Towards a sustainable insect food production system

Insect production has been suggested as a food production system that could be more sustainable than many conventional livestock systems. Insects are a promising source of nutrients for humans containing high amounts of good quality protein, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. A sustainable insect industry could have large impacts on land use, ecology and conservation. However, much around insects as a food source are unknown and only a small number of species have been used as livestock. Plenty of new information and understanding is needed if we are to develop food production systems and mass rearing of insects. The promise and also challenge of this food system is to develop it in a sust…