We're about to change cows' diets — yet again

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Natural resources are dwindling, the human population could skyrocket to 9 billion by 2050 and the global demand for meat is expected to increase 70% over the next 35 years.

Is eating insects the key to saving the world? That's what countless headlines have boasted over the past couple of months, and what several international organizations are still trying to figure out.

While consuming insects directly could be a substantial source of the protein humans need to survive, shifting the focus away from the ecologically reprehensible meat industry, the question of feeding insects to livestock is perhaps the more complicated issue — and the one that requires more research. Read more...

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