1) Treated lumber contains arsenic and other items that leech into the ground water table and are specifically forbidden in organic food production.

2) An animal that doesn't produce food would strain the eco-system balance (we have limited pasturing land).

3) We have a similar program, but to kill out of season requires a special permit. This means government oversight. No thank you.

4) No. The plan has always been to convert to 100% solar with electric heat. I'm not going to get into the details of the system, but I design buildings for a living and have a fairly robust solution.

5) Not really. We researched a few locations, but the benefit ratio wasn't there.