Will your next burger be ground-up mealworms?

[DAN_BRONCO_FAN]

The wriggly beetle larvae known as mealworms could one day dominate supermarket shelves as a more sustainable alternative to chicken, beef, pork and milk, researchers in the Netherlands say.
Currently, livestock use about 70 percent of all farmland. In addition, the demand for animal protein continues to rise globally, and is expected to grow by up to 80 percent between 2012 and 2050.
The act of clearing land for livestock is one that damages the environments on which people and other life depend. For instance, it helps release global warming gases.
Conventional livestock take up so much in the way of environmental resources that some have long suggested that creatures lower down in the food chain — insects — might in theory provide just as much protein in a more environmentally friendly way. However, little data are available on the environmental impacts associated with insect production, said researcher Dennis Oonincx at Wageningen University in the Netherlands


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[The Lone Bolt]

Can't wait to try my recipe for mealworm tacos! MMMMMMMMMMMM!

[Crushaholic]

We need a billion-dollar government study, on the effect of mealworms. That's what they do with the money, anyway...

[cutthemdown]

Um no. We go vegan before that IMO.

[Rohirrim]

Like SE Asia, when you overpopulate, you end up eating bugs. You could always choose not to overpopulate, but if there is one thing that history proves over and over again, human beings are unable to control themselves, and when given the chance between consciousness and ignorance, they'll choose ignorance every time.

[DAN_BRONCO_FAN]

i will stick to meat even if i have to raise my own beef and chicken

[Requiem]

Mealworm popsicles! NONE OF US ARE SAFE!

[DenverBrit]

Sounds like a great idea and probably healthier than the meat they inhabit.

Mealworms are low in fat, high in protein and actually taste good.

http://mealwormstore.com/mealworm_info.php

[DAN_BRONCO_FAN]

Originally Posted by DenverBrit

Sounds like a great idea and probably healthier than the meat they inhabit.



http://mealwormstore.com/mealworm_info.php

well buddy you go right ahead and eat meal worms all you want ill stick with beef and chicken XD

[DenverBrit]

Originally Posted by DAN_BRONCO_FAN

well buddy you go right ahead and eat meal worms all you want ill stick with beef and chicken XD

Spam, spam, spam, mealworms, spam, egg & spam.

[DAN_BRONCO_FAN]

Originally Posted by DenverBrit

Spam, spam, spam, mealworms, spam, egg & spam.

lmfao god there is two things im glad the uk introduced to the usa doctor who and monty python.
even thou some episodes of doctor who must of been written while on some sort of drugs.
now based on the previews of this years Christmas special the world has to look out for killer snowmen lmfao killer santas and now killer snowmen.
next year i expect killer reindeer with lasers

[DenverBrit]

[DAN_BRONCO_FAN]

hey maybe the doctor should also wear a fez

[cutthemdown]

Originally Posted by DAN_BRONCO_FAN

i will stick to meat even if i have to raise my own beef and chicken

Solient Green! It's mealworms!