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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
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To: V_TWIN
Yep, concur. Most people have never been hungry enough to realize what you will eat when you get to a certain point.
Shades of E and E school and Arctic survival. Dieting to the max.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:06:26 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
( lose the gun. save the cannolis.)
To: VTenigma
Just a supplement until Soylent Green gets into full production....
Close your eyes and imagine “peanut butter”, to put on the Soylent Green wafers.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:07:24 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.)
To: ptsal
That is an awesome idea. Easy to grow, live on garbage. Great protein for animals.
To: ptsal
Before people hit the roof in shock and disgust about eating insects for food, know that the Mexicans eat certain types of grasshoppers (chapulines) and some Japanese eat preserved grasshoppers (inago no tsukudani) as a regular part of their diet.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:09:08 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: ptsal
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:10:26 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(oks like)
To: ptsal
I hope this means the price of crickets for my reptile pets will decline.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:13:17 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
To: El Cid
Branding could be pretty tedious.And how would you milk all those tiny udders?
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:15:24 AM PDT
by
Oatka
(tHE)
To: ptsal
Apparently my college dining commons was way ahead of this decades ago!
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:15:26 AM PDT
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: ptsal
That scene in Blade Runner 2 about raising insects as protein farmer was meant to be HORROR, not an instruction manual.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:16:01 AM PDT
by
tbw2
To: SandRat
Locust “flour” and cricket “flour” is already used in a few cutting edge protein bars.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:16:30 AM PDT
by
tbw2
To: Califreak
Eat soylent green and bugs and dont forget to vote democrat, or become soylent green!
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:19:01 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Da Coyote
It’s a great idea for chicken and animal feed. It can be done on a small family homestead scale.
To: El Cid
The Ranchers or the Flies??? LOL!!!!
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:21:29 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country)
To: ClearCase_guy
I think Welfare programs should be primarily food-based: Seventy years ago they picked up Commodities on Tuesday. Beans, cheese, flour, powdered milk sometimes canned meat. I am from an age when people could and did live on flour and beans.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:24:25 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: ptsal
It will be mosquito season in M8nnesota once winter’s over.
Oh. Never mind.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:26:02 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(A)
To: billorites
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:26:55 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(A)
To: itsahoot
Yup. I don’t think people should starve in this country. But being poor should be ... unpleasant.
As many have observed, if you:
Get some education
Get some kind of job
Get married
Have kids AFTER you marry
And stay married
You chances of being “poor” are almost nil.
Kids growing up in a poor environment should be constantly reminded: some cultural behaviors lead to the poverty you’re living in. And some cultural characteristics lead to a much better life. For you. For your children.
See the difference. Make a choice. It’s totally up to you. No one can keep you down except for You.
To: No_More_Harkin
Great protein for animals. I watched some prepper video where he took a 5 gallon bucket with small holes drilled into the bottom and placed any dead chicks in for the flies. The flies lay eggs and the maggots hatch and fall through the holes and feed the chickens.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:29:57 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: ptsal
Enterra Feed, one of an emerging crop of insect growers, will process the bugs into protein-rich food for fish, poultry - even pets.
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They all eat insects anyway. If it’s economical, why not? It’s better than humans eating insects, and this could leave more food for us.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:31:20 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: discostu
Every year theres some stupid article about how were all gonna eat bugs. So far, still steak in my food.
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People should read the article. Thank you.
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posted on
04/13/2018 10:35:50 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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