30 Days of Insects!

Hello intraweb!
I am the Lady Insectivore, aka Gypsy Heather, and starting tomorrow I will begin my 30-day dive into entomophogy, which is the practice of consuming insects. Catepillars, crickets, mealworms, ants, and many other species of edible bugs along with plant products will makeup the majority of my diet.
 
So why Insects?  Humans have consumed insects out of neccessity and in luxury since the begnning of human existence. They are a sufficient source of vital nutrients, vitamins and protein for the human body. Insects are a widely available and diverse food product, with over 6 million different species roaming throughout the world.

In the United States, products from  animals comprise 70%. of the total land used for agriculture. This includes land for grazing, factories for commercial farming, and land used for feed production (predominately genetically modified corn and soy)..  World populations have been increasing by a third on average per decade since mid 1900's. If the population rate continues to increase in this way, we will increase our world population by 133%. If the people of the world continue to consume the same amount of animal products that they do, then the land will have to supply an increase in the production of animal products by 166%. If all of these statistics stand true in the future, the world consumption of conventional meat and animal products will have to decrease in order to be able to feed the population. Less conventional animal product production would equal less protein intake for the majority of the population. A possible solution to this problem would be to consume insects.

Insects can be found just about everywhere! They thrive on all sorts of lands and in many different climates. They nourish themselves from the vegetation, soil and rain in their habitat.  The only places in the world that are not the homes of insects are in the tundra zones. Cows, pigs. chickens, ducks, geese, fish and other commercially raised animals can live naturally in the wild. But, they do not live naturally in such a broad spectrum of places, or consume as many varietals of vegetations. As populations increased in the world, production of meat has increased, and is showing to be not only bad for our environment, but will not be sufficient to feed the world population. Why not Insects is my rebuttal.  .