Food & agriculture - April 11 Click on the headline (link) for
the full text. Many more articles are available through the
Energy Bulletin homepage. Waiter, why isn't there a fly in my
soup? Patrick Kinglsey, Guardian Insects such as silkworms and
grasshoppers could feed the world's growing population ...
Welcome to the Banquet of Insects, which aims to promote bugs as
an alternative to meat-based diets. By 2030, the world's
population will have reached eight billion, a figure the world's
meat farms might not be able to feed. Mass insect farming could
provide a more sustainable food source. Insects are high in
protein, relatively low in calories, and cause much less
environmental damage than cattle. A meal made from silkworms is,
pound for pound, just as nutritious as a beef steak, but farming
the worms would require seven times less feed, far less water,
and creates no methane footprint. (12 April 2011) Britain's
taste for cheap food that's killing Brazil's 'other wilderness'
Martin Hickman, Independent/UK A