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The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source, but also in folk medicine and in community religious ceremonies. See Guinea Pigs as Food in Wikipedia.
They make great compost with pellets which - like other herbivore faeces - are enjoyed by chickens, so their wastes can be further cycled in a chicken tractor setting. Good page here about basic needs.
When Frank Fekonia is feeling a bit hungry he grabs a live Guinea Pig for lunch and turns on the Sandwich Maker. You never ate fast food this fresh! More videos from this great permaculture designer couple here in YouTube | See some more resources about this in the spanish page of this e-book, also of larger-scale breeding programmes - not permacultural but easily adaptable to be a lot more sustainable. See the Guinea-Pig Hotel design for one example of a permaculture version of keeping these wonderful domesticated animals, complete with socio-political analysis article. |