Crops can blight, animals can get diseases. I donโt know much about hydroponics but I know that bacteria are a concern. What food source is the most reliable, the least likely to produce less food than expected?
Diversity of food sources.
This is the right response, along with proper crop rotation. No magic single correct answer here will work.
I know youโre not really being serious, but it doesnโt really. I considered the logistics of this for an RP I was running and it doesnโt add up. You need way way way way more food to grow a human being than the human being provides in food when theyโre dead. At most, being very very generous, you could meet 1% of a societyโs food needs with cannibalism. And thatโs a really high estimate. Itโs really more of a special treat than a daily diet!
Theyโre making our food out of people, next thing theyโll be breeding us like cattle! for food!
This reads like a Rimworld post.
I donโt think thereโs a Rimworld community on Lemmy and Iโm not going on Reddit anymore so Iโll just throw this comment into the void and hope some fans are out there. ๐
Also in Rimworld terms the answer is corn (if monoculture) and send everyone to harvest at the first sign of blight.
But in both Rimworld and real life, a monoculture strategy isnโt sustainable. Diversifying via multiple food sources reduces your risk of disaster leading to starvation.
I was going to say hydroponic rice. It grows so quick and if anything happens itโs back up in 7 days.
The problem with corn is that it takes so long to grow that you get a wealth spike when harvesting it and if anything happens to the harvest you can be at risk of starvation.
The trick is to always keep roughly a year worth of corn stored, and only sell off the excess.
After the initial โgetting the base runningโ I usually pay merchants that accept it in corn, up to the amount where they end up giving me all their silver on top of what I wanted to buy.
@Rimworld@lemmy.world
Yeah idk how to link it. Here: https://lemmy.world/c/rimworld
My first thought when seeing the title was also Rimworld. Glad to know others are fans of the corn monopoly.
and send everyone to harvest at the first sign of blight
That sounds like a good strategy until blight happens in the middle of a massive invasion.
I still do mostly corn, but with smaller fields with gaps in between. Makes it easier to take fields out of use if I donโt need them and theyโd just be wasting work time, and I can ignore blight without losing too much if something else is going on.
Diversity is the most stable plan. Donโt put all your eggs in one basket. Get food from multiple sources.
Chicken eggs
Fish eggs
Duck eggs
Goose eggs
Quail eggs
Platypus eggs
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Profit
Likely Algae. Good luck intentionally getting less
Aeroponics, under a controlled greenhouse environment, is technically the most stable food production method, assuming you have the ability to maintain the systems supporting it, and of course a good knowledge of a particular plantโs requirements and growth habits.
Pros:
- Water Efficiency: Uses up to 98% less water compared to traditional farming.
- Space Efficiency: Can be used in vertical farming setups, making it ideal for urban areas.
- Growth Speed: Crops can grow faster due to higher oxygen levels and nutrient delivery.
- Reduced Pesticide Need: Since plants arenโt grown in soil, thereโs a lower risk of soil-borne diseases.
Aeroponics, when done correctly, can yield impressive results in terms of growth speed and resource efficiency compared to traditional farming.
Can vouch. I donโt have an aeroponic setup, but I do have a hydroponic setup. Lots of reading has led me to aeroponics, especially high pressure aeroponics (HPA), although I donโt have the means to set this up myself at the moment. Reduced water and land use plus higher yield and if you grow indoors or in a greenhouse you get less pests. Seems like the best possible option for growing food sustainably
