It's difficult to tell because we've managed to sell a lot of it, but I'd say the 4ish acres we've got would easily supply all our veg needs - year-round if we had storage, albeit with much more given over to potatoes because I've no idea what to do with grain crops. We've only cultivated one plot of 25X30m this year and already we've had more 2nds veg than we know what to do with! The issue is fertility, traction and then all the other needs of housing, clothing etc, if we're looking at it from a subsistence pov. And we'd need a cow of course - https://threeacresandacow.co.uk/
The frustration is knowing all that's possible to do on the land but practically impossible because capitalism demands that its needs are met first & foremost. There's a project we might be part of to grow flax on part of the field (we'd have it as a green manure crop bringing in a new plot from pasture) as part of a university project. They tout the 'commercial' possibilities, and flax was indeed a big part of the local economy here not so long ago. But nowadays, competing against international markets for cotton, not to mention nylon, polyester, elastane etc when we'd have to ret it in a pond, separate the fibres, card it, spin it, dye it, weave it? You're 'avin' a larf mate! Unless some local artisan wants to make hypoallergenic underwear for £100 a go...
Still, if the skills can be kept alive for saner times to come, maybe that has value in itself.
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