We do not get much in this article except propaganda.
Yet it addresses two key facts and that is that it is possible to produce 6000 pounds on one tenth of an acre or 4500 square feet. Of course this is with nearly a year round growing season in which the fallow season is around two months. with water solved there is two and three cycles available for a lot of plants.
We do not see it at all but one also assumes trees are also optimized here.
Yet this is still an awful lot of production and with small animals he is surely also producing and recycling a lot of plant waste as well as feed..
We do not see it at all but one also assumes trees are also optimized here.
Yet this is still an awful lot of production and with small animals he is surely also producing and recycling a lot of plant waste as well as feed..
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Inspiring Urban Farm Grows an Astonishing Three Tons of Produce a Year on a Mere 1/10 of an Acre
Carolanne Wright
https://wakeup-world.com/2013/03/13/inspiring-urban-farm-grows-an-astonishing-three-tons-of-produce-a-year-on-a-mere-110-of-an-acre/?utm_campaign=Wake+Up+World+e-Newsletter&utm_content=Latest+Headlines+inc.+7+Facts+About+Depression+That+Will+Blow+You+Away&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse
With food prices steadily rising over
the last several years, by as much as five percent, families are scaling
back and going without many staples just to put a meal on the table. Or
worse, resorting to ‘bargains’ like fast food specials, subsidized SNAP
junk food or just plain instant noodles to fill a hungry belly.
We have reached the point where
self-sufficiency is not a luxury any longer, it’s a real necessity. In
response, many are carving out a small homestead niche, even in the
middle of lively cities. An encouraging example is found with a
micro-farm in the heart of Southern California.
The downward spiral of dwindling food supplies
It isn’t much of a stretch to see our
food dollars are shrinking. A combination of droughts, erratic weather
patterns and astronomical fuel costs have all contributed to an inflated
food bill. The use of GMO seeds isn’t helping the matter either with
horrible crop yields. Couple this with a nose dive of world economies
and we have a recipe for wide spread shortages of quality, nutritious
food. Individuals are waking up to these realities and taking matters
into their own hands — not only growing their own food, but removing
themselves from the grid as much as possible, even within the bounds of a
bustling city. A shining model of exceptional self-sufficiency,
survival and ecological action is the Urban Homestead.
The path to freedom
The tale begins in the mid-1980s when
Jules Dervaes sold his property in rural Florida to head west and
purchase a ramshackle fixer-upper in a low income Southern California
neighborhood. Over the course of several decades, the property was
transformed into a self-sufficient garden of Eden, providing over 6,000
pounds of fresh produce annually using sustainable, eco-friendly
practices. As an authentic farm, chickens, ducks, dwarf rabbits and
pygmy goats roam the property. Bees are also kept as well as an aquaponic pond with tilapia fish. The homestead embraces the following practices:
Garden
– Growing 99 percent of produce
– Saving seeds
– Companion planting
– Intensive growing methods
– Polyculture/intercropping
– Composting
Food
– Handmade bread, cheese, butter and yogurt
– Canning and drying
– Sprouting, fermenting and brewing
– Buying organic, in bulk and locally
Water and Energy Conservation
– Grey water for landscape
– Clay pot irrigation
– Solar outdoor shower
– Growing food not grass — edible landscaping
– Bottom water bed irrigation
– 12 solar panels
– Rechargeable batteries
– Solar and cob ovens
The farm also offers an abundance of
resources for other aspiring homegrown revolutionaries through their
website, presentations, workshops, film screenings and eco-events. More
information can be found here.
In order to avert massive food shortages
and environmental disintegration, it’s our responsibility to take the
initiative. Now is the time to create mini-havens of fresh food and
sustainability. As observed by Dervaes, “Let’s face it. Our world is in
deep, deep trouble and we are the ‘troublemakers.’ We have to make real,
difficult changes yesterday. Despite the obvious benefits, we are not
going to recycle, compost, or talk our way out of this. Our leaders,
being politicians, are not leaders at all but are bound to be followers,
who just won’t be there for us in a crisis. So, it’s up to me and you
to make the choice of becoming responsible stewards of the earth.”
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