19-12-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com

Reasons to put insects on the Christmas menu

Rearing animals for meat is bad for the planet. Insects, on the other hand, are both nutritious and environmentally friendlyIf you’re looking for a novelty Christmas dinner that will help curb greenhouse gases, why not try eating insects? Conventional meat farming produces massive amounts of greenhouse gases, especially from sheep and cattle belching methane – a gas roughly 20 times more powerful as a heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. Add to that other culprits, such as nitrogen
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