Haiya!
Did you know that the world's population is projected to be 9 billion in 2050? Did you also know that nearly 30% of the world's land is used to raise livestocks? Agriculture is already said to be terribly damaging to habitats and ecosystem, so how are we going to sustainably raise animals for meat to feed 9 billion people?
The answer to this problem is possibly... Insects! Insects require a lot less pollutants such as pesticides and greenhouse gases, requires less energy to cultivate, and takes up less land. Eating provides us protein, without fats, unlike red meat.
Here's a video of some people trying "food from the future".
See you in the next post!
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Did you know that the world's population is projected to be 9 billion in 2050? Did you also know that nearly 30% of the world's land is used to raise livestocks? Agriculture is already said to be terribly damaging to habitats and ecosystem, so how are we going to sustainably raise animals for meat to feed 9 billion people?
The answer to this problem is possibly... Insects! Insects require a lot less pollutants such as pesticides and greenhouse gases, requires less energy to cultivate, and takes up less land. Eating provides us protein, without fats, unlike red meat.
Here's a video of some people trying "food from the future".
I know this post isn't entirely related to moths and butterflies... But you see, I grew up in South Korea, where silkworms are sold as street food. I have tried, and it pops in your mouth like a yoghurt ball (queue response "EWW!") and they're very salty. Silkworms are the young of the domesticated silkmoth. When the caterpillars of the silkmoth wrap up with silk during the pupa stage, the silk is peeled off and the transforming caterpillars are cooked into what you see below. I remember it was 500 won (around 50 cents in SGD) per cup.
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| Yep... Silkworm snacks! http://northernnomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/silk-worm-larvae.gif |
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| Silkmoth - Bombyx mori https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Silkmoth.jpg |
Sources:
Forbes.com,. (2015). Forbes Welcome. Retrieved 28 October 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2014/07/11/the-next-new-miracle-superfood-insects-scientists-say/
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