Posted on 12/12/2018 8:39:27 AM PST by Kaslin
The world has found itself in a “mammoth environmental crisis,” and we will all have to dramatically alter our diets to reduce our impact on the Earth, CNN argues in a story advocating replacing beef consumption with bug consumption.
Discussing the UK’s new “bleeding” burger that is not made from meat, CNN has laid out a few options for getting away from “greenhouse-gas-intensive foods such as beef and toward healthier and more sustainable diets.”
Here are some foods you can eat to reduce your beef intake https://t.co/BNMFUwil3j pic.twitter.com/ddmB4uWXEs— CNN (@CNN) December 9, 2018
Six-legged creatures already supplement the diets of 2 billion people in the world, predominantly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. But the trend is starting to creep into Western cuisine, with some restaurants offering insect-based menus and some mainstream European supermarkets starting to sell edible insect snacks or bug burgers.
Bug Foundation, a startup based in Germany, developed a burger made from mealworms that is now stocked in more than 1,000 supermarkets across Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
"If you compare insects with beef, for the same amount of protein, you need roughly 1,000 times less water, 10 times less feed and you emit up to 100 times less greenhouse gases," said Baris Özel, co-founder of Bug Foundation.
Springmann, who has carried out research on insects as an alternative to meat, agrees on the environmental benefits, but he is skeptical of the cost. "In high-income countries, insects are actually fairly expensive because they are such a niche product," he said. (CNN)
The article also recommended less extreme options, such as mixing meat with vegetables like mushrooms; replacing beef with chicken or pork; and ditching meat altogether.
I want CNN to eat something else... And die.
*crickets*
I’ll eat bugs when CNN pounds sand
Remember Ted Turner bought huge tracts of western land so that they would be closed to cattle ranching. Nothing new with CNN. They have always been lunatics.
I used to get a buck on the playground for eating a bug.
I have eaten bugs, and snakes. Sometimes you have too.
I gave up bugs for Lent, then lost my taste for them.
Right on! EAT IT CNN!
“and ditching meat altogether”
so, CNN is advocating killing us all via B-12 deficiency ...
Dang it!
I always underbid.
And by “you” CNN does NOT mean the likes of Hillary, Algore, or the people who run the UN.
They will continue to dine on the finest foods known to man.
Guess they missed the part about bugs playing a roll in the overall scheme of things.
Note To Self:
Send regrets to ASA Vet that you won’t be attending his Christmas Dinner Party.
Just how big is a locust steak?
Eat chit CNN..
Terminate the termites and this imaginary problem is solved.
They should lead by example and require their on-air personalities to constantly munch bugs while they are broadcasting. This way, everyone can see how good and beneficial this actually is.
They should also require them to walk to work, live in 200 square foot housing, $15 per hour wage and everything else they claim would be good for us.
It was a 17 year-old's "Here, hold me wine" moment. Unfortunately, the bug carried the rat-lungworm disease, causing extensive and paralyzing nerve damage.
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