Caloric Power Table, version 1.0

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Preliminary research conducted under Target Sanity Check has now concluded and released a table of potential crops that appear to have high caloric power. This primary purpose of this table is to help focus the next stage of my research, but it might also be of interest to anyone trying to choose crops for their own projects.

Caloric Power of selected crops

For a definition of caloric power, see What Is Caloric Power.

crop bushel/acre lbs/bushel lbs/acre cal/lb cal/acre cal/sqft days/crop cal/day/sqft sqft/person
seaweed 3000 6732 20,196,000 464 60 7.7 259
salsify 20038 1803 36,127,793 829 120 6.9 289
sweet potatoes 400 50 20000 390 7,800,000 179 70 2.6 782
potatoes 22000 349 7,678,000 176 70 2.5 794
leeks 32000 277 8,864,000 203 90 2.3 885
oats 90 34 3060 1765 5,400,900 124 60 2.1 968
hybrid rye 150 56 8400 1175 9,870,000 227 120 1.9 1,059
onions 40000 181 7,240,000 166 90 1.8 1,083
beets 24000 195 4,680,000 107 60 1.8 1,117
barley 60 48 2880 1606 4,625,280 106 60 1.8 1,130
peppers, sweet red 30000 140 4,200,000 96 60 1.6 1,245
soybeans 30 60 1800 2023 3,641,400 84 60 1.4 1,435
canola 35 50 1750 4010 7,017,500 161 120 1.3 1,490
parsnips 20000 340 6,800,000 156 120 1.3 1,537
Jerusalem artichokes 16553 331 5,478,977 126 120 1.0 1,908
tomato 30000 82 2,460,000 56 60 0.9 2,125
garlic 10000 676 6,760,000 155 180 0.9 2,320
wheat, most varieties 40 60 2400 1651 3,962,400 91 120 0.8 2,638
sunflower 70 30 2100 2649 5,562,900 128 200 0.6 3,132
flax 24 56 1344 2422 3,255,168 75 120 0.6 3,212
canaryseed 50 1100 2346 2,580,600 59 105 0.6 3,545
durum wheat 30 60 1800 1538 2,768,400 64 120 0.5 3,776
mustard 50 764 2304 1,760,256 40 90 0.4 4,454
chickpeas 60 1000 1651 1,651,000 38 100 0.4 5,277
peas 35 60 2100 367 770,700 18 60 0.3 6,782
lentils 60 1100 526 578,600 13 90 0.1 13,551

Click the column heads to resort the table.

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