Insects Feel News Today

As a scientist whose research involves insects and as a gardener, I know that many beneficial insect species are declining and need humans' help. If you're a gardener looking for a new challenge this year, consider revamping all or part of your yard to support beneficial insects.

Many people are consuming insects in a variety of ways as an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional forms of protein, but others wonder how ethical it is to slaughter them for a mass market.

Scholars and advocates believe that the mass slaughter of insects should be done in the most humane way.

Worms, crickets and the like are showing up at fine European eateries. But this is not just a gastronomical fad, as population growth means finding new sources of protein in unlikely critters.

It is necessary to drastically reduce our beef consumption for both sanitary reasons and to fight against climate change, yet livestock will remain indispensable for their contributions to the environment.

While bugs and insects have less of an environmental impact than other protein sources, the question remains of how to humanly harvest them.

TOULOUSE - Will we be forced to eat spiders, larvae, crickets and other creepy-crawlers in the near future? In the face of mounting demographic pressures, we may be faced with this question sooner rather than later.
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