Quote:Hey, Bob? You need milk for the kids on Grover's Corners?Sure. I don't think I included cattle in the livestock, so any source of milk is welcome. Not just for the kids, but for basic staple use.
Quote: 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?Depends on how paranoid they are about the whole "genetically modified" scare. And whether or not the local religion will regard the plant as being really a plant -- I suspect that least some Hindus will resist the Beefsteak Tomato on general principles, for example, and if a pork plant is ever developed it's a sure thing that some radical branch of Islam will convince itself that it's actually an attack on their faith somehow. Even without religion involved, some vegetarians will probably eschew meatplants because of squeamishness, or a vague sense that it's "cheating".
Quote:Another thing that can be looked into is fish and other seafood.Oh yeah, aquaculture would be pretty easy to manage in Fenspace, although I think fish still need a local gravity gradient despite living essentially in zero-g.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.