How Much Food Can You Grow on 1 Acre
This weekend nosotros decided to be washed for the flavor. We withal have produce in the ground, and nosotros plan to harvest what we can and have given away some veggies to family, friends and loyal customers, but we are also tired and set up to movement into planning style for next season. We learned a ton most what it takes to be urban farmers and just how much could be grown on less than 5,000 sq. ft. Actually, our calculations are going to be slightly off since we didn't account for all the food we enjoyed (and continue to enjoy) throughout the flavor. Here's a cursory snapshot…
Sales goal: $5,000
Actual: $iv,637 (if you extrapolate this out to cover a i acre plot, the income potential is about $42,000….totally unscientific, just interesting nonetheless)
So, you lot may be wondering how could two people afford to live on that? This income represents what we earned working part-time (nigh twenty hours/week) on the farm. We both work full-fourth dimension right at present, simply the program is to eventually subcontract full-fourth dimension. Of course, the amount of money nosotros tin can earn farming will likely pale in comparing to what our day jobs bring in. We intend to significantly scale back our lives, grow our ain nutrient and supply our own sustenance through the food we produce.
Where nosotros sold (in gild of sales book)
- Lakewood Farmers Market place: xiv Saturdays (well-nigh l% of sales)
- Restaurants and CSA programs: Fat Cats, Bar Cento, The Root Cafe, Farm Share (thirty%)
- Friends CSA: 26 weeks of choice-ups (20%)
Best sellers
- Lettuce – 18% of sales
- Arugula – 15%
- Radishes – 13%
The in a higher place are the quick cycle, high margin crops, so this result is not also surprising. However, given the summer rut, we did stop up composting a few beds of lettuce, so this effigy could have been a bit higher had we been able to sell everything we grew.
Plans for adjacent twelvemonth
We are eagerly looking forward to side by side flavor (after some much needed rest!). Part of the goal this flavour was to decide whether we want to continue down this path towards beingness full-time farmers. We are encouraged past what we were able to accomplish this season and intend to continue, hopefully with additional growing space side by side year. Collaborating with other area farmers has been great for our learning curve and also motivating. Those who are working to transform vacant metropolis lots into thriving agricultural landscapes accept a beautiful vision of growing real nutrient for local people. We are happy to be among this grouping. While we have much to learn, we are hopeful that this trend towards homegrown will lead to healthier and more vibrant communities. Based on our feel, demand outweighs supply, so at that place is a demand for more farmers. Know your farmer, know your food….
Source: https://baybranchfarm.com/1188/so-just-how-much-food-can-you-grow-on-18th-acre/
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