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Insect farms gear up to feed soaring global protein demand
Reuters ^ | 13-Apr-2018 | Karl Plume

Posted on 04/13/2018 9:39:55 AM PDT by ptsal

LANGLEY, British Columbia (Reuters) - Layers of squirming black soldier fly larvae fill large aluminum bins stacked 10-high in a warehouse outside of Vancouver. They are feeding on stale bread, rotting mangoes, overripe cantaloupe and squishy zucchini.

[snip] Enterra Feed, one of an emerging crop of insect growers, will process the bugs into protein-rich food for fish, poultry - even pets. After being fattened up, the fly larvae will be roasted, dried and bagged or pressed to extract oils, then milled into a brown powder that smells like roasted peanuts.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; foodsupply; insect; mealworm; protein; vancouver
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Other interested companies include Cargill, Wilbur-Ellis, Buhler, McDonalds.....
1 posted on 04/13/2018 9:39:55 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: ptsal

Call me when it’s a 99% part of Hollywood/university/government employee diet.
Until then, shove it in Dorkbama’s Obamahole.


2 posted on 04/13/2018 9:41:59 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: ptsal

Naked and afraid?


3 posted on 04/13/2018 9:43:17 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: ptsal

I can’t wait to see the heads explode when it’s discovered raising insects for food produces CO2.


4 posted on 04/13/2018 9:43:28 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: ptsal

Put enough chocolate on it and I’ll eat anything.


5 posted on 04/13/2018 9:44:13 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Da Coyote

Yep, exactly. This is conditioning for the sheeple while the elites still enjoy the finest.


6 posted on 04/13/2018 9:44:54 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: Beagle8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rj4W2zCAk


7 posted on 04/13/2018 9:45:41 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: ptsal

Eat soylent green and bugs and don’t forget to vote democrat!


8 posted on 04/13/2018 9:46:38 AM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: ptsal

As I learned in survival school, a few days out in the boonies with no food and your definition of usable protein will expand considerably.

CC


9 posted on 04/13/2018 9:46:51 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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To: ptsal

I think Welfare programs should be primarily food-based:

Rice, beans, cheese, powered milk, oil, ...

But if they want to supplement this with lots of insects for good protein, I’m all for it!! I imagine it would sharply cut back on the number of people making use of Welfare programs.


10 posted on 04/13/2018 9:47:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ptsal

Why do I smell, an animal rights group or a vegan group or both planning to sell this for human consumption> ICK!!!


11 posted on 04/13/2018 9:47:58 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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The lawyers must be, already getting ready, to file lawsuits.


12 posted on 04/13/2018 9:52:58 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Yep, concur. Most people have never been hungry enough to realize what you will eat when you get to a certain point.


13 posted on 04/13/2018 9:53:10 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: ptsal
Shouldn’t they be called Insect Ranches?
Branding could be pretty tedious.
14 posted on 04/13/2018 9:53:29 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: ptsal

I say it’s time to humanely harvest some of the wild horses who have little to eat and one to care for them.
If they are to be sold to Mexcico or to France, they should not be overcrowded or treated cruelly.
Let’s try this first, then we’ll talk worms, but as ground up flour only.


15 posted on 04/13/2018 10:00:29 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: El Cid

Bug Barns.


16 posted on 04/13/2018 10:01:32 AM PDT by lee martell
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They are feeding on stale bread, rotting mangoes, overripe cantaloupe and squishy zucchini.

Sounds like a backwardsass solution to a simple logistics problem. Why not just get the bread, mangoes, cantaloupe and zucchini to the human food table before it goes bad?

17 posted on 04/13/2018 10:02:45 AM PDT by dead
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Yep, exactly. This is conditioning for the sheeple while the elites still enjoy the finest.

At one time, back in colonial days, lobster was used as food for the slaves.What goes around.....?

18 posted on 04/13/2018 10:02:50 AM PDT by Don Corleone
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To: ptsal

Because the Musks, Zuckerbergs, Merkels, and Obamas of the world need all the prime rib for their mansions.


19 posted on 04/13/2018 10:04:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ptsal

Every year there’s some stupid article about how we’re all gonna eat bugs. So far, still steak in my food.


20 posted on 04/13/2018 10:06:13 AM PDT by discostu (It's been so long, welcome back my friend, to the show, that never ends.)
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