Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security (opens in new tab)

(nature.com)

5 pointsswiper_lux2y ago6 comments

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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.

selcuka2y ago

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.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF2y ago

So it gives you a few extra percent when you're already 90+% food-secure?

JoeAltmaier2y ago

I prefer crickets.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF2y ago

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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heavyset_go2y ago

First they came for the Python developers, and I said nothing

mentalpiracy2y ago

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.

selcuka2y ago

It is basically a way to recover waste. The article mentions that:

01HNNWZ0MV43FF2y ago

So it gives you a few extra percent when you're already 90+% food-secure?

JoeAltmaier2y ago

I prefer crickets.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF2y ago

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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