Interesting reading about farming for bird nest soup. The soup is expensive and has many purported health benefits; it is made out the nest of swiftlet birds. One of the factors cited in getting a swiftlet farm to thrive is :
The locals believe that abundance is related to charity. The more charitable and kind they are to the community, the more the birds will come to build nests in their houses.
Also another piece on the topic with some fascinating insights - including this one about renting to humans is not the most profitable for a building owner
In the southern Thai town of Pattani some building owners have found that it is more profitable to allow bird's nest swiftlets to occupy their buildings than to rent the spaces to humans. One hotel owner told the New York Times, “With people, you need to have someone to manage the buildings. But with birds, there's no management, no maintenance, you just wait."
Reading all this reminds me of the Netflix documentary Rotten I had watched some time back.
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