An increasing number of "entopreneurs" are launching businesses to feed a growing appetite for crickets, mealworms and other edible insects, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reports.
These upstarts are trying to persuade more Americans to eat bugs, which can be produced with less land, food and water than other sources of animal protein.
The United Nations has been promoting edible insects as a way to improve nutrition, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and create jobs in insect production.
Click here to read more.
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
Latest from Pest Control Technology
- Drowning in the Details? Seven Steps to Overcoming the Urge to Micromanage
- Ground Dove Population Increases on Ulong Island Following Removal of Invasive Rats
- Miller Pest Solutions Promotes Keith Johnson to External Operations Director
- Anticimex Carolinas Family of Brands Sponsors Salvation Army Angel Tree Program
- Guest Feature: Insight Canada’s Path to Sustainable Success in Quebec
- King County (Wash.) Warns Residents of Toilet Rats
- Beyond the Pest | Ep. 7 – Mike Thome and Jen Sweeney-Ingram
- NEPMA Presents Bartlett W. Eldredge Award to Jim O’Neill
