And if people started raising rabbits, they could raise the same amount of meat as a cow in 1 year in a small hutch in the backyard. Even people in apartments can raise enough meat inside to cut their cost of meat from the store in half. All you need is a breeding trio, two doe's and a buck. They don't make any noise, they don't destroy property, they don't need much space, they don't smell (just dump their trays daily), and you can feed them grass and food scraps.