Experts call for more insects to be put on the menu
Cantonese people, according to an old saying, eat anything that flies or has legs on the ground, except for airplanes, tables and chairs. "The development of efficient and sustainable new feed and food protein has become an urgent need," Chen said at the 19th Forum of Guangdong Zhonghengshan, an international symposium on insects as feed and food, along with sustainable food security solutions. "People actually have a long history of eating insects, including crickets, grasshoppers, bamboo bugs, cicada pupa and bee pupa, although insect dishes have yet become mainstream," he said. More than 200 experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and industry representatives from around the world explored the future of insect resource development and sustainable food safety during the event at South China Agricultural University. "Since experts have said insects are edible, I will try more insect dishes in the future," a local diner said, adding that "fried insects are tasty".
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