From Functional Ambivalent:
Cuban rancher Raul Hernandez has done something impressive: He’s proven the resiliency of the human spirit and the comic impotence of Communism at the same time.
I give you: Patio Cows.
Standing about 23 to 28 inches tall, the mini cows can be kept in a small area and they feed on simple grasses and weeds, Hernandez says. “They are patio cows, easy to work,” the 74-year-old says, smiling under the broad hat he wears to keep off the tropical sun. “They give up less meat, but they can deliver four or five liters (quarts) of top quality milk to a family.”
Hernandez bred the cows as a hobby in his retirement, showing an inventive, entrepreneurial spirit. On the other hand, his invention — homegrown milk — is a technology that industrialized societies abandoned 150 years ago.
Still, I’m looking forward to seeing people in the streets, walking their cows.
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