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| UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger |
| 2013-05-13 |
| 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. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 we have an ample supply of Cicadas right now, enjoy. I'll have a steak, or ham. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-13 19:58 |
| #7 Let the people who are hungry enough eat the insects. If I was hungry I'd eat them. I wonder how common grasshoppers are in North Korea? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-13 16:59 |
| #6 Start with Pudgy, and all will be well. I won't complain,or ask too many questions. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-13 15:18 |
| #5 Hunger is a shortage in the supply of food. The quickest way to create a shortage is called socialism. So do the opposite. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-13 15:18 |
| #4 Hunger is basically more people than food. Seems to me the quickest way to get things back in balance is to eat some of the excess people. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-05-13 14:51 |
| #3 Tranzis are a kind of insects, aren't they? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-13 14:19 |
| #2 This must have come fom NKor. low environmental footprint The author has never seen the aftermath of a grasshopper swarm...or japanese beetles. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-13 13:29 |
| #1 You first...... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-05-13 13:21 |