Many countries are trying to minimize the impact of large domestic animals in the environment and provide healthy protein to their constituents. Raising and marketing of rabbits is an excellent source of healthy meat, produced with very little impact on the environment and in small spaces.

Participants who choose this elective will receive training in:

• The benefits of rabbit meat
• The best breeds of rabbits to raise for meat production
• Reproductive cycles and growth times
• Selecting the right feeds
• Dealing with diseases
• Taking care of newborns and then grow-out cages
• Process for butchering and packaging meat
• Marketing of rabbit-meat products