Food self-sufficiency for 9 people on 10 acres, what would you do?

Kathleen
👍🏿.  I agree, but want to add one thing:  the quality of the animal protein depends on what the animal’s diet was.

I doubt that commercial feedlot operations in the USA that produce beef and chicken (and dairy) would provide adequate nutrition for a healthy human population.  Especially for young people growing the bodies that will determine their quality of life and health to last their whole lives, and old people like me whose digestive systems develop plenty of idiosyncrasies, and have greater nutritional needs.

Elaine Ingham did fascinating research in New Zealand on health of the soil determining health of the dairy herds that grazed the pastures on various soil health (diversity of soil food web).

I can’t remember right now the author, but “Soil, Grass, Cancer” published in the 50s makes the same connection between comparative health of populations eating food produced on various soils.

Andre Voisin was that author😊