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ghost commented 9 years ago

Here is an interview of KATHRYN REDFORD, a Canadian girl who started growing insects (Matthias told me about her). She reached the same conclusion as us: mealworms rock I'll use this: "I did some surveys and 90 percent of the people interviewed said that they liked the concept, but they did not like the idea of eating bugs." to support my acceptance among Westerners part

@ikerito7: There are some interesting hint to the Canadian Food Inspection Center (it is the same than in Europe or the USA: law still waiting to be passed), maybe you can mention it along with the USA? "The CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) is looking into making insects viable as a feed ingredient. These laws being passed is an inevitability, especially as insects become cheaper and farmers' demand increases. But these processes take longer than people expect. "

The most interesting part is for you, about the soy industry @MFloru "IRENE PEDRUELO: Do you think you are stuck partly because soy production is subsidized?

KATHRYN REDFORD: Yes. We have to be cost-competitive. I don't want to overcharge farmers, but we are a business at the end of the day, we have to make money. If soy wasn't subsidized we probably would be cost-competitive. Money not only goes to crops and transporting the soy, but also to processing the soy so that it's in a form that can be digested by a chicken in the first place. That is a very costly and lengthy process, and I can't imagine soy being the price it is if it wasn't subsidized. Soy is a huge cloud over all agriculture. " I think it will be part of the risks

http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/innovations/data/00278

ghost commented 9 years ago

Another article from her: http://www.thenewjournalatyale.com/2013/02/pass-the-grub/

Her company, Ofbug, should also be added to the list of existing companies

Another quote from the same article: "According to a website titled “Entomophagy”—the scientific name for human consumption of bugs—twenty-four restaurants in the United States list insects on their menus."

Also, we should write a part about animal welfare (from the same article:) "Freezing minimizes pain, she said. Even so, she paused before she put in her first batch. “Oh my gosh, I’m going to kill thousands of lives right now,” she remembers thinking. “I don’t take pleasure in killing them or anything like that. I definitely have a conscience about it. My focus is on the greater goal here.” "