We've had a bug 'farm' and restaurant here in Wales for a few years. I never gave it too much thought until recently and passed it off as a quirky tourist attraction. It now seems a whole lot more sinister given the recent push towards governmental drive to consume more insect protein at the expense of traditional meat especially as any such product will probably be refined to within an inch of its life - who wants to eat heavily processed food? Children in the next village to me recently took part in a trial ...
"Children at four primary schools will be offered insect protein during workshops to gauge youngsters' appetite for "alternative protein. The children will reportedly be given a product called VeXo, a combination of insect and plant-based protein. The product is said to look like "conventional" mince. The i newspaper said researchers are hoping to use data from the study to learn how best to educate children about the nutritional and environmental benefits of eating creepy crawlies - such as crickets, grasshoppers, silkworms, locusts and mealworms.
The investigation, which will use children aged from 5-11, is being led by Christopher Bear at Cardiff University. The study will use surveys, workshops, interviews and focus groups to explore young people’s understandings of alternative proteins - and as part of the research they will be offered a sample if they wish to try it, the Daily Star reports.
Mr Bear told the i: “We want the children to think about alternative proteins as real things for now, rather than just as foods for the future, so trying some of these foods is central to the research. Although edible insects are – for now – not sold widely in the UK, they form part of the diet of around 2 billion people worldwide.
"Much of this is in parts of the world where they are part of long-standing culinary traditions. And they are increasingly popular elsewhere.
Four primary schools in Wales will take part in the study. Carl Evans, headteacher at one of the schools, Roch Community Primary in Pembrokeshire. said that the issue was “important” but that it was “difficult” for youngsters to make sense of the issue."
Hi Deborah! Thank you for the comment and for restacking this post. I actually responded to this comment on the restacked post. Looking forward to your reply. 💗
Samantha, since you were interested in our Provo Great Books Club, you can contact me at carlDOTericDOTscott at the google-controlled email site. We meet Wednesday nights 7-9pm mountain time.
Ive seen monkeys in Africa pull ants out with a stick then eat em. You have to eat alot of bugs to equal a 4oz steak. Thank God my neighbors and I have a barter deal. If i had property elsewhere id be heading there. Shine on! I subbed.
Yes, well it was my husband’s VERY first time seeing it all up close and personal (except Idaho - where our acreage is). He is HOOKED! There’s nothing like a long road trip through the mountains. One can fly into them (or nearly so), but making the drive from the flat Texas plains INTO that majesty is an ineffable, almost spiritual, experience. I KNOW you understand this.
We drove two of our kids to Provo to catch their flight back to Austin. Provo is beautiful.
betcha the algae paste is full of pesticides and herbicides, lol
The implications of what I read here and in the comments is horrifying. Kudos if you can get away from this country; but where is this not happening? I'm poor so have no choice. I will stay and resist and fight.
You have got to be kidding me??!! Scorpion suckers? Where was this travesty? Honestly. You look beautiful and really? No slide videos? Dangit. I imagine it kinda took away your dignity. Did you know that Hitler had parties and had a slide for the arriving guests? And...they plopped out at the feet of der fuhrer and his entourage. Thanks for the insight. And seriously, what was the name of the bug selling store?
Nope. Not kidding at all. It was in a little town called Soldier Summit, Utah, but I imagine it's probably everywhere. I don't know the name of the store -- it was a gas station. We didn't need a gas station in Park City. It's highly walkable (or bike-able) and we only used the car once. Thank you for your kind words, Sadie! It would have been difficult to take pics or videos of the slide thingy because of logistics, I guess. And I didn't know that about Hitler. How did you come across such information? I wonder what his guests thought about that. He doesn't really strike me as the fun-loving, whimsical type who would have a slide, but I guess that characteristic can present itself in almost anyone!
Soldier Summit, really? More of gas-station with a trailer or two next to it than a "little town," and one I never stop at, 'cause the prices are as high as the elevation. Far from Park City trendy progressiveness also--culturally very Red-State any way you travel from S.S.
Maybe this bug-snack deal is more of some-truckers thing than a Utah thing?
