A nascent drive to cut greenhouse emissions from animal feed has spawned a new industry, flush with venture capital, that promises to one day produce vast amounts of protein with fewer greenhouse emissions than traditional suppliers.
A nascent drive to cut greenhouse emissions from animal feed has spawned a new industry, flush with venture capital, that promises to one day produce vast amounts of protein with fewer greenhouse emissions than traditional suppliers.
6 Comments
protist@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
Insects are the future of industrialized food
silence7@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
The plan appears to be feeding the insects to larger animals, not to people directly
protist@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
Yes, though cricket flour is also gaining in popularity for people
Telorand@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 2y
I've eaten crickets. Light and crispy like a potato chip, taste like whatever spices they're cooked in. Definitely not a hill worth dying upon.
nova@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
No, plants are.
protist@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
Plants already make up the overwhelming majority of industrialized food