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  1. May 2015
    1. Although there are many benefits to eating insects, I think most people including myself would never be able to eat bugs. It probably isn't that bad since 2 billion people around the world do it, but since we are not used to eating bugs from an early age, our fear will probably only increase as the years go by. If we were introduced to this earlier, eating bugs would be normal.

    2. An insect diet is better for the environment, better for our health and could be better for the economy too.

      Insect consumption will reduce the amount of animal farming across the world. This would be bad for farmers; they would earn less money. Besides, how many people in this country, let alone the world, would voluntarily step up to eating insects for nutrition and less animal farming?

    3. An insect diet is better for the environment, better for our health and could be better for the economy too. Our infographic looks at what entomophagy can bring to the table

      I think that this would be hard to convert many countries to this because of the stigma against bugs. I don't think the issue would be the way the bugs taste but how they are viewed by society.

    1. With the global population slated to hit nine billion by the year 2050, and meat consumption increasing steadily around the world, our current land and water resources simply don’t supply enough animal protein to meet the future demand.

      I think bugs are a good solution for a supply of nutrition. Bugs are not high in demand right now while traditional meats are. We are running out of resources and space for our growing population

    2. With the global population slated to hit nine billion by the year 2050, and meat consumption increasing steadily around the world, our current land and water resources simply don’t supply enough animal protein to meet the future demand.

      I agree that there should be a new way to consume meat but I also think it should be done differently than eating insects.

    3. Before you gag, chew on this: nearly 80 percent of the global population eats insects as part of their normal diet, and insects are related to delicacies in western cuisine including shrimp, crayfish and lobsters.

      This is also significant because I would never eat a bug but 80 percent of the population already eats it. Also, insects are related to shrimp, which I have eaten before.