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by Animavore » Tue May 14, 2013 10:58 am
Eating more insects could help fight world hunger, according to a new UN report.
The report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that eating insects could help boost nutrition and reduce pollution.
It notes than over 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diet with insects.
However it admits that "consumer disgust" remains a large barrier in many Western countries.
Wasps, beetles and other insects are currently "underutilised" as food for people and livestock, the report says. Insect farming is "one of the many ways to address food and feed security".
"Insects are everywhere and they reproduce quickly, and they have high growth and feed conversion rates and a low environmental footprint," according to the report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22508439
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue May 14, 2013 11:05 am
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by Tyrannical » Tue May 14, 2013 11:10 am
I was just thinking about this the other day
Some article on trying to convert plant cellulose into starch for human consumption. But termites already can do that, and anteaters eat termites. So how would roasted anteater taste?
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue May 14, 2013 11:12 am
Tyrannical wrote:I was just thinking about this the other day
Some article on trying to convert plant cellulose into starch for human consumption. But termites already can do that, and anteaters eat termites. So how would roasted anteater taste?
Like chicken.
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by rainbow » Tue May 14, 2013 11:15 am
Tyrannical wrote: So how would roasted anteater taste?
They can't taste.
They would be dead.
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by cronus » Tue May 14, 2013 11:31 am
When a friend of my wifes had a bust up they put a jar full of live fishing mealworms into the guys spaghetti bolognaise....one of her anecdotal tales she likes to repeat. We don't have spaghetti bolognaise these days very much thankfully.
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by FBM » Tue May 14, 2013 11:36 am
Hmm. Now that I think of it, I don't see fried grasshoppers and crickets in the stores much these days. They seem to be falling out of favor in the Korean market. Silkworm maggots are still a perennial favorite, though.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue May 14, 2013 11:37 am
FBM wrote:Hmm. Now that I think of it, I don't see fried grasshoppers and crickets in the stores much these days. They seem to be falling out of favor in the Korean market. Silkworm maggots are still a perennial favorite, though.
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by FBM » Tue May 14, 2013 11:38 am
Oh, such oversights do happen. Out of compassion I will send you more immediately.
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by rainbow » Tue May 14, 2013 2:26 pm
FBM wrote:Oh, such oversights do happen. Out of compassion I will send you more immediately.
You would love this:
Mopane Worms with onion.
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by FBM » Tue May 14, 2013 2:35 pm
rainbow wrote:FBM wrote:Oh, such oversights do happen. Out of compassion I will send you more immediately.
You would love this:
Mopane Worms with onion.
Looks NOM! The Korean thing I'm talking about is:
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by JimC » Wed May 15, 2013 4:34 am
I can imagine easy to raise insects like meal worms (actually beetle larvae) being farmed commercially, then processed into a neutral-tasting, protein-rich powder, used to add useful protein to various processed food...
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by Thinking Aloud » Wed May 15, 2013 7:04 am
Can we get much further down the food chain? It'll be "UN urges people to extract essential nutrients from sewage" next.
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by JimC » Wed May 15, 2013 7:10 am
Thinking Aloud wrote:Can we get much further down the food chain? It'll be "UN urges people to extract essential nutrients from sewage" next.
Well, if we were sensible, all sewage would be processed and treated so that we can re-use the nitrates, phosphates and trace elements in agriculture, discarding bio-hazards and other chemical crap, rather than letting it contribute to eutrophication and oxygen depletion of marine and aquatic ecosystems...
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by Thinking Aloud » Wed May 15, 2013 7:17 am
JimC wrote:Thinking Aloud wrote:Can we get much further down the food chain? It'll be "UN urges people to extract essential nutrients from sewage" next.
Well, if we were sensible, all sewage would be processed and treated so that we can re-use the nitrates, phosphates and trace elements in agriculture, discarding bio-hazards and other chemical crap, rather than letting it contribute to eutrophication and oxygen depletion of marine and aquatic ecosystems...
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