Producing crickets, locusts and meal worms for human consumption would emit 10 times less methane and 300 times less nitrous oxide than livestock production, according to a Belgian entomologist. Arnold Van Huls said that most of the world currently eats insects, except westerners who must overcome the “yuck factor.” The recommendation is being reviewed by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization.(Brownfield Ag News) Read more.
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