U.N. would like you to eat bugs to save the world

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations suggests that we North Americans need to start eating insects like they do in Asia, Australia and Africa, the Great Lakes Echo reported.


That’s because bugs — maybe even some fattened with livestock feeds (they taste better) — are expected to be an even more important protein source when the world population hits 9 billion as 2050 approaches.


“Further exposure and introduction to (bug-eating) itself can help to reduce the surprise and novelty of seeing insects on the plate,” the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization reported. “Zoos, museums and universities can play an important role here. However, the emotion of disgust can be very hard to change.”


The number of insect farms in Canada and the U.S. is growing.
  • Crunchy Critter Farms is set to open Nov. 1 in Akron, Ohio.
  • North America’s largest producer of edible crickets near Toronto is slated to nearly double production space by the end of the year.
  • The industry’s first North American conference was held last March in Detroit.