BUGS FOR DINNER

So if we’re eating bugs anyway, why not take it to its logical conclusion and do something good for the world at the same time? That’s the thinking of people within a growing movement which believes that we should use bugs and insects as a way to help feed the world. Sites such as Food-Insects.com claim that bugs are as healthy as traditional livestock but don’t have all the negative environmental impacts of farming animals for food. According to the author of a book called The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, grasshoppers are surprisingly tasty, filling, and taste "something like popcorn,” crickets are incredibly high in calcium and potassium, roasted grubs make a fat-filled protein snack, earthworms make a very nutritious flour, and raw ant eggs taste like couscous.