The world’s population is projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that there will be a lack of farmland to meet this demand. They promote insect farms as a less resource-intensive alternative that:
- Emits fewer greenhouse gases and uses less pesticides than traditional farms.
- Requires less land as insects convert food into protein more efficiently than livestock.
- Provides new sources of employment in developing countries where many of the world’s more than 1,900 edible insect species live.
SEE:
Fried Worms and Other Delicacies: Why Eating Insects is the Future of Sustainable Food by Trinica Sampson; February 26, 2014.
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