How can farmers sustain themselves all year with food if you can only harvest once a year?

Question

How can farmers sustain themselves all year with food if you can only harvest once a year?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

You were not eating fresh food all winter. Maybe carrots and potatoes and other root veggies that would keep in a root cellar. Look at a lot of traditional food from northern climates. Salted fish, salt pork, pickles, aged cheese etc.