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by antisthenes 595 days ago
Depends, as soon as you get into the exurbs where plots of land range from 1 to 5 acres, you can start growing a significant % of your caloric needs on your land.

Not with lettuce or fruits, of course, but with potatoes/beans and gourds likely.

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Sure you can but that’s not necessarily what people with large lawns are going for. Also a lot of the areas like that are completely unsuitable for growing food
That's true.

I'm told farming is very hard work though, especially without machines.