This is frankly one of my favorite topics--and there's some awesome threads on it, too.
Staple Crops
How Many Of Each Plant To Grow As A Percentage Of Total Calories
The Annual Staple Crop Calculator
Practical 1-Acre Staple Foods
Human Energy Spent Versus Kilocalories Harvested.....
Ideas about Growing All Your Own Food
Most productive perennial vegetables?
Staples
Perennial Sources of Starch and Protein
I thought it might be fun to have an
apple poll...which also ends up being a spiffy way to list all of the different
staple crops mentioned by people over various threads, so that those crops can be seen in one spot. I tried to organize them a little, but our
apple poll program makes it really difficult to rearrange things. If you have more crops you'd like added, post below! There's no closing date on this poll, so hopefully we'll be able to adding to it for years to come