Fear Factor
Reanne Wong APES period 3
Which food choices should we really be afraid of? With over 1,900 edible species on Earth, insects already exist in the diet of many nations and cultures. Is it time for Americans to adopt insect eating as a (tasty) strategy to counteract the harmful and costly effects of livestock agriculture? Let’s find out!
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117.65 kg crickets
0.004 kg beef
of land
PRODUCES
The overcrowded conditions of animal feedlots produce concentrated amounts of manure and urine, which seep into water, causing eutrophication and infecting the water with harmful bacteria. This also makes it necessary for large livestock to take heavy antibiotics, which also ends up in water or in the humans that consume them.
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WATER IS INEFFICIENTLY USED TO PRODUCE BEEF
Feedlots = 1/3 of all nitrogen & phosphorus pollution
750 kg of water required to produce 1 kg of beef. Insects just need some wet towels and produce minimal pollution.
NUTRITION Pr
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Crickets
20.5
6.8
40.7
6.7
347
Mealworms
23.7
5.4
23.1
4.6
340
26.1
11.7
13
6.3
333
19.8
6.3
12
0.6
490
Lean beef
Salmon
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values in mg/ 100g, unless otherwise stated Eating similarly nutritious food with less environmental impact reduces pressure on industrial animal agriculture
Save the world! Eat bugs instead of beef, an accessible food choice here in Seattle!
Poquitos La Carta de Oaxaca Shanik They serve yummy insects!