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The search for planet-friendly protein
www.yesmagazine.org

The search for planet-friendly protein

We can take a cue from cultures that eat further down the food chain.
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East Africa’s plague of locusts and the bizarre climate science behind it
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East Africa’s plague of locusts and the bizarre climate science behind it

Human activity has made an ocean circulation pattern misbehave—triggering a weird confluence of events that has caused the infestations.
Grasshoppers: They come, they eat, they … pollinate?
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Grasshoppers: They come, they eat, they … pollinate?

Attitudes toward grasshoppers were immortalized in popular culture with Disney Pixar's 1998 animated hit “A Bug's Life." “They come, they eat, they leave," a main character chants breathily.

Eating bugs can help the environment. So how do we get past the ick factor?
www.washingtonpost.com

Eating bugs can help the environment. So how do we get past the ick factor?

They might be key to feeding the planet, but the obstacles are many.

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