T-A-Wycoff
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy4irmc wrote
Reply to comment by ta137885532266888 in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
Ally Cropping provides about 75% as much grain as a standard field with other harvests available at other times of the year, an agroforest has lots of small harvests that provide food in the long term for small communities.
The forest provides habitat for edible wildlife, and fungus that store up calories over time
The other thing is that a mature forest produces a larger harvest the an annual field becuse of the larger photosynthetic surface. The trees are big and tall they catch more light from less space and create a matrix to grow food. Kinda like a tent compared to a sky scrapper.
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy4hzv6 wrote
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T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2xu6b wrote
Reply to comment by lurninandlurkin in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
I am really interested in wattel trees, I think they have a potential to be a big cash crop
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2xqnp wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Heat1513 in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
Oh ic tizz a clout boi
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2wqgz wrote
Reply to comment by lurninandlurkin in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
I bet it grows fast their, are the soft woods hybrid poplar?
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2wcio wrote
Reply to comment by stenops in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
They actually do look up hybrid poplar and arbavorial green giant
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2wamr wrote
Reply to comment by lurninandlurkin in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
Hmm I try to plant native trees, but one crop I grow for its high value alone is goji berry
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2w4ke wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Heat1513 in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
Well what can house more people tents or skyscrapers?
T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iye4e5a wrote
Reply to comment by OliverSparrow in Agroforestry is the future of national security by T-A-Wycoff
Quite to the contrary the poster of this comment is very wrong you can in fact eat many trees you can eat the inner bark of many trees you can eat the leafs and early seed pods of many trees many trees produce grain and calories at the same rate of barley or rye.
This is before any improvement work is done.
There are fruit trees that produce large amounts of sugars good for flavoring and cooking, there are trees that produce edible seeds like beech walnut acorn hackberry and many more, there are trees that produce edible leaves like mulberry, redbub, and cedar.
Bigger plants make more energy more energy means more food.
Even wood can be turned into a sustainable source of protein and fat by using it to feed fungi or insects.
Also fire doesn't kill forests that are cared for properly, every forest type protects itself in different ways, if you trees burn or die it is simply becuse you used the wrong type of trees
Classic farming is something that you can only put a little effort in because the system is small, with agroforestry you can continue to get sustainable sources of food through the whole year at only the cost of effort 👌