This is only a THOUGHT experiment, because right now, this simply isn't an option for me to consider.
Just the same, if you dig deep enough, frugality can be a strange and twisted path down the rabbit hole sometimes. What do I mean exactly? Raising your own rabbits for meat. DUM DUM DUM!
Raising rabbits for meat does make logical sense though. They're relatively easy to domesticate and raise. The meat is very cheap, even if you factor in the relatively low start-up costs for this sort of thing. I can be sure of the quality of the meat since I am raising them myself. And last but certainly not least, I can ensure that these animals live a "good life", and die painlessly by my own hands. Lots of good reasons.
Being a Surbanite though, you can also imagine why something like this isn't an option for me right now. I mean, can you imagine the Homeowner's Association finding out about what I'm doing in the middle of my aunt's back yard? Man, they'd have a cow! *rimshot* Thank you.
Maybe this is something I will look into again when the kids are much older and I live somewhere where this is perhaps an option. I don't know. What do you guys think about this hare-raising scheme?
Eeh, what's up doc?
March 23rd, 2010 at 01:46 pm
March 23rd, 2010 at 03:03 pm 1269356635
Rabbits are very commonly raised in Europe for food. Rabbit meat is delicious, very low in fat... and often on the menu in restaurants. I like your idea of humanely sending them to their happy thumping grounds.
March 23rd, 2010 at 03:06 pm 1269356789
I'm in the suburbs also, I don't think there would even be need to 'raise' rabbits here, as they already exist in great numbers. It's pure man vs. beast as far as any type of gardening goes in my town. (and it looks so dull and quiet here...)
If you're game, I'd say gopher it ..I'll stop now, really I will:-)
March 23rd, 2010 at 03:40 pm 1269358816
gopher:
March 23rd, 2010 at 03:55 pm 1269359708
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March 23rd, 2010 at 05:14 pm 1269364492
At this point I've been vegan for nearly 20 years so I doubt I'd bother to change my lifestyle again, but I applaud people who try to extricate themselves from the factory farms, no matter what method they use.
March 24th, 2010 at 06:13 am 1269411200
Another thought is to be a bee keeper. I've been seriously interested in that - but I rent so I'm in a similar situation. But I'm seriously thinking about checking to see if there are some beekeepers around to learn from.
March 24th, 2010 at 08:09 am 1269418174