Pretty interesting lecture series here. Trees are less fragile than grain-yielding grasses, not vulnerable to weeds. Nuts are a high-calorie food, so why not get bulk calories from nut-orchards instead of fields of broadacre crops?

  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=CJpitVC4mzs
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=vINVDKJQKcU
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=N862oye1HTY
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=y1NB1O7sLMs
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZzT6lF2Fjc
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=3PWjMQllTpo
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=IsW0icwlnuo
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpTXVWmv4I8
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=ErgHXYIJidU
  • https://youtube.com/watch?v=E73t7DU6zZI
    • JillOfAllTrades [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Nuts are significantly more land intensive per calorie than grains

      I don't really agree.

      Grains

      • Call oats 4 t/ha, 389 kcal/100g
      • Call rice 3.9 t/ha, 129 kcal/100g
      • Call wheat 3.5 t/ha, 389 kcal/100g

      Nuts

      • Chestnuts get 8 t/ha – https://www.fao.org/4/Y4351E/y4351e0c.htm – and have about 196 kcal/100g
      • Almonds get 4 t/ha – https://www.permaculturenews.org/2012/02/25/perennial-staple-crops-of-the-world/ – and have a mighty 578 kcal/100g
      • Hazelnuts get 2.27 t/ha (2000lb/acre is conservative) and have 628 kcal/100g

      Ranking in kcal/m²/year

      • Almond 2312
      • Chestnut 1568
      • Oats 1556
      • Hazelnut 1426
      • Wheat 1152
      • Rice 503