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At December 20, 2001 3:16 AM
Richard Archer wrote:


The question then is... can a person survive on the meat from say 3 or
4 sheep per year plus some vegetables. My guess is... yes, but only just.

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In Denmark there would also be fish and shellfish  and game (there are many red deer), 
and waterfowl  (migratory birds - ducks, geese).  And the rainworms and frogs  ;-)
In older times some  poor people lived primarily of the fish they caught , plus the vegetables
they grew themselves (mainly potatoes , onions , cabbage and  kale)

Roughly half of the farmed land in Denmark is used for barley, which is fed to pigs
-along with imported fodder (pig population 11 millions - twice the number of people!)

Vegetables :  200 square meters produces a lot of vegetables - I think enough for 
one person - especially if you grow white potatoes.

You can survive on  "some vegetables"  and no meat at all !  - although I wouldnt like to do so.  

  

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