We see from TABLE #1 above that there is about 4.22 ACRES OF NON-CROP GROWING AREAS out of the whole 20 ACRES. So there is about 15 ACRES of space that could be used for CROP GROWING AREAS and other uses.

From TABLE #2, below, (the data for the first year of the community) we can do some arithmetic and see that there are nearly 10 acres of crops (0.87 + 6.63 + 0.47 + 0.10 + 1.92 = 9.99 ACRES).

Similiarly, from TABLE #3, below, (the data for the fifteenth year of the community) we can do some more arithmetic and we see that there are just 10 acres of crops (8.68 + 0.67 + 0.47 + 0.10 + 0.08 = 10.0 ACRES)

So if we calculate how much room we have left over from after the crop acerage is counted, from the largest acerage, 10.0 acres, we see that we have another 10 acres of non-crop space. From TABLE #1, we have 4.22 acres we must use for other things, so doing the math, we have 5.78 acres remaining for whatever the community wishes. (math: 10.0 - 4.22 = 5.78)

According to TABLE #2 (the 1st YEAR data) the food output is 4.14 pounds per person per day. TABLE #3's (15th YEAR DATA) food output is 8.94 pounds per person per day. If you have ever calulated how many pounds of vegetarian food you eat every day, it is most likely far less than these figures. However, it's better to err on the side of caution, and plan to have more than you need, rather than come up short on food. You can always give the extra food away, sell it,or as a last resort, compost it. However, we should subtract 25% of the food output to allow for: seeds that don't germinate; animals eating the seeds; bad seed; bad growing weather; etcetera. So with this figured in, there would be over 3.1 pounds of food per person per day per person (out of the 4.14 pounds calculated) and there's over 6 pounds (out of the 8.94 pounds calculated). So now the crop output doesn't seem so excessive, does it? That's still over 3 pounds to 6 pounds of food per day per person! Most people are eating a lot if they eat 3 pounds of food per day!

Even so, the community may decide that these yields are insufficient. No problem. There is still nearly 6 ACRES left over in this plan. That's plenty of space to grow more than enough extra food to ensure that there is enough food for all!

In case you are wondering, the reason the ACREAGE for the fruit trees in TABLE #2 and TABLE #3 is so different is because while these fruit trees are young (the first few years) only about 10% of their acreage area is required for them, since the roots don't need much space at this stage of their development. Also because the tree crops cast very little shade on other crops when they're young, other one-season crops can be planted much closer to them, than when these trees get older and you cannot plant other crops close to them or they will not receive sufficient sunlight, due to the shade of these trees.

After the first year the 90% of open area (mostly the fruit & nut tree acreage) will begin to shrink as the trees increase in size and yields, so the one season crops need to be scaled back proportionately, as is shown in TABLE #2 below. Also reflected in the TABLES is that the GRAPES will produce little or nothing the first year.

Also you might take note that some fruit trees live to be as much as 100 years old, while still producing abundant fruit!

TABLE #2: 1st YEAR CROPS for SAMPLE PARCEL C1

NAME of AREA	APPROXIMATE ACERAGE -- estimate -- 1st YEAR	YIELD in POUNDS /person /day	YIELD in POUNDS /person /year	YIELD in POUNDS /community/day	YIELD in POUNDS /community/year
NON-CROP AREAS	4.22	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
FRUIT & NUT TREES	0.87	0.00	00	00	00
ONE-SEASON CROPS	6.63	3.59	1,312	144	52,468
GRAPE VINEYARDS	0.47	0.05	17.30	1.90	692
HERB GARDENS	0.10	0.07	25	3	1,000
BERRY PATCHES	1.92	0.43	158	17	6,307
EXTRA SPACE	5.79	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
TOTALS:	20.00	4.14	1,512	166	60,467

TABLE #3: 15th YEAR CROPS for SAMPLE PARCEL C1

NAME of AREA	APPROXIMATE ACERAGE -- estimate -- 1st YEAR	YIELD in POUNDS /person /day	YIELD in POUNDS /person /year	YIELD in POUNDS /community/day	YIELD in POUNDS /community/year
NON-CROP AREAS	4.22	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
FRUIT & NUT TREES	8.68	7.82	2,853	313	114,131
ONE-SEASON CROPS	0.67	0.40	148	16	5,910
GRAPE VINEYARDS	0.47	0.47	173	19	6,917
HERB GARDENS	0.10	0.07	25	3	1,000
BERRY PATCHES	0.08	0.18	65	7	2,593
EXTRA SPACE	5.78	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
TOTALS:	20.00	8.94	3,264	358	130,551

You will probably have to rely heavily on the one-season crops for a while. So your one-season crops may have to sustain you for a few years, but eventually your fruit trees will start to produce big yields! Look at TABLE #7: Fruit & Nut TREES, 15 YEAR YIELD ESTIMATES. to see more specifically what kind of yields you might expect from them. Beyond that point in time, you will probably have extra fruit, which can be sold, bartered or given away!

If you wanted to gradually become a fruitarian, what more gradual way is there than this? It will take a few years for the fruit to multiply on the fruit trees, so meanwhile you eat the "vegetable" crops that you want (and/or "small fruit" crops like: melons, strawberries, cucumbers, etcetera). Then as the fruit trees gradually grow over the years, you will gradually, naturally start to eat the more plentiful fruit from the trees, as they grow up. (By the way, this is a plan that would accommodate all the foods in The Mucusless Diet Healing System.)

So now we see that we certainly do have plenty of room for high quality organic food and recreation!

The 20 acre area here, shown in PICTORIAL C1, unfortunately would not have much room for larger animals, like deer and mountain lions, although there could be places for wild animals to habitate outside the 5-acre area. However, part of the Garden of Eden concept is that by most humans living a Garden of Eden lifestyle, similar to this, much of the land that is currently being used for livestock raising (which is half the land mass of the planet), and some of the land being used for unnecessary industrial purposes, could be restored similar to the wild condition that it once was. Then wildlife may be able to flourish once again on 80% of the land on earth, leaving 10% for the Garden of Eden lifestyle and 10% for cities, as is described in the What Is the Garden of Eden Project? paper.

LINKS:
Intentional Communities Website

Footnote:
¹ The term "firmament" is a term found in the book of Genesis in the Bible. However, not much is said about it there. In the book entitled: Your First Contact, by Sheldan Nidle, the word "firmament" is described as a layer of ice 15,000 feet above the surface of the Earth, and covering the entire planet! The purpose of it was to create a "greenhouse", and as a result the entire surface of the Earth was like a tropical paradise! This undoubtedly was the time of the "Garden of Eden" mentioned in the Bible. The oceans were much smaller then because much of the water on Earth was used for the firmaments (there were actually 2 firmaments). There were no big thunderstorms like today, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, etcetera. The cause of the Great Flood was due to the destruction of the firmaments during a great war on Earth. The flood wiped out all the ancient records of our past very advanced civilizations, and so the Bible that we know today was written mostly from just memory. Much technology was also lost in the flood, so the Bible had to be hand written. That is why so very little is known about our true ancestory and past history. For more information, the book is featured at this link: Planetary Activization Organization.