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I would also refer you to the Department of Agriculture Handbook No. 309
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT10310129/PDF
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/conservation-practice-standards
This Peace Corps link from 1961 is very interesting and applicable also.
https://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?e=d-00000-00---off-0cdl--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-about---00-0-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-10&cl=CL2.3&d=HASH0136d54f5770ecf0ab0e75fa.18>=2
At that link you'll get a feel for how the entire community can become involved, and how raising rabbits for meat can benefit everyone, not to mention how valuable and rewarding the work is — all the products one can make, how nothing is wasted, how to make methane generators for use in gas stoves, even electricity, how to tan the hides and market every part of the rabbits.
If we are to survive, even thrive, raising rabbits for meat, fur, hides, garden fertilizer and energy production should become a much more integral part of our society.
Have had people ask…
> How does rabbit taste though? Never had it before.
I know you're already expecting this answer, but it's true…
It tastes like chicken.
It's a premium white meat, actually better than chicken, imho.
You can buy it (usually frozen) in many supermarkets, and try it out for yourself. Laying off the grass for the last week before harvest, and only using the pellet food during that time makes for even a better taste.
There's usually no city ordinances against raising rabbits either, and it can be done on an apartment balcony. Really no excuse to not at least seriously consider this, if not actually DO IT. I am personally doing it and can attest to the fact they don't take hardly any time or energy, with the exception of making the cages. You can buy cages, but making them is easy. See that link from the Peace Corps for good ideas.