Edible Insects: In Europe, a Growing Push for Bug-Based Food

Hirom, 10 months ago

In 2021, the E.U. approved feeding insect protein to chickens

Free range chickens have always eaten insects. They eat any insect or seed or small animal they find in the soil.

insurgenRat, 10 months ago

The lengths people will go to in order to avoid eating a plant based diet are insane.

balderdash9, 10 months ago

There’s nothing wrong with eating bugs; its normal in certain parts of the world and its a good source of protein.

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/faa7a75d-1608-4379-9479-dd566abfe252.webp

insurgenRat, 10 months ago

Problem: farming animals is inefficienct, cruel, expensive, and destroying the earth which gives us life life

Solution 1: learn to cook dhal

eww no veggies, I am 12 and refuse to eat them

solution 2: convince the arrogant fussy and cruel hedonist that rejected 1 to eat crickets?

solution 3: keep all of the horror of farming but make it marginally more efficient?

Mmm yay, pigs screaming in terror while they die in gas chambers makes me hungries.

Tordoc, 10 months ago

A reminder to be(e) nice; we all come from different backgrounds, and launching ad hominem attacks is ineffective in getting people to consider your arguments.

jarfil, 10 months ago

According to one estimate, Europe’s farm animals have a bigger carbon footprint than its cars.

According to another estimate, leisure cruise ships had a 10x bigger footprint than all Europe’s cars…

But still, it’s great news to reduce farm animal carbon footprint. Not sure whether feeding larvae to piglets will achieve that though (they provide “stimulation”? ugh…), there seem to be better —direct— uses like insect flour, no need to even chew on them whole, although that’s also an option.