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Yet Another Way to Save the Planet: Eat Bugs

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021Scott BuchananLeave a comment

If you are not yet exhausted by all the appeals to change your lifestyle in order to save the planet, here is another: “Eat insects!”. I should actually say, “Eat more insects!” or “Eat insects intentionally!”, since you are already consuming measurable amounts of adventitious insect parts in your food [1].

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