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What is the most stable food production method? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Crops can blight, animals can get diseases. I don't know much about hydroponics but I know that bacteria are a concern. What food source is the most reliable, the least likely to produce less food than expected?

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was going to say hydroponic rice. It grows so quick and if anything happens it's back up in 7 days.

The problem with corn is that it takes so long to grow that you get a wealth spike when harvesting it and if anything happens to the harvest you can be at risk of starvation.

[–] aard@kyu.de 2 points 1 year ago

The trick is to always keep roughly a year worth of corn stored, and only sell off the excess.

After the initial 'getting the base running' I usually pay merchants that accept it in corn, up to the amount where they end up giving me all their silver on top of what I wanted to buy.