Wednesday 12 January 2011

Replacing Cattle With Edible Insects

Insects produce much smaller quantities of greenhouse gases per kilogram of meat than cattle and pigs.

This is the conclusion of Dutch team of scientists at Wageningen University, who have joined forces with government and industry to investigate whether the rearing of insects could contribute to more sustainable protein production.

Source:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-cattle-edible-insects-smaller-quantities.html

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