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Which animals do nocturnal humans prefer as livestock? [closed]
Imagine humans as predominantly nocturnal, save the occasional day lark. They have eyes like strepsirrhine primates that grant improved low-light vision but inferior day-vision. For the purposes of ...
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Solutions for an Aquatic Race to Harvest the Sugar Under Sea Grass Meadows
So it turns out that there’s billions of Coca Colas’ worth of sugar released into the rhizosphere beneath sea grasses.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220502120422.htm
I have a race of ...
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Velociculture viability (Los Raptors Hermanos)
Assume we managed to revive the famed velociraptor. The real one, which is the size of a turkey, not the movie version.
How viable would it be to breed them for human consumption?
I've reviewed the ...
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Why would a near future society struggle to grow crops on a large level?
I have a world where its mostly in ruins. But its run practically by corporations and smaller factions. A large part of the world is recovering from ecological collapse, massive pollution that travels ...
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How can crops survive in a desert where it's over 110 degrees... in the Winter?
Some folks I write about live in a series of mutually-supporting, mostly self-sustaining agricultural stations/colonies on the edge of a desert, and are attempting to turn said desert greener.
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How much would this alien parasite increase crop yields?
It is a bizarre prokaryotic flowering plant parasite which has graphene reinforced cell walls and is so distinct from all other organisms to warrant placement in its own domain of life (indeed it only ...
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How do you farm flies?
Fly meat is likely a more efficient source of protein than traditional livestock, such as cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, and the like, in that:
Flies can feed on essentially any biomatter, including ...
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Empire built and fed on mushrooms
Grass is plenty, bark is plenty, dirt is plenty.
those 3 materials can be converted into a self insulating biodegradable sturdy but flexible material which is 60% pure protein by calories, 100 grams ...
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What are the easiest/most suitable fruits and vegetables to grow in an apocalyptic scenario?
My story is set in a sort of apocalyptic world, the main characters live in an old house and they’re too afraid to go out as there’re creatures hunting them. They obviously still need to eat so my ...
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Is there any food a nomad in a carriage-like transport can easily live on?
Let's say there are 2-3 people in a carriage (or van,boat, or anything with a similar size), constantly on the move, unable to hunt (because of reasons) and of course unable to stay in one place and ...
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What magic system do I need, for medieval crops to skip over a few hundred year’s worth of selective breeding within a few months?
My medieval city, they’re having food problems. People just die on the streets clutching their bellies, children with skin sticking to their bones are a common sight, and there are reports of ...
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Medieval Crop Yields
I'm the DM for a D&D campaign, set in a sort of "realistic-fantasy" setting. There's monsters and magic and stuff, but there's not enough of that for the average medieval community to see much ...
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How can existing cattle and poultry farming (housing/processing) be modified to accommodate human food stock?
This is a follow up question to the one below:
How can existing methods of plumping, genetic modification, and gmo feeding be altered to accommodate the need for plumper, meatier human food stock?
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Farming underground
Suppose the surface of earth is -349 Fahrenheit and survivors live deep underground dependent on geo-thermal energy.
They do farming in tunnels. They have enough energy (heat, electricity), fresh air (...
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Poor People Living On Farm-In-A-Box Tech?
It's 2040. Fusion energy's starting to become widespread and solar's gotten better. AI and robotics (and brain uploading, as with these guys) have reached the point where a robot can do any job a ...
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