Insects
Could insects be the key to lowering the ecological footprint of feeding our pets and livestock? Meat production has huge impacts on carbon, water, pollution and biodiversity. So what if we substituted the crops we grow for livestock and the meat we produce for pets (which is 12% of total meat consumption) with insects? Dutch insect farmers Protix estimate that insect-based foods use 2% of the land and 4% of the water per kg of protein. Hargol FoodTech already make livestock feed from grasshoppers, while the British Veterinary Association says insect-based foods are better for pets than prime steak.
— Wayne Visser
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