For some time now, climate activists have been promoting the idea of eating insects as one of the ways we can contribute to solving the problem of human-caused climate change. Agriculture, particularly livestock farming and the entire process of getting meat to your plate, is said to be a major contributor to global warming due to its carbon-intensive farming practices.
So insects have been proposed as an alternative protein for the masses, with proponents of the Great Reset, such as the World Economic Forum, saying humanity could be “conditioned” to consume insects such as beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps and ants as a way to save the planet.
All things insect related
All Things Bugs LLC was founded in 2011 by Dr. Aaron Dossey as a Facebook page dedicated to insect photography. Dr. Dossey began attending conferences promoting insects as a sustainable food source and became intrigued by the idea. He applied to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which funded his efforts to make the larvae as tasty as burgers.
The company describes itself as “the world's leading innovator in the insect industry” and touts the idea of using insects as food on its website.
Insects are the most sustainable source of protein on the planet, more so than any other animal or plant protein source. Producing insects requires far fewer resources, including land, water and feed, than cows, pigs, chickens, dairy products, and even most plant crops.
With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company has also branched out into genetically modifying insects. To prevent supply shortages, All Things Bugs is working to develop virus-resistant insects, supplemented with key nutrients such as vitamins A, C, D, and K, iron, calcium, and iodine.
“We are developing foundational technologies for creating insects as new bioresources using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and other techniques,” the company's website states.
Is it safe?
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bureaucracy, typically keen to ban products deemed harmful to humans, has lumped most insect foods into the “Generally Regarded as Safe” (GRAS) category. According to Dr. Merrill Nass, this classification “means that no testing is required,” meaning the FDA can “turn a blind eye” to insects as food.
“How long will it take to know if these foods are safe? It could take generations,” Nass speculates.
Food safety watchdogs are also concerned that not enough testing is being done before injecting the pests into the public's diet.
Claire Robinson is editor-in-chief of GM Watch, which tracks and reports on genetically modified foods and crops.
It is essential that all GMOs (genetically modified organisms), including insects, undergo health and environmental risk assessments before they can be sold, including testing for the presence of pathogens, substances that may cause allergies or substances that may be toxic to humans, and then they must be clearly labelled for consumers.
But proponents of the Great Reset want to introduce insect protein into our food supply in a more covert way. They want to slowly open us up to the idea of eating insects, and gradually reduce meat consumption through heavy taxation and brutal shaming of anyone willing to eat a burger.
If we were taxed poor and rightly shamed for eating meat, we would eat bugs and be thankful for them.
