Posted on 08/03/2022 10:51:48 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
Around the globe, at least 2 billion people eat bugs, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. However, most of the Western world regards eating insects with reluctance or even disgust. This seemingly arbitrary cultural view has been preventing research surrounding insect agriculture, until recent years.
In 2013, the U.N. FAO issued a report examining the valuable role of edible insects in solving food system issues like food security, human health, and environmental sustainability.
The report states that insects generally provide high levels of fat, protein, vitamins, fiber, and minerals, though exact values vary based on species. This makes them a highly nutritious and healthy food source for humans. In addition, they can serve as an effective source of feed for livestock in an era when demands for feed production are increasing rapidly.
Raising insects for consumption is environmentally beneficial because of their high efficiency. The report states that crickets only require 2 kilograms of feed for every 1 kilogram of body weight gain, as opposed to an average of 5.8 kilograms of feed per kilogram of body weight gain for common Western livestock. Insects also emit fewer greenhouse gases and less ammonia, and require less land and water than other species of livestock.
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If we don’t stop these nuts, solient green (cadaver) food will be next!
Around the globe, at least 2 billion people eat bugs, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
Most of them have no choice. It’s bugs or die of starvation.
Is there a permissible amount of rat and cockroach pieces in these foods?
Who needs steak, when you can eat termites?
Remember some 25 or 30 years ago there was someone promoting red wiggler worms as a protein source. They even put out menus to show how to prepare various meals with the fried critters.
Before I take anyone seriously, they have to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
Go ahead, move into the inner city and take public transportation, sell your car or buy an electric, turn off your heat and air conditioning, give up any sort of air travel, or any travel for that matter, pay more in taxes than you have to, and eat bugs.
Lets see how long Bill Gates, Al Gore, Klaus Schwab, or any other Neo-coms can take their sustainable lifestyles before they require anyone else to sacrifice. Until that time they can GFY’s.
We came more dangerously close to a worldwide Communist Revolution in 1919 than most people realize.
Hahahahahahaha...”Crunchy Frog”!
You mean “Crunchy unboned real dead frog”.
LOL! Makes me grin. Boy, those guys had some real chops!
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You are correct. Even the British were siding with anti-royalist to kill off the commies. I wonder what US history we don’t know about.
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