Yes it was a very small place. We didn’t have an opportunity to stop at many gas stations as we left Utah and headed to Aspen. We walked almost everywhere in Park City.
We’re in Marietta, Georgia this week. We’re definitely keeping an eye out for anything wonky for sale at supermarkets, gas stations, and restaurants.
I have been through there..hard to believe. I just do not understand that mentality. Yes, Park City is gorgeous. I know so many trivial things! I think Hitler did it to see how his guests would react and take them down a notch or two. After all, really, who has dignity after going down a slide in evening clothes?
I don’t get the mentality either. Awhile back, our local grocery store was selling crickets (gross), but they stopped for some reason and they aren’t available anymore, thank goodness!
Did someone complain? I’m not sure that would have done any good. But at least they aren’t offered now.
Haha I, too, know many trivial things. DS talks about that all the time! But...I certainly didn’t know that about Hitler.
My experience on the mountain sled/slide wasn’t a bad one. It was fun, once I got over the initial fear!
Regarding your local grocery store no longer selling crickets...maybe they caught them all? Ironic. Crickets on the crickets? Haha...This is all just so stupid and people are growing more moronic with each passing day. Maybe it's the food?
Haha maybe they DID catch them all. Sadly, however, there are cricket farms (growing crickets for human consumption) here in Texas and I hear also in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, California, etc.
Hey, that was fabulous. The beauty of the West always makes me weak at the knees and almost homesick.
If the bug thing in the US freaks you out, it may be advisable for you to avert your gaze from Europe entirely. Here the stated plan is to kill all the world's most efficient dairy and beef herds (they'll get to the sheep and pigs next), which enjoy a standard of animal welfare unequalled anywhere on the planet, so that we can all be forced to become vegans. The bugs? Preliminary step. That's just the beating we'll get until morale improves. Militant vegans will then object to the suffering of the gnats. Bugs? A fool's game!! Algae paste. That's where the money will be . . .
(Fun fact: if all dairy cows were British or Irish cows, we'd only need 1/3rd of the world's present dairy cow population to supply all the milk. Mistreated animals do not produce like that. Seriously, animals with low self esteem do not produce that much. Being a dairy cow here is a great career move).
We have made the decision. Time to go. We're selling up and moving to poor isolated rural Italy. With a fair wind within six months. The lifestyle, for people of our age, is certainly attractive. More importantly, we need to provide a refuge / escape plan for our children and grandchildren.
I can't help but think it's all different this time and much much more dangerous. The venial corrupt and ultimately murderous polilticians (of all flavors and descriptions) are pandering to an increasingly malign bunch of citizens who demand more and more totalitarianism and control.
But then again, to steal a joke from a favorite radio priest, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat at a jaunty angle today, so maybe it's that.
Thank you for the kind words. I’ve been reading about what’s going on in Europe for quite awhile now and it doesn’t look good. It makes me sad sometimes.
You’re right about depressed animals with low self esteem. Our chickens are so happy! They produce eggs like crazy. We sell some, but they come so fast, we have to give some away too.
Glad to hear you’re making a move to Italy. Seems like you’re doing it for the same reasons we’re moving to the mountains of Idaho.
Algae paste? Disgusting! Tin foil hats are all the rage in fashion these days!
I will not comply with any of the bug eating nonsense! No more mandates. And Gluck, there is no way that Houston or any part of Texas will ban meat or gas powered cars. That is now against state law. No city or county can pull any shenanigans ever again.
Samantha, I believe the worst, most pernicious "Bugs" in Utah may be those used throughout the nation by various alphabet agencies to populate/feed the servers in the massive data farms there.
All of ASIA eats bugs, all of Africa is thankful for 'bugs'
French have been eating snails and chocolate covered ants, since the dinosaur era;
...
angloSaxon in north Britain were openly selling human-flesh as meat in 1100AD, its not like most of the civilized world were still eating human-flesh, and we're not even talking about 'starvation', we're talking about just cheap meat; Like eating horses prior to WW2 in USA was super common, hell even rats, possum, snakes,
...
