The Beatleburgers are way past their sell-by date.
Posted on 01/15/2023 11:59:41 AM PST by Hojczyk
Beetleburgers could soon be helping to feed the world, according to new research. The creepy crawlers’ larvae — better known as mealworms — could act as a meat alternative to alleviate hunger worldwide. The process uses a fraction of the land and water and emits a smaller carbon footprint in comparison of traditional farming.
To make this a reality, French biotech company Ynsect is planning a global network of insect farms, including nurseries and slaughterhouses. A pilot plant has already been been set up at Dole in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France.
“We are in full control of the chain of production. That gives us strength in terms of quality, security and safety,” says Benjamin Armenjon, general manager of Ynsect, according to a statement from SWNS.
Robot arms and automated conveyor belts transport stacks of red trays in every direction. They are are filled with billions of Tenebrio molitor beetle larvae. The dried critters are more than 50 percent protein and rich in fiber and fats as well.
They can be turned into protein powders, shakes, burgers, cereal bars, and even cooking oils at a fraction of the environmental cost of traditional farming. For every one kilogram of protein, Ynsect uses 98 percent less land and emits 40 times less carbon than beef. It also uses 40 times less water than pork production.
A lot of the end times and survival crowd have been advocating learning to raise chickens as a source of meat and eggs if things got crazy. It seems they were right all along.
Big bad Beetleburgers.🤮
Nope none for me, I will be going to my local sams club to stock up on meat this week.
The Beatleburgers are way past their sell-by date.
We could stop the insanity if burning food (corn) in our cars as well.
Ringo? George? Speak to me!
Not even fresh brewed coffee?
How long before Beyond Beatleburger is a thing?
Fetus burgers, available at the Modest Proposal Café near participating hospitals and clinics.
All insects are not kosher, except for certain species of grasshoppers, which we’ve “forgotten” how to discern. Some Sephardic Jews claim to know how to identify them. They’re welcome to their tradition.
Crunch, crunch, crunch!
Well, there’s still John’s kids and Yoko.
Only as dessert after bolsha bolsha vodka.
“If you kill ONE COW, you spare the lives of many thousands of beetles or dozens of chickens. A worthy sacrifice.”
And that’s one cow that won’t be warming any more globes.
Food from central planning. It’s not the job of government to tell you what to eat.
Future Food: Mealworms can eat styrofoam as part of their diet. A Dark Overlord Toofer... reduce plastic waste AND feed the planet at the same time!
Styrofoam eating meals worms...Safe for dinner?
"Campbell found that a polystyrene diet alone is not nutritious enough for mealworms, who started eating each other in the absence of other food. He added an extra food source—chicken feed—which boosted mealworm nutrition and increased their consumption of the polymer waste. Infrared analysis showed that the insects were able to break down the toxic styrene compounds, making them safe to eat."
I have no problem with Ms. Kraft's research. I have shrimp allergies so cannot eat bugs. However, I see no problem with raising the mealworms, feed them to Quail for meat and eggs! (Quail and Locusts as Food! Biblical!)
My daughter and SIL just bought huge chunk of land and their house will be ready by summer. They will raise chickens, and she’s always been a great gardener, lots of veggies, herbs, and flowers too. But her former 10 acre lot was, in her opinion, not large enough for those darned noisy chickens.
They now have far more land in seriously rural territory, 30 miles from the Columbia River that separates US from Canada. Living for the moment in relative’s small rental house. Saw them for Christmas and they told me that all the neighbors raise something and share with everyone else. They’ve “never had more fun in their lives”.
I’m not moving up there, too entrenched with friends, stores and fabulous medical care here, not that I need it. I’ve lived here almost 15 years and had a five-day cold one year. Period.
I hate being 80 miles from them, but at least it’s not 800.
(Now he needs to study how much mealworm to feed poultry to raise a pullet, and whether you can feed them feathers and poultry parts instead of styrofoam rather than recycling poultry offal for chicken and cattle feed.)
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