Posted on 09/23/2016 11:55:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Tucked away in a warehouse on an industrial estate in the non-descript suburb of Van Nuys in Los Angeles, a revolution is taking place. And the revolutionaries? Five twentysomething college friends who are trying their hand at urban farming.
Their business is called Coalo Valley Farms but it couldn't be any further from a picture of agrarian life. The warehouse holds thousands of "micro livestock" as co-founder and chief executive Elliot Mermel calls them. That's crickets and mealworms to you and me.
This is California's first insect farm for human consumption and its owners have grand plans. "We know that insects are a sustainable source of protein - and while the world already struggles to feed seven billion, we want to try and help find a way to feed the future generations," says Elliot.
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Oh, HELL NO!
Leviticus 11:22 - "Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper."
I had the same in Toluca, Mexico. A once in a lifetime experience.
I have no interest in intentionally ingesting insects. If I were starving with no other choice, I’d probably eat them but it wouldn’t be a pleasant experience.
Man, that Elliot Mermel could sure belt out a tune!
I don’t eat your food’s food that often, which is also why I tend to shy away from salad.
To quote Ted Nugent, “I like vegetarians. Almost everything I eat are vegetarians, except for the occasional mountain lion steak.”
It’s been quite a while since I’ve feasted on insects. Mostly it was done to freak people out.
I didn’t like the old sushi - to me, raw fish is bait.
I’ll eat California rolls, or the lox and cream cheese rolls, but NFW on the raw fish...and 50 million x NFW on the bugs.
I love sushi. But I’m not eating grasshopper sushi until its a hit in Japan.
There’s no business like bug business.
“The grasshopper is a clean animal in the bible
Leviticus 11:22 - “Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.” “
Not in this house.
Do NOT eat these things.
For what it’s worth... grasshoppers are considered a clean food source. As in, they are not scavengers.
No, Starving to death is better...
If you eat salad... you are probably eating insects... you just can’t see them. Even thorough washing will not completely rid the vegetables of all the critters.
I realize insects find their way into any number of foods. I don’t intentionally eat them, though. It’s inadvertent, like accidentally inhaling a gnat.
I see them more as dried, turned into protein powder, and added to feed.
I had a Rottweiler that liked eating grasshoppers.
I’ve had mealworms before and they are actually rather tasty. Takes a whole lot to fill you up though. And you’re hungry in about an hour again.
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