BURGER WITH FLIES
Why aren’t we feeding bugs to animals?
by TOM PHILPOTT
Apr 01, 2017
2 minutes
EVEN THOUGH INSECTS are extremely nutritious and emit little greenhouse gas, they probably don’t make your mouth water: Here in the United States, dining on bugs is still taboo. Chances are we’re not going to replace bacon with smoked beetles or wolf down meatballs made of ground fly larvae anytime soon. Animals, though, have no qualms about devouring bugs. I’ve seen otherwise tame hens stampede through grass like bulls
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