The Good 'grub' Guide

[DonPeffers]

BBC 1 Monday 07 Aug 7.30pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bbc-wales-insects

With a population set to reach ~10 billion by 2050, the documentary explores the global need for more sustainable and healthy protein sources alongside conserving natural resources and ecosystems. Insects are extremely nutritious and healthy: whole insect powder can be >65 percent protein, contains all nine essential amino acids, is low in saturated fat, low in sugar and has the perfect balance of omega 3: omega 6 fatty acids.

Insect farming is also extremely sustainable: Many insects can produce equivalent amount of protein to beef with 25 times less feed and a fraction of the water and energy. The edible insect market is predicted to be worth €65 million in Europe alone by 2020.

So glad I'm veggie.

Any thoughts on the diet of the future?

[Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup)]

Bush tucker trails...breakfast, dinner and tea.

Looking forward to it already.  

[pistonbroke]

Wonder what the average life span of a Blackbird is ?  

[TAFKARM]

MMmmmm kobe beetle.

 

I'd give it a go.

[jeff oakley]

Anyone remember the film Solyant Green, that was a strange vision of our food sources. As for what we might eat in the future, well we could start by eating more of what we kill now.

If you look back to the war years the saying was the only thing from a pig that wasn't eaten was the squeak. We waste good food as it is not trendy, like liver, kidneys heart etc. for us meat eaters. There is plenty of wild meat that will never run out, rabbits, squirrles etc. also to feast upon

Protein wise, there are many ways to produce it from plants and I would say that as energy production gets cheaper the African continent could be irrigated by desalination plants and then you have perfect conditions to grow anything. The world is not short of land, it is short of Sun land and water all at the right temperature together at the right time.

Insects and the like could provide some food but if we all ate them not sure how many we would need

The bigger issue is that we will never get that bad as inevitably our desire to kill each other will cull millions with war in the future and if we do not do that nature will do that job with pandemics. It is only just outside living memory that a flu pandemic killed millions without the ease of plane travellers to spread it.