As North Korea battles a poor economy and persistent food shortages, the country’s state media has begun to call black swans a new and valuable food source.

The introduction of the new food source comes after Kim Jong Un declared a food crisis in June and urged workers last month to come up with ways to solve the country’s persistent “food problem.”

“Black swan meat is delicious and has medicinal value,” and their breeding on an industrial scale will “actively contribute to improving people’s lives,” the party-run Rodong Sinmun reported on Monday.

South Hamgyong Province chief party secretary Ri Jong