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Q&A A semi-habitable Mars and the differences between the plains and the craters

I'm developing a world based on a terraformed Mars, which was cut off from interstellar society and regressed to a pre-industrial level of technology. Mars has an ocean, but most of the settled peo...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Geraintosaurus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Geraintosaurus‭

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Q&A Is it possible to farm in a swamp?

In my world they live in a swamp similar to the Okeefenokee swamp in Georgia. My question is, would it be possible to farm certain plants like wild rice, milkweed, and lilypads in these conditions?...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by BloodyNightStalker‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by BloodyNightStalker‭

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Q&A Feasibility of Giant Rodents as Food

In my setting there is a civilization that has a decisive advantage in a fundamentally agrarian world; it is consistently more efficient in its choices of crops and livestock. Rodents reproduce fa...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by NixonCranium‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by NixonCranium‭

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Q&A Could Megapodes be a Superior Food Source than Chicken?

The Megapodes are a family of birds in the galliformes order. They live primarily in Australia and are notable in being extremely precocial and laying more eggs than any other bird. They build larg...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by NixonCranium‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by NixonCranium‭

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Q&A Would 5 years be long enough for a small society to start producing a surplus of food?

Would a community of around 300 people be able to start producing plentiful food in ~5 years post a civil war and plague? They were an isolated quite wealthy community, in a sub-tropical area, mai...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Elfie‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Elfie‭

Question society flora farming
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Q&A Environment/Ecosystem for a "Sunfall" colony

I've read a lot of posts about moons around large gas giants and I think I have fairly good idea about basics to them. I'm not super great with all the science parts myself but they give me lots of...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Nymn‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Nymn‭

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Q&A Farming on the moon

Let us assume that I built a dome on the moon's surface. That dome is pressurized and has nuclear-powered lights to deal with the long lunar night (or is in one of the poles). I also have water, ei...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Geronimo‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Geronimo‭

Question space moons farming
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Q&A Unplanned Colony: what industrial level could be recreated in the short-term?

TL:DR You and 1000-2000 unprepared and untrained settlers are stranded in an uninhabited area that has never had any human development. If you had nothing but the knowledge of how things work and...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by EveryBitHelps‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by EveryBitHelps‭

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Q&A Underwater Farming

In my colonizing business, some colonists build a underwater base on a all-about nice planet. They are using food storage right now; but now they need to start farming. Ive looked up some farming t...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Aaron‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Aaron‭

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Q&A Can fields be destroyed by water so that new ones need to be dug up?

I currently have a character whose fields are destroyed as they are at the base of a valley, and the rain has completely killed the seeds and waterlogged the dirt. Thus, main character needs to dig...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Joe Bernstein‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Joe Bernstein‭

Question geology farming
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Q&A Amount of Farmland Needed to Produce Biodiesel

Consider a post-Apocalyptic society of collective farmers that has access to a waning supply of modern farm supplies, a small, independent power grid, and a enough knowledge to keep themselves fed ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Geoffrey Carlton‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Geoffrey Carlton‭

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Q&A How can I determine the length of a growing season on a world with slightly different orbital parameters

(I bolded the actual question, below, so if you want to skip the preamble scroll down to the bold lettering) I am working on a world that is very similar to earth in some ways, exactly the same m...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by sudnadja‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by sudnadja‭

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Q&A Can my farm work normally on a sky island in an empty world?

I have a city on a "sky island". I want to have farms around my city on all the rest of the island. There is nothing around the island no matter the distance or direction. But the gravity works (m...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Bougainville‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Bougainville‭

Question weather farming
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Q&A On a permanent living quarters spaceship, how does one farm?

If you were to decide to live on a spaceship for the rest of your life, how would you farm? You have access to the necessary farming materials; Dirt, plants; etcetera. Ship is large enough to...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Nate Dukes‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Nate Dukes‭

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Q&A Space Farms: algae vs plants for food/oxygen?

First the reality-check: In a sci-fi world where humans have interstellar travel but "nice" Earth-like planets are rare, what reasons might an algae farm be "better" than a plant farm, especially ...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