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So in High School I took a class on Entomology. After being amazed by the various insects and capturing a few in the wild, The Tarantula Hornet was the one that got away, I became very interested in the potential "uses" of insects. One Day, I was visiting Berkeley during their Entomology Departments get together day or something, and what did I find? Cooked Bugs. There were Chocolate covered Crickets, Roasted Roaches, Fryed Scorpions, and more. It got me thinking a lot. Most bugs are like 30-60 percent protein. What if we dropped our Cow dependency affect disorders and started harvesting Bugs? ( Image Taken From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Insect_food_stall.JPG)

Its called Entomophagy, and its a great idea. Bugs are naturally beneficial to our environments, and with certain species experiencing an unnatural decline in population, such as Honey Bees, we are seeing adverse effects such as lower Pecan Production in California, due to the fact they are pollinated by bees. If we had bee farms we could prevent further erosion of crops that rely on pollination by bee's and create a new tasty snack. Fried Bees.

Other Benefits of insect harvesting would be to use naturally occurring enzymes in them as natural remedies. Consider the fact that Cuba has ramped up Blue Scorpion production to study its venom as a potential cure for certain types of cancer. Awesome!!! In any case I will be attempting backyard Entomophagy in the future using specifically scorpions, because they are meaty and delicious.

http://travelhappy.info/thailand/hungry-eat-a-scorpion/

http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/harvesting-insects-can-help-world-food-crisis

http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/11/19/14487/scorpion_farming_multiplies_cuba.html

www.slshrimp.com

www.edibleunique.com

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/insectnutrition.html

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