Ironies of food, the future of livestock may go through the same worms that farmers have been fighting for decades in the form of pests. Not figuratively. Not literally. There are companies that already look at the larvae as a “lifesaver” in the face of the challenges facing the sector. It can still be disturbing for us to find a good plate of tenebrios on the table, but the truth is that they are a food rich in protein and can help farmers to raise their cattle without grasses that have a great impact on the environment.
The challenge now for its production to gain pace and to be able to offer increasingly competitive prices is: How to achieve fat, nutritious and, above all, fast-growing worms?
And above all, is the change so important?
The grassland challenge. The livestock industry faces the future with an important handicap: its environmental impact. And at least one part is related to the feeding of the
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