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Farming insects – to feed animals

Posted by patience_limited
Tags: entomophagy, veganism, agriculture, insects, farming.livestock, author.emilie filou, source.the correspondent
https://thecorrespondent.com/230/heres-why-there-is-such-a-buzz-about-farming-insects-to-feed-animals/

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  1. patience_limited
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    From the article header:

    From the article header:

    Growing demand for soy-based animal feed has been disastrous for the environment. Could the black soldier fly and other insects be sustainably used in husbandry and aquaculture instead of plants?

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    j3n
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    Just looking at the graphic in the article, it doesn't look like eating insects directly would be that much better than eating Chicken or Pork. I wonder how much insect feed it takes to raise a...

    Just looking at the graphic in the article, it doesn't look like eating insects directly would be that much better than eating Chicken or Pork. I wonder how much insect feed it takes to raise a Chicken? There's got to be some amount of loss there.

    The same graphic confirms my general impression that beef is pretty overwhelmingly worse than chicken or pork, and I'm about 95% sure that cows are not going to do well on a diet of insects.

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      I don't think the plan is to use insects as exclusive feed for animals, but as the primary protein source instead of soy or fishmeal. That allows more soy use for day-to-day human feed, and less...

      I don't think the plan is to use insects as exclusive feed for animals, but as the primary protein source instead of soy or fishmeal. That allows more soy use for day-to-day human feed, and less pressure to overfish.

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    weystrom
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    Is there a mirror somewhere that I can read without registration?

    Is there a mirror somewhere that I can read without registration?

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