Clever Tunnel System Makes Chickens Do The Gardening (Video)
by Sami Grover
from http://www.treehugger.com/
Of course many vegans will object to the idea of animals being used as "slave labor", but a system like this does go a large way toward answering the accusations of inefficiency so often leveled against animal husbandry. As soon as we stop thinking about chickens, or any other domesticated creature for that matter, as meat or egg production "machines", but rather as a productive, integrated member of a broader ecosystem, the efficiency equation starts to look a little different.
From processing weeds and food scraps into eggs and fertilizer, to replacing the need for human and/or mechanized labor in tilling, this really is yet another example of farming with animals the right way.
Image credit: Ecofilms Australia
Of course many vegans will object to the idea of animals being used as "slave labor", but a system like this does go a large way toward answering the accusations of inefficiency so often leveled against animal husbandry. As soon as we stop thinking about chickens, or any other domesticated creature for that matter, as meat or egg production "machines", but rather as a productive, integrated member of a broader ecosystem, the efficiency equation starts to look a little different.
From processing weeds and food scraps into eggs and fertilizer, to replacing the need for human and/or mechanized labor in tilling, this really is yet another example of farming with animals the right way.
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