Ever popular "Shrimp", scampi, are just 'insects of the ocean', there is something early strange about this push-back,
The elite have always EATEN 'bugs', land or sea, its the poor people who didn't get to eat the food of the rich, like escargot ( snails in butter )
All of Asia eats bugs...that doesn’t mean WE should do it! Just because the French are doing it (I mean, just behold their troubles -- and I’m French).
Bugs contain chitins which have devastating health consequences for humans. Our family will never do it. For us, it’s privately sourced grass-fed beef and other meats. Bugs may be in our future -- as in pests in our home or haranguing our crops, but we’ll take care of them with organic measures.
All shellfish are full of 'chitnins' are you saying you eat NO shellfish? Not even an occasional alaskan king crab? :)
Most places I mentioned the 'bugs' are for the rich, often over $10 a pound for fresh, which is way over the cost of such meat;
IMHO this entire bug thingy is just BS, if Klaus Schwab is eating $50/kg 'grubs' then he plans on you too? Not really, there are NOT enough 'fancy grubs' on earth to feed everybody, but just enough for the elite;
...
The correction here is ..
"You will own nothing and have nothing to eat, but you will be happy digging for roots" ( funny this is how the majority in africa living rural live, but digging for roots )
"You will own nothing, but be happy to die early, and/or young" ( now this is the real plan )
We don’t eat shellfish and the people in Africa, or wherever, eat bugs because they MUST to live. It’s not as if they are choosing between a steak and bugs and choose filthy, disgusting, unhealthy bugs. Vile and disgusting! We will never ever comply. Purebloods, no injections EVER, we eat clean food, grass fed beef, and grow most of our own produce.
Ok, but Schwab eats "escargot" and I suspect you don't like snails in butter either right?
Escargot can cost 10x over high-quality beef; When the elite rich serve crab, lobster, snails, or eels at WEF DAVOS hook-ups its all because these are proven aphrodisiacs;
Remember WEF-DAVOS is all about the Pedo-Homo sex; The word "Apertiff" comes from old elite UK-France pre-dinner cocktail partys where children under the tables covered by curtains would 'fondle the genitals' of the RICH, so as to "increase the appetitite';
These foods are all on the same basis;
...
I repeat when Schwab talks about eating $100 USD/LB 'exotic grubs', he's not talking about feeding them to you, he's talking to his "Own People"
Hubs and son were just in South Africa. On what I call a humanitarian mission to feed poor villages protein from meat. One night around the fire, the guide served up Mopani Worms as an appetizer. Hubs ate one, but the Boers gobbled them up like chips. My son spit his out, but at least they were polite and tried it.
Wow, Sadie! I wouldn't have even tried it, sorry to say I guess my polite manners have a limit. Haha Very nice of your hubs and son to embark on such a mission. I'd love to hear more about it!
That Salt Lake Area has been taken over by, you know, those guys. Southern Utah is mostly different. No bugs here! (I guess I need to add “yet”). Idaho sounds terrific. My neighbor is from there and speaks so longingly of it, I might have to take a trip there with her.
Idaho is awesome...and the people there are great. We just need to keep it from turning into where all the refugees came from. That is the mentality. I don't know if they do it on purpose, but you get enough of them in one spot and the voting map turns blue. Super gross.
Really? There's refugees there too? I think they're transporting them everywhere. I imagine every large city is required to take them on to some extent.
Haha Perhaps the worms in the earth will eat them after they’ve been lying on it awhile post swinging from their necks. I’ve heard about this other research, especially poop water. It’s disgusting.
“ So that's what I'm doing now - preparing my being for death both mentally and physically by being in the best shape of my life and completing all of my projects to the best of my ability and saying my goodbyes with love to this beautiful mysterious world.👃”
They always start with the young children for indoctrination.
Yes it’s disgusting!
We've had a bug 'farm' and restaurant here in Wales for a few years. I never gave it too much thought until recently and passed it off as a quirky tourist attraction. It now seems a whole lot more sinister given the recent push towards governmental drive to consume more insect protein at the expense of traditional meat especially as any such product will probably be refined to within an inch of its life - who wants to eat heavily processed food? Children in the next village to me recently took part in a trial ...
