vegan

Ho! That’s a bold statement. Let’s check it out…

…not everyone is lining up to crunch on crickets. Despite entmophagy’s many promises, one group of conscientious consumers remains nervously ambivalent: vegans. On the face of things, the question seems moot. Vegans don’t eat animals; insects are animals; vegans therefore don’t eat insects. End of story. But this simple little syllogism betrays the very real possibility that vegans, by virtue of their quest to reduce animal suffering, may not only be permitted to eat insects—they may be obligated to do so.

Come to think of it, I know of a guy who calls himself EntoVegan.

Click here to read the full article “If Vegans Replaced Plants With Insects, They’d Harm Fewer Animals” by James McWilliams for the Huffington Post.