Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
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Re: Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
#2I prefer crickets.
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#4First they came for the Python developers, and I said nothing
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#5there 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.
Re: Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
#6there 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.
Re: Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
#7there 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.
So it gives you a few extra percent when you're already 90+% food-secure?
Re: Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
#8I prefer crickets.
I've been eating soy and driving a Prius. One day society will catch up to my advanced 2003-era thinking.