Verge Science | Why companies are mass-producing edible insects @VergeScience | Uploaded October 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Around the world, two billion people eat insects regularly. In the US and Europe? Not so much. But, some entrepreneurs think it’s time. We take a tour of the startup cricket farms trying to kickstart a new industry, and sample some insect snacks ourselves.

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