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Re:Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricu... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @07:26AM (#39754672)
I prefer crickets.
Re:Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricu... by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:40AM (#39787740)
I've been eating soy and driving a Prius. One day society will catch up to my advanced 2003-era thinking.
Re:Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricu... by heavyset_go on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:34PM (#39785719)
First they came for the Python developers, and I said nothing
Re:Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricu... by mentalpiracy on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:36PM (#39785736)
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.
Re:Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricu... by selcuka on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:43PM (#39785796)
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 agricu... by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:40AM (#39787738)
So it gives you a few extra percent when you're already 90+% food-secure?