Name: Why not eat insects?
Uploaded: 2010-12-01T15:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 17 s
Description: Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.

Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.

Why not eat insects?

Eating insects isn't just for the adventurous—80 percent of the world's population already does it, consuming over 1,000 edible insect species. Insects offer a protein-rich, eco-friendly alternative to meat, and some processed foods unknowingly contain up to 500 grams of insect matter per person each year. As the global population rises, traditional livestock farming strains land, water, and the climate. Embracing insects as food could ease environmental pressures and help feed billions sustainably.

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