Goat are great ... funnily enough was just at a small sheep/goat farm yesterday. The goat's milk is salty (great for keto) and my lactose-intolerant gut can stand a glass or two. Plus the cheese is way tastier, milk has more fat etc.
http://www.self-reliance.com/2015/12/why-not-add-a-dairy-goa...
Why is salty milk better for keto?
I think in keto, the kidneys flush sodium instead of retains it. If you're interested, The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Volek and Phinney is a good read.
Thanks for the recommendation!
> I agree about potatoes, but that only works for relatively cooler climates, i.e. places like Poland or Ireland. It can easily get to 35-37 degrees Celsius in the summer at the place where my parents live (not to mention places like the Indian subcontinent or Africa), at which point storing potatoes becomes a challenge.
Is it? Here in South Italy we successfully grow potatoes and we have such hot summers.
Judging from the parent comment, I don't think growing potatoes is the problem, but storing them.
Re:Why I Would Raise Chickens
by maxerickson on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @10:24PM
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The classic solution to storing potatoes is the root cellar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cellar
In the US they were used to keep vegetables warmer in the winter (while below household temps), but they should also work for cooling.
That's how my grandparents did it. Here in Sweden, we can have some warm summer months, and freezing winters. Their cellar let them store potatoes the whole year.
> A lot of farmers in the European Union who are in the cow-raising business (I'd say most) wouldn't make it without financial help from the EU and from their governments.
And heavy mechanization to automate a lot of the labour.
Which, as you might expect, is even more up-front cost.
> They feed practically on everything (cows are a lot more picky)
While technically true, if they don't get their preferred foods they are a lot more prone to parasites which decreases the amount of goats you can hold on the same plot.
I agree about potatoes, but that only works for relatively cooler climates, i.e. places like Poland or Ireland. It can easily get to 35-37 degrees Celsius in the summer at the place where my parents live (not to mention places like the Indian subcontinent or Africa), at which point storing potatoes becomes a challenge.
> But it has so many times more meat on it than a chicken, and is more energy efficient per calorie consumed too.
It's all about the return on investment. Raising cows only becomes financially viable once you pass a certain number threshold (meaning big farms), otherwise you're pretty much doing voluntary work. It's a lot of work in order to feed a cow, I mean, lots and lots of work, and said work is pretty effective in burning calories. A lot of farmers in the European Union who are in the cow-raising business (I'd say most) wouldn't make it without financial help from the EU and from their governments.
I'd say that goats are a lot better option if you really need meat. They feed practically on everything (cows are a lot more picky) and they're smaller, so they're easier to "store" and protect at night. This is why I think they're so widespread in the poorer regions of the world.