Professor urges people to eat insects
A Dutch professor has suggested that people should swap meat for insects in their diet to improve the environment.
Arnold van Huis of Wageningen University noted that insects are higher in protein per bite than cattle, as well as having reduced carbon and water footprints and being cheaper to raise,
Van Huis said: "Children don't have a problem with eating insects, but adults with developed eating habits do, and only tasting and experience can make them change their minds. The problem is psychological.
"Meat consumption is expected to double from 2000 to 2050. We are already using 70% of our agricultural land for livestock and we cannot afford to spare more."
Van Huis has worked with a local cooking school to produce a cookbook with recipes for insects and has also organised lectures, food tastings and classes on how to use bugs, worms and grasshoppers as food.
A Dutch professor has suggested that people should swap meat for insects in their diet to improve the environment.
Arnold van Huis of Wageningen University noted that insects are higher in protein per bite than cattle, as well as having reduced carbon and water footprints and being cheaper to raise,
Van Huis said: "Children don't have a problem with eating insects, but adults with developed eating habits do, and only tasting and experience can make them change their minds. The problem is psychological.
"Meat consumption is expected to double from 2000 to 2050. We are already using 70% of our agricultural land for livestock and we cannot afford to spare more."
Van Huis has worked with a local cooking school to produce a cookbook with recipes for insects and has also organised lectures, food tastings and classes on how to use bugs, worms and grasshoppers as food.