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Insect Protein Offering ‘Green’ Livestock Feed Alternative as Market Demand Soars

Insect Protein Offering ‘Green’ Livestock Feed Alternative as Market Demand Soars
A worker at the Hargol grasshoppers breeding farm watches grasshoppers on July 12, 2020. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images
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Making a meal out of bugs is at the top of many people’s “yuck” factor—as edible protein supplements made from crawling locusts, buzzing flies, and hopping crickets aren’t mainstream in Western cultures.

Nevertheless, some advocates of sustainable farming have found a way around this stigma by using insect protein in livestock feed.

Autumn Spredemann
Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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