UN Food Advisor says let them eat insects http://www.blacklistednews.com/UN_Food_Advisor_says_let_them_eat_insects/13735/0/38/38/Y/M.html

"Most of the world's population will live in urban areas. Trying to feed the whole planet enough protein from cows won't work," Mr Verniau said last week.Insects are eaten from the wild in Laos, but are not farmed on a large scale. He wants to increase research into the field and host a conference on edible insects in 2012.Insect farming is also environmentally safer – with a recent study by FoodServiceWarehouse.com suggesting that swapping pork and beef for crickets and locusts could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 95pc.

The livestock farming contribution of emissions to global warming is huge, with 35pc to 40pc of the Earth's methane, 65pc of the Earth's nitrous oxide and 9pc of the Earth's carbon dioxide being attributed to the industry.As well as emitting fewer gases insects also have twice the protein of meat and fish, whilst being rich in unsaturated fat.Mr Verniau's research continues: "You can make powder from crickets that is very rich in protein. It's low in fat and it can be added to biscuits in problem areas where food rations are distributed."