JillOfAllTrades [she/her]

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  • JillOfAllTrades [she/her]
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    toagricultureNuts as Staple Foods
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    4 days 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