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0 pointsfra3h ago0 comments

France, USA, Australia to name 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_food_self...).

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You can't just use percentages for this kind of thing.

Barring a very good cause that the vast majority of the population can get behind, there will be riots when the bananas and coffee disappear.

We grow enough in our garden that I could probably reach "100%" pretty easily if shit hit the fan, but I'm about tired of eating radish greens right now even that being related to a national crisis.

phainopepla22h ago

In the case of something like a world war, which is the type of scenario we're talking about here, I think people would begrudgingly accept that bananas and coffee are unavailable or very expensive.

pardon_me1h ago

I'll die before I go without my curvy yellow lumps of mush.

fwip53m ago

I've heard it usually takes at least an acre to grow enough food to feed a single family.

jijijijij2h ago

1. That's almost 20 years old data. 2. That's just calories.

Here's more recent data: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4

Appears to me, like neither country is fully self-sufficient.

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