Insects – Pest or Dinner
Entomophagy describes the exercise of eating insects by humans, the eggs, larvae, and adults of certain insects have been consumed by humans for thousands of years. In fact, 3,000+ ethnic groups practice entomophagy (Greek -entomon, meaning insect, and Latin phagus, as in feeding on). A quarter of the global population currently eat bugs as part of their diet yet most countries in Europe and North America are adamantly reluctant to the idea of consuming bugs. Europeans and North Americas consider insects to be dirty and carriers of disease, which we call pests, Latin root means plague. So how do we go about reprogramming or transforming people’s attitudes toward insects – undoing centuries of entomophagy-phobia. For example, kale, sushi, lobster, crabs and even tomatoes and oils were once despised and unaware in some cultures. But change can happen, the United Nations released a report declaring the need to swap traditional protein sources for insects to support a sustainable future.
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