It's viable for Peru. Mainly, it shows what some consolidated thinking can do.

The U.S. is barely breaking out of the narrow-focus, single-use, mechanized mindset of the last 75 years.

Making the most from a small plot of land must involve the local conditions. Importing an animal from the tropics, having to heat their quarters and buy food in winter, and trying to find a restaurant that sells a 'different' meat would be an exercise in automatic failure here.

There isn't much in that article that can't be done with other types of livestock, but you would have to restructure your thinking to do it.

If it interests you, start by reading Joel Salatin's books. He's a thinking farmer of the 'work smarter, not harder' school of thought.

Sue