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Are Vegans Obligated to Eat Insects?
If the ultimate goal of a vegan is to reduce the harm done to animals, an exclusively plant-based diet isn’t the answer. Until very recently the idea of eating insects was taboo for most first-world consumers. But that’s beginning to change. In fact, if media exposure...
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Eat bugs, save the planet
There is a rational, even persuasive, argument for voluntarily eating insects: Bugs are high in protein, require less space to grow and offer a more environmentally friendly alternative to the vertebrates we Westerners prefer, advocates of the bug fare say. However,...
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Not Ready To Eat Crickets? Try Feeding Them To Your Dog
We can all save the planet by eating bugs instead of meat. But test it on your dog, first. We should probably all be eating bugs. Insects have as much protein—and more vitamins and minerals—than beef or chicken, and a bug farm takes a fraction of the resources of say,...
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Five Ways to Start Eating Insects
The idea may be hard to swallow, but crickets and mealworms will likely be part of our sustainable food future In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, crispy, chili-spiced chapulines (grasshoppers) are a common bar snack. Bee and wasp larvae are part of the indigenous...
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WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY WHEN YOU EAT BUGS
The metric system, universal healthcare, soccer, the music of David Hasselhoff—some things have a harder time catching on in the United States. But that hasn’t dissuaded the United Nations from urging us to develop a taste for 1,900 species of edible insects that are...
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The Underground World of Eating Bugs
There are plenty of dark nooks, crannies and dirt tunnels in the United States where you can find insects, but the human mouth is rarely one of them. Eating bugs, also known as entomophagy, has been a part of the human diet until recently; now, Western society...
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Cricket Cook-Off coming Dec. 9 – yes, the insect kind
Portland's first ever Cricket Cook-Off is coming Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Edible insects are a new frontier for sustainable foods. Foodtech group Food Bytes is hosting this event. They are partnering with three new local cricket-centric food companies to provide...
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This Israeli start-up is breeding grasshoppers to fight famine
In the spring of 2013, terrifying swarms of almost a million locusts descended upon Israel and Egypt, turning the sky black, attacking the green crops and devouring everything in their paths. One small grasshopper flew further north than most and landed on the...
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Grub Kitchen UK Promotes Sustainable Food Alternative: Bug Burritos, Cricket Crepes, Cricket Falafels and Bamboo Worm Pad Thai Anyone?
Strong reactions flew around when the UK's first insect-only restaurant, Grub Kitchen, was launched. A number of feedback were of incredulity and disbelief, afterall stories of bug-eating experiences have been more widely associated with the two leading insect...
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HSU Entomology Club Hosts an Insect-Themed Potluck
Chili-lime flavored mealworms took the place of tortilla chips at the entomology club’s insect-themed potluck. The act of eating insects is known as entomophagy, and it is something that club founder Jonathan Lockwood would like to see more of in our culture. “It’s a...
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A Health Food Revolution Cooked Up In China With Bugs
Remember when eating bugs still had some shock value? “We’ve come a long way in just the past three years, now everybody has heard about the topic of eating insects,” says Katharina Unger, the founder of Hong Kong-based startup Livin Farms. From cricket power bars in...
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Insects, food of the future?
Full of nutrients like protein, iron and vitamins, and both cost-efficient and environmentally friendly to harvest, insects just might provide the perfect alternative to meat -- were it not for the fact that they’re, well, insects. But even beetles and worms can be...
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