Will Soldiers Have to Use Private Ins?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Fruits and grains take a lot of area to produce a substantial crop. Grains have to be milled in substantial quantity to make it economical.

That's why I said maybe, I am not well versed on growing grains and fruits along with the economics of it.

Buildings have to reinforced to carry the load of soil, unless you're not doing some sort of expensive hydroponic deal.

Yup, that's a problem as of now but urban agriculture will not be widespread in one sweep, if ever. Buildings will naturally be rebuilt and restructured so in the future they can be designed to handle the extra load.

And growing in buildings? Have to ever compared a garden tomato with hothouse grown?

No, but I know people will be working their asses off to lessen the disparity. Its always a possibility that can be used in the future.

Rooftop/vacant lot growing of in-season veggies is a good idea, but will never be more than a supplement to the normal food supply.

A full replacement was never the idea. Urban agriculture can make an impact with food production and if real problems do occur in the future, diet changes are a possibility, making urban agriculture even more efficient. What people eat is largely dependent on what is available. If locally grown foods become more available and foreign grown foods become less available, people will start eating locally grown foods, making urban agriculture more significant.

We have no idea how our food production setup will be in 100 years, but having a homegrown source can never be bad. Not to mention the multiple other benefits from urban agriculture that has nothing to do with food production.

Our success with feeding over 300 million people is based on Mother Nature wiping out a crop over here doesn't devastate us because we're growing more over there.

True, but how does urban agriculture go against that? If we have crops growing in 100 cities across the United States, I don't think availability of certain foods will be a problem.