From insects to cultured meat, nothing is off the table when it comes to feeding the world’s population which is estimated to be 10 billion people in 30 years’ time.

Should insect protein become the dietary norm of the future, how will our descendants feel about our reactions to the first insect aisle in the local supermarket? Could we perhaps be the last generation to be seen as true meat eaters?

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Spiders aren’t insects. I think they all come under “arthropods”.

    It’s actually covered in the article:

    "Biologically, insects are very similar to shrimps, which is a crustacean species and both crustaceans and insects are arthropods,” says Prof. le Coutre.

    “Arthropods are basically lifeforms either on land or water that are surrounded by a chitin exoskeleton. Most people won’t cringe at the sight of a shrimp on their plate, but many might run if there was an insect crawling on the kitchen counter.

    • fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yes I know. I was awkwardly separating them in my sentence knowing that some cultures (mistakenly) eat insects, and some (also mistakenly) eat spiders.

      That is no excuse for either.