Insects could help turn beer waste into beef
People do not like eating insects. Livestock are less picky
Eating insects is one of those ideas that never quite seems to catch on. The United Nations endorsed the idea a decade ago, but, in the West at least, bugs remain mostly absent from supermarket shelves. Faced with an indifferent—or disgusted—public, scientists have been exploring other options. One is to feed the insects instead to livestock, which are not so picky.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Bug-fed steak”
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