Chickens are good. They don't take up a lot of space, are relatively easy to maintain, and just three or four is enough to give you enough eggs for a group
of five with enough to spare even. Just make sure you keep the wavium away from them - god only knows what it'd do to them. (Though I bet a shining example
is on Monster Asteroid where one of the Jones boys takes great glee in using it attack anemies with toxic egg bombs or something like that.)
Pigs are workable, especially if you have a large enough area that you need to rotate crops. Thing is, you can let pigs run free in the areas you're not
growing anything in and they'll turn the earth for you while they forage. Get darker colored breeds - their meat is better than the pink-skinned breeds.
The only problem with pork is that it is gonna come at a real premium unless The Jason comes up with plants that can reliably produce pork products.
You know, funny thing; I just had the thought that The Jason's Beef Steak Tomatoes would become popular on Earth as well simply because of conscientious
vegetarians who don't like the idea that they're eating animals. And countries on subsistence economies would just love those plants as well. After
all, when you can grow meat on a plant, why bother with all the hard work of raising livestock?
Another thing that can be looked into is fish and other seafood. Finding someway to either grow fish or make it easier to keep them in space would be very good
(of course, with my memory I may have seen it in The Jason's catalogue and forgotten about it). Benjamin may be a raving, fanatical Texan, but his diet
tends towards the 'opportunistic omnivor' end of the spectrum.
of five with enough to spare even. Just make sure you keep the wavium away from them - god only knows what it'd do to them. (Though I bet a shining example
is on Monster Asteroid where one of the Jones boys takes great glee in using it attack anemies with toxic egg bombs or something like that.)
Pigs are workable, especially if you have a large enough area that you need to rotate crops. Thing is, you can let pigs run free in the areas you're not
growing anything in and they'll turn the earth for you while they forage. Get darker colored breeds - their meat is better than the pink-skinned breeds.
The only problem with pork is that it is gonna come at a real premium unless The Jason comes up with plants that can reliably produce pork products.
You know, funny thing; I just had the thought that The Jason's Beef Steak Tomatoes would become popular on Earth as well simply because of conscientious
vegetarians who don't like the idea that they're eating animals. And countries on subsistence economies would just love those plants as well. After
all, when you can grow meat on a plant, why bother with all the hard work of raising livestock?
Another thing that can be looked into is fish and other seafood. Finding someway to either grow fish or make it easier to keep them in space would be very good
(of course, with my memory I may have seen it in The Jason's catalogue and forgotten about it). Benjamin may be a raving, fanatical Texan, but his diet
tends towards the 'opportunistic omnivor' end of the spectrum.