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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.