"Children at four primary schools will be offered insect protein during workshops to gauge youngsters' appetite for "alternative protein. The children will reportedly be given a product called VeXo, a combination of insect and plant-based protein. The product is said to look like "conventional" mince. The i newspaper said researchers are hoping to use data from the study to learn how best to educate children about the nutritional and environmental benefits of eating creepy crawlies - such as crickets, grasshoppers, silkworms, locusts and mealworms.
The investigation, which will use children aged from 5-11, is being led by Christopher Bear at Cardiff University. The study will use surveys, workshops, interviews and focus groups to explore young people’s understandings of alternative proteins - and as part of the research they will be offered a sample if they wish to try it, the Daily Star reports.
Mr Bear told the i: “We want the children to think about alternative proteins as real things for now, rather than just as foods for the future, so trying some of these foods is central to the research. Although edible insects are – for now – not sold widely in the UK, they form part of the diet of around 2 billion people worldwide.
"Much of this is in parts of the world where they are part of long-standing culinary traditions. And they are increasingly popular elsewhere.
Four primary schools in Wales will take part in the study. Carl Evans, headteacher at one of the schools, Roch Community Primary in Pembrokeshire. said that the issue was “important” but that it was “difficult” for youngsters to make sense of the issue."
Hi Deborah! Thank you for the comment and for restacking this post. I actually responded to this comment on the restacked post. Looking forward to your reply. 💗
Samantha, since you were interested in our Provo Great Books Club, you can contact me at carlDOTericDOTscott at the google-controlled email site. We meet Wednesday nights 7-9pm mountain time.
Awesome! Thanks!
Ive seen monkeys in Africa pull ants out with a stick then eat em. You have to eat alot of bugs to equal a 4oz steak. Thank God my neighbors and I have a barter deal. If i had property elsewhere id be heading there. Shine on! I subbed.
Haha no matter how MANY bugs one ate, even amounting to 50 ounces, it wouldn’t “equal” a 4oz steak. But you already know that 😂😉😂
Hadn't noticed the bug-snacks myself, but glad you got to enjoy my neck of the woods! Bridal Veil, for example. Southeastern UT is even more amazing.
Yes, well it was my husband’s VERY first time seeing it all up close and personal (except Idaho - where our acreage is). He is HOOKED! There’s nothing like a long road trip through the mountains. One can fly into them (or nearly so), but making the drive from the flat Texas plains INTO that majesty is an ineffable, almost spiritual, experience. I KNOW you understand this.
We drove two of our kids to Provo to catch their flight back to Austin. Provo is beautiful.
betcha the algae paste is full of pesticides and herbicides, lol
The implications of what I read here and in the comments is horrifying. Kudos if you can get away from this country; but where is this not happening? I'm poor so have no choice. I will stay and resist and fight.
I agree about the algae paste.
We aren’t leaving the US, but we are moving to very rural mountains in Idaho -- 70 acres.
there is a lot of open land over there. Rugged but beautiful country.
Yes! I’m so excited to move.
You have got to be kidding me??!! Scorpion suckers? Where was this travesty? Honestly. You look beautiful and really? No slide videos? Dangit. I imagine it kinda took away your dignity. Did you know that Hitler had parties and had a slide for the arriving guests? And...they plopped out at the feet of der fuhrer and his entourage. Thanks for the insight. And seriously, what was the name of the bug selling store?
Nope. Not kidding at all. It was in a little town called Soldier Summit, Utah, but I imagine it's probably everywhere. I don't know the name of the store -- it was a gas station. We didn't need a gas station in Park City. It's highly walkable (or bike-able) and we only used the car once. Thank you for your kind words, Sadie! It would have been difficult to take pics or videos of the slide thingy because of logistics, I guess. And I didn't know that about Hitler. How did you come across such information? I wonder what his guests thought about that. He doesn't really strike me as the fun-loving, whimsical type who would have a slide, but I guess that characteristic can present itself in almost anyone!
Soldier Summit, really? More of gas-station with a trailer or two next to it than a "little town," and one I never stop at, 'cause the prices are as high as the elevation. Far from Park City trendy progressiveness also--culturally very Red-State any way you travel from S.S.
Maybe this bug-snack deal is more of some-truckers thing than a Utah thing?
