http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html Discussing reasonable ways to colonize our solar system Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-3083 Hans Effenheimer Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:28:00 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-3083 I manage a small 10 acre/4 hectare farm in East Central Minnesota mostly for pleasure, and food for my family.  Apart from medical and transplant uses, pigs are a poor choice for a meat animal; inefficient converters of feed to meat, highly intelligent, (not a benefit, trust me), and there is a morality in killing animals more intelligent than many members of Congress for food.  Better choices are rabbits and guinea pigs, which can live entirely off of greens; hay, vegetables wastes, etc., and provide very tasty, efficient, high ratio edibility to waste ratios, rapid reproducers, and easy to house.  Add ducks, prawns and tilapia and you're set. I manage a small 10 acre/4 hectare farm in East Central Minnesota mostly for pleasure, and food for my family.  Apart from medical and transplant uses, pigs are a poor choice for a meat animal; inefficient converters of feed to meat, highly intelligent, (not a benefit, trust me), and there is a morality in killing animals more intelligent than many members of Congress for food.  Better choices are rabbits and guinea pigs, which can live entirely off of greens; hay, vegetables wastes, etc., and provide very tasty, efficient, high ratio edibility to waste ratios, rapid reproducers, and easy to house.  Add ducks, prawns and tilapia and you’re set.

]]> http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-1197 Future Martian Colonies Powered By Algae? | Colony Worlds Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:34:09 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-1197 [...] pull this gas from the Martian environment, as well as from “the nostrils” of humans and pigs (after they exhale that [...] [...] pull this gas from the Martian environment, as well as from “the nostrils” of humans and pigs (after they exhale that [...]

]]> http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-1196 Mars: A Paradise For Plants (But Not Animals And People?) | Colony Worlds Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:54:10 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-1196 [...] humans may have to be content living within biospheres along with their animal friends (pets and pigs alike). Want more space geek news? Then subscribe below via email, RSS or twitter for free updates! [...] [...] humans may have to be content living within biospheres along with their animal friends (pets and pigs alike). Want more space geek news? Then subscribe below via email, RSS or twitter for free updates! [...]

]]> http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-1195 NASA To Irradiate Monkeys (What Will PETA Say?) | Colony Worlds Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:20:54 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/10/raising-pigs-on-mars.html#comment-1195 [...] should help determine how safe it is for humanity to travel to other worlds–along with all of their animal friends [...] [...] should help determine how safe it is for humanity to travel to other worlds–along with all of their animal friends [...]

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