amount of land-

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"the average American consumes about 2000 lbs of food per year, which works out to about 5.5 lbs and 2700 calories per day–or nearly your entire body weight in food per month. Divide those daily 2700 calories by 5.5 lbs and you get 490 calories per pound of food, on average."

"model diets in the Cornell study is closest to the typical American diet to estimate the per capita area given current habits"

note- that does not produce enuf meat. u need lots of open space for cows to graze and eat grass. u also need space to grow feed for livestock.pigs will turn a small area into mud quickly.

unless u are AMISH, do not expect topnotch yeilds each and every year.the AMISH do produce more per acre than anyone else.they have been at it longer and have worked to build the soil up as well.