Yes it was a very small place. We didn’t have an opportunity to stop at many gas stations as we left Utah and headed to Aspen. We walked almost everywhere in Park City.
We’re in Marietta, Georgia this week. We’re definitely keeping an eye out for anything wonky for sale at supermarkets, gas stations, and restaurants.
Then 2 weeks after we get back, it’s Idaho!
I have been through there..hard to believe. I just do not understand that mentality. Yes, Park City is gorgeous. I know so many trivial things! I think Hitler did it to see how his guests would react and take them down a notch or two. After all, really, who has dignity after going down a slide in evening clothes?
I don’t get the mentality either. Awhile back, our local grocery store was selling crickets (gross), but they stopped for some reason and they aren’t available anymore, thank goodness!
Did someone complain? I’m not sure that would have done any good. But at least they aren’t offered now.
Haha I, too, know many trivial things. DS talks about that all the time! But...I certainly didn’t know that about Hitler.
My experience on the mountain sled/slide wasn’t a bad one. It was fun, once I got over the initial fear!
Regarding your local grocery store no longer selling crickets...maybe they caught them all? Ironic. Crickets on the crickets? Haha...This is all just so stupid and people are growing more moronic with each passing day. Maybe it's the food?
Haha maybe they DID catch them all. Sadly, however, there are cricket farms (growing crickets for human consumption) here in Texas and I hear also in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, California, etc.
SMDH
Hey, that was fabulous. The beauty of the West always makes me weak at the knees and almost homesick.
If the bug thing in the US freaks you out, it may be advisable for you to avert your gaze from Europe entirely. Here the stated plan is to kill all the world's most efficient dairy and beef herds (they'll get to the sheep and pigs next), which enjoy a standard of animal welfare unequalled anywhere on the planet, so that we can all be forced to become vegans. The bugs? Preliminary step. That's just the beating we'll get until morale improves. Militant vegans will then object to the suffering of the gnats. Bugs? A fool's game!! Algae paste. That's where the money will be . . .
(Fun fact: if all dairy cows were British or Irish cows, we'd only need 1/3rd of the world's present dairy cow population to supply all the milk. Mistreated animals do not produce like that. Seriously, animals with low self esteem do not produce that much. Being a dairy cow here is a great career move).
We have made the decision. Time to go. We're selling up and moving to poor isolated rural Italy. With a fair wind within six months. The lifestyle, for people of our age, is certainly attractive. More importantly, we need to provide a refuge / escape plan for our children and grandchildren.
I can't help but think it's all different this time and much much more dangerous. The venial corrupt and ultimately murderous polilticians (of all flavors and descriptions) are pandering to an increasingly malign bunch of citizens who demand more and more totalitarianism and control.
But then again, to steal a joke from a favorite radio priest, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat at a jaunty angle today, so maybe it's that.
Thank you for the kind words. I’ve been reading about what’s going on in Europe for quite awhile now and it doesn’t look good. It makes me sad sometimes.
You’re right about depressed animals with low self esteem. Our chickens are so happy! They produce eggs like crazy. We sell some, but they come so fast, we have to give some away too.
Glad to hear you’re making a move to Italy. Seems like you’re doing it for the same reasons we’re moving to the mountains of Idaho.
Algae paste? Disgusting! Tin foil hats are all the rage in fashion these days!
Yeah, it's when I make my hat like Napoleon's the wife starts to seem uneasy . . .
Hahaha She needs her own style. Then you can look sharp and jaunty together.
My dear Samantha, my better half's style is accurately and completely summarised as follows: "Yes, dear, that looks lovely."
I might be crazy, but I'm not suicidal . . .
Hahahahaha! You are so much fun, darling! I do hope we meet one day. Perhaps in Italy when/if we vacation there at some point!
I will not comply with any of the bug eating nonsense! No more mandates. And Gluck, there is no way that Houston or any part of Texas will ban meat or gas powered cars. That is now against state law. No city or county can pull any shenanigans ever again.
I pray you’re correct Lawdog about the cities jumping on the C40 bandwagon. And we’re with you. We will never comply.
Samantha, I believe the worst, most pernicious "Bugs" in Utah may be those used throughout the nation by various alphabet agencies to populate/feed the servers in the massive data farms there.
