Is eating insects the way to a sustainable future?

The Cosmos Podcast

English - April 01, 2022 14:30 - 12 minutes - 8.93 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Have you ever eaten a cricket? How about a mealworm or an ant? Did you even know that these insects are available to buy as food products in Australia? Some experts think that increasing consumption of insect protein could be pretty good for our health and for the planet. Today, Cosmos science journalist Matilda Handsley-Davis talks to Sky Blackburn, an entomologist and food scientist based in Sydney. Sky is bringing these skills together to try to get edible insects into the Australian mainstream.

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