permaculture

Workshop Module 10: Animal Systems 277

Creative thinking : Animal value added products

Method : Group participatory brainstorm

Tools : Large paper, markers

References : PC Book MOD 10 - Animal Systems

Objective : Participants create lists of uses and products of animals

Animals produce many valuable resources, which are often unknown and

even wasted. Many of animal products can be value added to produce even more

resources and products. Value adding means making a new product which adds value to

an existing product. Some examples of the valuable resources that can be created from

value adding animal products include:

• Fertilizer – Made from animal manure.


• Clothes, bags, wallets, shoes, etc – Made from animal skins.


• Wool - Spun from the fur of some goat and sheep breeds.


• Jewelry, art, and handicrafts – Made from horns, bones, and teeth.


• Cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products - Made from cow, buffalo, and goat
  milk. Note: Dairy products can be fed to children to make them healthy.


• Labour - Animals can be put to work to pump water, pull loads, plough fields,
  and clear vegetation.


• Transport - By pulling wagons.

Do a group brainstorm with the participants. On the board create a table something like

the following. Leave the answers to the questions blank so that the participants

come up with their own ideas.

Animal Use Value added product

Goats Meat, manure, leather Fresh, dried, and salted meat - Fertilizer - Souvenir

Cows

Meat, manure,

leather,

intestines

Fresh, dried, and salted meat - Fertilizer - Cloths, drum,

souvenir, shoes - Liquid compost

Chickens Meat, manure, eggs, feathers Fresh, dried, and salted meat - Fresh and salted egg - Fertilizer, - Bacteria media - Souvenirs, dusters

Ducks Meat, manure, eggs, feathers Fresh, dried, and salted meat - Fresh and salted egg - Fertilizer - Souvenirs, dusters

Pigs Meat, manure Fresh, dried, and salted meat - Fertilizer

Buffalo

Meat, manure,

leather,

intestines

Fresh, dried, and salted meat - Fertilizer - Cloths, drum,

souvenir, shoes - Liquid compost

Bees Honey, nest Fresh

Place this list in the training space so that it can be referenced during the rest

of the workshop.

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