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Edible insects

You’ve probably only seen insects eaten as part of reality show challenges, but bug cuisine could be part of our reality soon enough. Cricket farming has been done in Thailand for 20 years to produce edible insects for sale, and a recent study showed it to be a sustainable means of animal food production. “Insects, in many cases, can be comparable to meat and fish in terms of nutritional value,” lead author Afton Halloran of the University of Copenhagen told Eurekalert. “The fact that we have shown here that they can be produced more environmentally sustainably than meat means that they represent a massive potential for lowering the impact of the food production.” This might not mean chowing down on the bugs directly—instead, they may be ground into powder to be used as an ingredient. Still, Americans will have to get over the “ick” factor first in order to see edible insects as future prospects for food and feed security. Bug appétit!