Credit: Ética Animal
Humanity has a population problem – expected to reach 10 billion by the middle of the century. Feeding that many people is a problem. Biggest part of that problem is protein. In western societies, the preferred source of protein is red meat. Unfortunately, producing one calorie in the form of meat takes many more plant calories.
One way around this problem is cutting out the plant-to-animal stage by growing a plant based source of protein, such as soya beans.
An alternative is an animal which is more efficient at turning plants into protein. One such animal is the cricket – ten times more efficient in fact. Water use, 100 times more efficient than cattle.
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