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Reserve farms are often family-owned and generational, some having existed for thousands of years. They are small and sometimes specialize in a specific crop.
 
Reserve farms are often family-owned and generational, some having existed for thousands of years. They are small and sometimes specialize in a specific crop.
  
Before the shift to hydropinics, the Foundation experimented with [[#Terraforming:Non-System or Pre-System|farm worlds]] that were entire planets devoted to growing crops.
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Before the shift to hydropinics, the Foundation experimented with [[Wikipedia:Terraforming#Non-System or Pre-System|farm worlds]] that were entire planets devoted to growing crops.
  
 
==In the Unity Earth Sphere Alliance==
 
==In the Unity Earth Sphere Alliance==
 
The [[Alliance]] takes a much more hands-off approach to food production, allowing each member nation to provide for itself along whatever lines it deems fit. This can
 
The [[Alliance]] takes a much more hands-off approach to food production, allowing each member nation to provide for itself along whatever lines it deems fit. This can

Revision as of 21:50, 22 June 2010

In the Gudersnipe Foundation

A move was made early on in the Foundation's history to get away from traditional farming techniques, to avoid heavy reliance on crops grown in the ground. This created sanitation issues, required careful land managment, and on the whole left the food supply to the fickle whims of nature.

Instead, as of the early Third Age, crops were grown hydroponically indoors, negating the need for traditional methods. Growing food in soild eventually became known as "dirt farming" or "growing things in the dirt".

However, this knowledge was felt vital to preserve, and reserve farms were established. The primary goal of these organizations was education; students from schools took field trips, and citizens were encouraged to go and understand what was invovled in growing crops in the dirt.

The reserve farms are not responsible for the food supply, but rather a living knowledge-base for preservation of farming techniques. In the event of some sort of cataclysm, people will be around who still know how to make things grow. They provide less than 5% of the total food supply, and recieve grants from the Foundation to ensure their continued survival even when crops fail.

Reserve farms are often family-owned and generational, some having existed for thousands of years. They are small and sometimes specialize in a specific crop.

Before the shift to hydropinics, the Foundation experimented with farm worlds that were entire planets devoted to growing crops.

In the Unity Earth Sphere Alliance

The Alliance takes a much more hands-off approach to food production, allowing each member nation to provide for itself along whatever lines it deems fit. This can