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The MOD owns large areas of the UK which were once farmland and probably could be again, after a clean-up.

Turning Salisbury Plain into farmland might add a couple of percent to the UK's self-sufficiency quota.

A combination of reduced meat production, re-farming of MOD land, amateur vegetable growing and lower consumption would very possibly cover everyone's basic needs in the UK.

It might not be very exciting, but not eating crap and getting more exercise might not be a bad outcome.

Of course this only works for the UK. Rest of World is just a little more complicated.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Nov 15th, 2007 at 07:02:05 PM EST
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Agricultural land in the UK totals about 41,900,000 acres.  The MOD's landholding comes to a total of roughly 750,000 acres

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Nov 15th, 2007 at 07:25:51 PM EST
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MOD?
by ATinNM on Thu Nov 15th, 2007 at 08:27:37 PM EST
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Ministry of Defence.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Nov 15th, 2007 at 08:48:01 PM EST
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