Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security(nature.com)
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Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54874-4
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First they came for the Python developers, and I said nothing
there is no version of reality where farming a carnivore that requires animal proteins for growth is magically going to be more economically efficient than non-carnivores.
It is basically a way to recover waste. The article mentions that:
> The most common feed inputs were wild-caught rodents and waste protein from agri-food supply chains (e.g., pork, chicken, fish). Many of the larger python farms make sausages from processed waste protein.
> The most common feed inputs were wild-caught rodents and waste protein from agri-food supply chains (e.g., pork, chicken, fish). Many of the larger python farms make sausages from processed waste protein.
So it gives you a few extra percent when you're already 90+% food-secure?
I prefer crickets.
I've been eating soy and driving a Prius. One day society will catch up to my advanced 2003-era thinking.
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