ACRES OF NEW ENGLAND FARMLAND This table shows the acres needed for New England to achieve the varying degrees of selfsufficiency described on page 61, for its 2060 projected population of 17,000,000 residents.
New England 1. ALL ACRES NEEDED Grown In New Enlgand
Grown Outside of New Enlgand
2. SELF-SUFFICIENCY Grown In New Enlgand
3. SELF-RELIANCE
Grown Outside of Grown In New Enlgand New Enlgand
Grown Outside of New Enlgand
CROPLAND
Vegetables
Green & Leafy Veggies
35,000
35,000
35,000
Orange & Red Veggies
147,000
147,000
147,000
Starchy Veggies
198,000
198,000
198,000
Other Veggies
120,000
120,000
120,000
Dry Beans, Soybeans, & Peas
303,000
303,000
803,000
Total
Field Fruits
Temporate Fruits
91,000
Tropical Fruits
803,000
182,000
91,000
182,000
91,000
91,000
Toal
91,000
Wheat
784,000
784,000
313,600
87,000
87,000
87,000
47,000
172,124
47,000
247,000
247,000
98,800
148,200
655,000
655,000
262,000
393,000
Corn Rice Grains for Human Oats Consumption Grain for Bear
58,000
Grain for Veg Oil Total Supp. Feed Grain Animal Feed
91,000
303,000
803,000
58,000
1,820,000
1,945,124
808,400
1,637,000
1,637,000
1,637,000
Hay for Dairy Cows
600,000
600,000
600,000
Hay for Beef Cows
600,000
600,000
600,000
Hay for Sheep & Goats
120,000
120,000
120,000
2,957,000
2,957,000
2,957,000
Dairy Cows
1,760,000
1,760,000
1,760,000
Beef Cows
1,600,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
240,000
240,000
240,000
3,600,000
3,600,000
3,600,000
530,000
265,000
530,000
265,000
Total
470,400
PASTURE
Animal Pasture Sheep & Goats Other Livestock Total
ORCHARD Orchard
Temporate Fruits
265,000
Tropical Fruits
265,000
Total
TOTAL FARMLAND REQUIRED: Cropland Pasture Orchard Total
62
265,000
1. ALL ACRES NEEDED
2. SELF-SUFFICIENCY
3. SELF-RELIANCE
5,671,000
5,887,124
3,677,200
3,600,000
3,600,000
3,600,000
265,000
530,000
265,000
9,536,000
10,017,124
7,542,200
FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
265,000