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Entomophagy

Bugs: The Next Sustainable Food Source?

In North America and most of Western Europe, eating bugs isn’t exactly commonplace – at least, eating bugs on purpose (we ingest plenty without realizing it on a daily basis due to lax food processing standards). But in many parts of the world, entomophagy is normal and insects are considered an excellent source of protein, [...]

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Maggots in Your Mushrooms: Contamination is Rampant in our Food Supply

Insect filth. Rodent filth. Parasites. Mildew. Cigarette butts. Mammalian excreta. These are just a handful of the revolting things that are currently named as “allowable defects” in an FDA booklet entitled “The Food Defect Action Levels: Levels of Natural or Unavoidable Defects in Foods That Present No Health Hazards for Humans”. The very booklet that [...]

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