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How to Grow 4,400 Pounds of Food a Year in the Backyard

How to Grow 4,400 Pounds of Food a Year in the Backyard
A woman harvests home-grown tomatoes from her garden. Getty Images
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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A vegan family of four, without any gardening experience, can grow all of their own food for a year using 1/20th of an acre.

That’s 4,400 pounds of food per year, grown in six garden beds using the “predictable” and formulaic Mittleider gardening system, said Lucinda Bailey, co-founder of seed bank company Texas Ready.
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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