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The original was posted on /r/siloseries by /u/bokozgardner on 2023-07-13 16:20:32.
How does the silo feed 10 thousand people consistently? I know there are farms that we have seen, but from some quick research to feed the average human, 0.44 acres of farmland per year is required. About 1/3 of an American football field. I know that the farms clearly take up multiple levels, but my guess is that they have nowhere near 4,400 (0.44 X 10,000) acres of farmland required to feed everyone per year. Which I found to be 6.875 square miles of farmland. From what we saw in the show, there doesn’t seem to be anywhere close to that much farmland, so how do the people get fed without extreme rations?
Check out vertical farms (skyscrapers converted to farms) the yields are higher for much less space. There are multiple farms in the silo. If it takes over a day to traverse from the top to lowest level there’s no way having just one farm would be able to keep up. Probably multiple kitchens and dining areas too.