Study shows pythons could provide sustainable meat for food insecurity

Snake Steak? Python Meat Could Be a Sustainable, High-Quality Protein Source For the Planet, Study Claims

A new study suggests that python meat is a more sustainable protein source option. Read to learn more.

You Should Seriously Think About Eating More Python, Scientists Say

We know meat-heavy diets aren't good for the planet or our health, but how far would you go to switch to a more sustainable way of eating it? How about replacing your current options with a few choice cuts of python meat? A new study by an international...

Snake or steak? Study says pythons could could save the meat industry

The current meat industry is affecting food security worldwide, but researchers say python farms could give a solution.

Python meat could soon be on the menu as a sustainable option

A scientists believes python meat could be more environmentally friendly than poultry, pigs or cattle

Study shows pythons could provide sustainable meat for food insecurity

Researchers on Thursday published a study about python farming in Scientific Reports and, according to their report, the massive snakes have the potential to address a global problem.The study, authored by Daniel Natusch, Patrick Aust and six other scientists, said python farming "may offer a flexible and efficient response" to food insecurity, particularly in countries where people are increasingly dealing with the issue and are already open to…

Why snake steaks could be the next big thing on your plate

Feel like python on your plate? Snake steaks could be the sustainable meat of the future, a new study has proposed.Study leader Daniel Natusch and colleagues studied the growth rates of 4601 reticulated and Burmese pythons at python farms based in Uttaradit Province in Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.They found that the pythons grew quickly, ate relatively little, harboured fewer diseases than mammals and birds, and could withstand ext…