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Bug Appétit? Insect Eating And Disgust

About two billion people currently “supplement their diet” by eating insects (entomophagy). Some institutions, including the United Nations, have advocated for an increase in insect eating to deal with coming... READ MORE

Eating Insects: How The Trend Might Spread

...insects are generally able to convert nutrients into protein at a better ratio than other animals, and therefore many scientists have posited that eating insects instead of the usual animals... READ MORE

Profiling Consumers Who Are Ready to Adopt Insects as a...

...meat consumption prevails and the adoption of insects as a foodstuff is regarded with a great degree of skepticism and disgust.” Their identification of insect eating with disgust is important.... READ MORE

What’s Abuzz With Wild Insects?

It’s time to retire the stereotype of insects as “creepy, crawly pests.” Insects have been around for over 350 million years, longer than dinosaurs and flowering plants. More than one... READ MORE

‘Minilivestock’: Is Farming Insects A Solut...

...with farming insects, such as the lack of standards regulating the quality of insects used for food. Outside of insect farming, the paper notes that, if insect eating became popular,... READ MORE

Insect Farming: Adding Up To Global Suffering?

...consumers are not yet well acquainted with the idea of eating insects. This reluctance is accompanied by strict legislation concerning both animal and human use. Finally, insects are also farmed... READ MORE

Eating Insects: Cultural Differences, And The Sushi Com...

...already eaten insects in some form – four times the amount that had done so in the Indian group. The Indians that found insect-eating to be against a personal belief... READ MORE

Challenges In Understanding Farmed Insect Welfare

...a precautionary approach to insect welfare, instead of waiting to protect insects until we have definitive evidence of sentience. Over 1 trillion insects per year are already farmed. That number... READ MORE

Eating Insects And The Ick Factor

...mealworm products, many unwilling tasters commented that eating insects did not appeal to them because they did not consider insects to be food. Willing tasters mentioned potential benefits of eating... READ MORE

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Bug Appétit? Insect Eating And Disgust

Eating Insects: How The Trend Might Spread

Profiling Consumers Who Are Ready to Adopt Insects as a...

What’s Abuzz With Wild Insects?

‘Minilivestock’: Is Farming Insects A Solut...

Insect Farming: Adding Up To Global Suffering?

Eating Insects: Cultural Differences, And The Sushi Com...

Challenges In Understanding Farmed Insect Welfare

Eating Insects And The Ick Factor

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Eating Insects: How The Trend Might Spread

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What’s Abuzz With Wild Insects?

‘Minilivestock’: Is Farming Insects A Solut...

Insect Farming: Adding Up To Global Suffering?

Eating Insects: Cultural Differences, And The Sushi Com...

Challenges In Understanding Farmed Insect Welfare

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