Recent efforts to encourage the consumption of insects by humans are doomed to fail, due to the widespread disgust of the public to this idea, which makes it unlikely that insects will substantially contribute to the replacement of environmentally destructive habit of consumption of meat. Breeding and consumption of insects have been promoted in recent years as an environmentally friendly alternative than traditional meat due to the serious environmental cost of livestock. Livestock farming is a key factor in deforestation, is responsible for more than 50% of global water pollution and may cause more than one -third of greenhouse gas emissions, which can be considered acceptable if people wish to avoid a disastrous climate. As the Guardian reports, despite the much smaller environmental footprint of breeding and consumption of insects, such as trizonia, locusts and ants, it is unlikely to be fully exploited, […]
Source: News Beast
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