DATELINE: Kisumu, Kenya.
I love this cricket farmer’s enthusiastic outlook on the future of edible insects.
…a report published by scientists at the University of Copenhagen compared cricket production in Thailand to broiler chicken farming on equivalent scale and found that crickets were better for the environment. Fifteen environmental impacts were investigated, including global warming potential, resource depletion and eutrophication. According to the report, cricket production had a lower negative impact on the environment that the rearing of broiler chicken. In addition rearing of crickets is independent of climate change. Therefore farmers are able to rear them throughout the year and thus their profitability is sustainable.
I’m not too sure about the statistic he quotes below, but it sure sounds good, doesn’t it?
“Experts say if you eat two crickets in a week you are guaranteed more protein content than one person who eats chicken regularly,” says Mr Odira.
You are not going to convince this guy otherwise. 🙂
