A growing demand for health food. Less than 4 percent of the earth's surface is used to provide food for the world's population. One-third of this area is used for agriculture, while the balance is used for raising livestock. Soil erosion, poor farm management, and intensive livestock practices all contribute to the loss of the earth's productive soil, reducing the land available for agricultural and livestock development. With the world's population expected to surpass 8 billion by the year 2025, it is apparent that traditional types of wild bird-nests are becoming inadequate and insufficient to meet current and future needs. One clear solution is bird-nest farming, the cultivation of aquatic plants and animals... Bird-nest farming is an ideal way to augment the world's food supply, providing a bounty of health food, one of the best sources of high-quality protein. Wild bird-nest harvests have exploited and depleted natural stocks, but the predictable practice of bird-nest farming is..