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Save the planet, one bug at a time!

http://www.billionaire.com/taste/2626/how-eating-insects-could-save-the-planet

How Eating Insects Could Save The Planet If the West was to start eating bugs, many of the world’s problems could be solved overnight. Prof Charles Spence believes high gastronomy holds the key to making entomophagy socially acceptable.

Entomophagy is the way of the future!

http://www.vice.com/read/why-the-future-of-food-is-bugs?utm_source=vicefbus&utm_campaign=global

Why the Future of Food Is Bugs | VICE | United States A new documentary hopes to convince you that eating insects can be delicious and nutritious.

Iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world, crickets are a great source of it!

http://acsh.org/news/2016/11/14/beef-insects-are-good-source-iron-10436

Like Beef, Insects Are a Good Source of Iron | American Council on Science and Health As a greater number of people enter the middle class around the globe, many will turn away from plant-based diets in favor of meat-based diets. This could be a cause for concern, as meat production requires the input of substantially more resources, such as water and energy. The question of how to f...

Crickets are the most popular insect consumed globally, would you give them a try?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130514-edible-insects-entomophagy-science-food-bugs-beetles/

U.N. Urges Eating Insects; 8 Popular Bugs to Try From beetles to butterflies and from ants to stinkbugs, people in dozens of countries regularly eat insects. Here are the most popular types of edible critters.

A step in the right direction!

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3053663/not-ready-to-eat-crickets-try-feeding-them-to-your-dog?utm_content=buffer5c48d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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.

An answer to climate change, and a delicious one at that!

http://kindling.xyz/101/2016/10/entomophagy-eating-bugs-101-answer-climate-change-animal-cruelty/

Entomophagy (Eating Bugs) 101: An Answer to Climate Change and Animal Cruelty | Kindling Entomophagy is not only an opportunity to expand our diets and find delicious food. In fact, it is essential for our society’s sustainability.

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Bug Bitez We are a group of University of Guelph students developing a sustainable food product in order to combat food insecurity and feed our growing population by 2050.

Almost 2000 insect species are turned into food, and feed over 2 BILLION people Globally. Taste and nutritional benefits outweigh the "ick factor"!

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-eat-bugs-emma-bryce

Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultures. You may feel icky about munching on insects, but they feed about 2 billion people each day (Mmm, fried tarantulas)....

Try something new today like bugs and see the positive difference :D