognized that the rules have been changing. The nation is entering a period where self sufficiency and independence from corporate farming could become useful.
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