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With everything spinning out of control. Total collapse of the world's economy until things get better how much land is needed for a self sufficient farm to feed 5 people.
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If you want to be completely self sufficient and grow 100% of what you eat you will need about 30 acres for 5 people as you will need about 10 acres for livestock to graze rotationally (you make 1/2 acre paddocks and move the animals from paddock to paddock so they do not kill the pasture and the pasture is allow to grow) about 10 acres for hay. 10 acres for grain production. you will need at least 3/4 of a acre for a house and a couple of barns and 2 acres for fruit trees, nut trees, brambles, vegetables, etc..
If you start using nearby local farmers for your grain, hay and meat you can cut the land down to about 5 acres. And it will be essential in the coming years that all of us have local sources for food so do the locavore thing and make it a habit to buy local from nearby farm and farmers markets.
And know if you are just starting a farm and have never grown food for yourself for survival you will make mistakes the first 3 to 5 years as you learn how to grow for yourself which is why it is essential to have other food sources you can trust. I make my living growing food for direct sale to my customers. I learned long ago I cannot produce everything I like to eat so I use other nearby farms for dairy products (raw milk) eggs, grain, soap, beef, pork, lamb. I grow my own chickens for meat and I grow 98% the produce I eat year round. it is not the easiest way to get food but it is a good trade for knowing exactly where my food came from and how it was grown and the quality is about 100x better than industrial food
You might want to get a copy of the book 5 Acres and Independence. I do not remember the author's name but you can find it on amazon and likely at your local library
Also take a look at my blog which has a lot information you can use and lots of links with even more information you can use from other blogs about homesteading, buying local, growing food, etc..
http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com
If you want to be completely self sufficient and grow 100% of what you eat you will need about 30 acres for 5 people as you will need about 10 acres for livestock to graze rotationally (you make 1/2 acre paddocks and move the animals from paddock to paddock so they do not kill the pasture and the pasture is allow to grow) about 10 acres for hay. 10 acres for grain production. you will need at least 3/4 of a acre for a house and a couple of barns and 2 acres for fruit trees, nut trees, brambles, vegetables, etc..
If you start using nearby local farmers for your grain, hay and meat you can cut the land down to about 5 acres. And it will be essential in the coming years that all of us have local sources for food so do the locavore thing and make it a habit to buy local from nearby farm and farmers markets.
And know if you are just starting a farm and have never grown food for yourself for survival you will make mistakes the first 3 to 5 years as you learn how to grow for yourself which is why it is essential to have other food sources you can trust. I make my living growing food for direct sale to my customers. I learned long ago I cannot produce everything I like to eat so I use other nearby farms for dairy products (raw milk) eggs, grain, soap, beef, pork, lamb. I grow my own chickens for meat and I grow 98% the produce I eat year round. it is not the easiest way to get food but it is a good trade for knowing exactly where my food came from and how it was grown and the quality is about 100x better than industrial food
You might want to get a copy of the book 5 Acres and Independence. I do not remember the author's name but you can find it on amazon and likely at your local library
Also take a look at my blog which has a lot information you can use and lots of links with even more information you can use from other blogs about homesteading, buying local, growing food, etc..
http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com
Who do you think should be blamed when 72% of the students fail a class? The professor or the students?
And this happens at one of the 100 world's best universities.
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Depends on the course. Another poster mentioned something called "weed out" courses. These are courses that are pre-requisites for highly demanding majors. An example is organic chemistry for science/pre-med students. A LOT of students do not pass that class, and yet the material can NOT be dumbed down, because in order to advance within those sciences, you HAVE to know that material well - not in comparison to other students in the class, but in comparison to what I'll call "the book". You either know the stuff, or you do not, and if you do not, you do not belong in that field. Period.
That's what a weed out class is, and in such a class, I wouldn't be shocked if a high percentage of students did not pass.
That doesn't mean you can't get help to learn the material, though. Most unis have tutoring centers and etc. for exactly this reason. But thing is, it's up to the student to use the resources the uni provides. If you're in a class you're not doing well in, and the prof is not able/willing to give you the help you need, you need to find another resource - and that's usually done via the tutoring center.
So is this the fault of the prof or the student? I'd dare say both. No matter what sort of class this is, if you, as the student, are in it and failing, it's up to you to find out what resources are available to you and use them. That could include forming a study group with other students, using prof. office hours to review work, hiring a tutor via the tutoring center, and etc. This is especially true if you're stuck in a class with a prof who is famous for failing students - either you drop that class if you can find a prof who's a better match for you (and retake it next term with that better prof), or you work your arse off to pass it.
Are there crappy profs who just like to fail people? I'd imagine so, but I've never actually met one. Usually, when a prof is failing a significant number of students, there's a real reason behind that.
And you can ask why you failed an assignment, and what he was looking for. And if you can't get that answer from the prof, you go to a tutor.
Depends on the course. Another poster mentioned something called "weed out" courses. These are courses that are pre-requisites for highly demanding majors. An example is organic chemistry for science/pre-med students. A LOT of students do not pass that class, and yet the material can NOT be dumbed down, because in order to advance within those sciences, you HAVE to know that material well - not in comparison to other students in the class, but in comparison to what I'll call "the book". You either know the stuff, or you do not, and if you do not, you do not belong in that field. Period.
That's what a weed out class is, and in such a class, I wouldn't be shocked if a high percentage of students did not pass.
That doesn't mean you can't get help to learn the material, though. Most unis have tutoring centers and etc. for exactly this reason. But thing is, it's up to the student to use the resources the uni provides. If you're in a class you're not doing well in, and the prof is not able/willing to give you the help you need, you need to find another resource - and that's usually done via the tutoring center.
So is this the fault of the prof or the student? I'd dare say both. No matter what sort of class this is, if you, as the student, are in it and failing, it's up to you to find out what resources are available to you and use them. That could include forming a study group with other students, using prof. office hours to review work, hiring a tutor via the tutoring center, and etc. This is especially true if you're stuck in a class with a prof who is famous for failing students - either you drop that class if you can find a prof who's a better match for you (and retake it next term with that better prof), or you work your arse off to pass it.
Are there crappy profs who just like to fail people? I'd imagine so, but I've never actually met one. Usually, when a prof is failing a significant number of students, there's a real reason behind that.
And you can ask why you failed an assignment, and what he was looking for. And if you can't get that answer from the prof, you go to a tutor.
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