Have a Blessed holiday !
All of ASIA eats bugs, all of Africa is thankful for 'bugs'
French have been eating snails and chocolate covered ants, since the dinosaur era;
...
angloSaxon in north Britain were openly selling human-flesh as meat in 1100AD, its not like most of the civilized world were still eating human-flesh, and we're not even talking about 'starvation', we're talking about just cheap meat; Like eating horses prior to WW2 in USA was super common, hell even rats, possum, snakes,
...
Ever popular "Shrimp", scampi, are just 'insects of the ocean', there is something early strange about this push-back,
The elite have always EATEN 'bugs', land or sea, its the poor people who didn't get to eat the food of the rich, like escargot ( snails in butter )
All of Asia eats bugs...that doesn’t mean WE should do it! Just because the French are doing it (I mean, just behold their troubles -- and I’m French).
Bugs contain chitins which have devastating health consequences for humans. Our family will never do it. For us, it’s privately sourced grass-fed beef and other meats. Bugs may be in our future -- as in pests in our home or haranguing our crops, but we’ll take care of them with organic measures.
All shellfish are full of 'chitnins' are you saying you eat NO shellfish? Not even an occasional alaskan king crab? :)
Most places I mentioned the 'bugs' are for the rich, often over $10 a pound for fresh, which is way over the cost of such meat;
IMHO this entire bug thingy is just BS, if Klaus Schwab is eating $50/kg 'grubs' then he plans on you too? Not really, there are NOT enough 'fancy grubs' on earth to feed everybody, but just enough for the elite;
...
The correction here is ..
"You will own nothing and have nothing to eat, but you will be happy digging for roots" ( funny this is how the majority in africa living rural live, but digging for roots )
"You will own nothing, but be happy to die early, and/or young" ( now this is the real plan )
We don’t eat shellfish and the people in Africa, or wherever, eat bugs because they MUST to live. It’s not as if they are choosing between a steak and bugs and choose filthy, disgusting, unhealthy bugs. Vile and disgusting! We will never ever comply. Purebloods, no injections EVER, we eat clean food, grass fed beef, and grow most of our own produce.
Ok, but Schwab eats "escargot" and I suspect you don't like snails in butter either right?
Escargot can cost 10x over high-quality beef; When the elite rich serve crab, lobster, snails, or eels at WEF DAVOS hook-ups its all because these are proven aphrodisiacs;
Remember WEF-DAVOS is all about the Pedo-Homo sex; The word "Apertiff" comes from old elite UK-France pre-dinner cocktail partys where children under the tables covered by curtains would 'fondle the genitals' of the RICH, so as to "increase the appetitite';
These foods are all on the same basis;
...
I repeat when Schwab talks about eating $100 USD/LB 'exotic grubs', he's not talking about feeding them to you, he's talking to his "Own People"
I have no desire for escargot. Not sure what you’re getting at here, but your name gives me a chuckle!
Hubs and son were just in South Africa. On what I call a humanitarian mission to feed poor villages protein from meat. One night around the fire, the guide served up Mopani Worms as an appetizer. Hubs ate one, but the Boers gobbled them up like chips. My son spit his out, but at least they were polite and tried it.
Wow, Sadie! I wouldn't have even tried it, sorry to say I guess my polite manners have a limit. Haha Very nice of your hubs and son to embark on such a mission. I'd love to hear more about it!
That Salt Lake Area has been taken over by, you know, those guys. Southern Utah is mostly different. No bugs here! (I guess I need to add “yet”). Idaho sounds terrific. My neighbor is from there and speaks so longingly of it, I might have to take a trip there with her.
Idaho is awesome...and the people there are great. We just need to keep it from turning into where all the refugees came from. That is the mentality. I don't know if they do it on purpose, but you get enough of them in one spot and the voting map turns blue. Super gross.
Really? There's refugees there too? I think they're transporting them everywhere. I imagine every large city is required to take them on to some extent.
So you’re in Utah, Jackie? Maybe we’ll get to meet one day in the Not-too-distant future.
😁
Lovely photos. I have relatives descended from Danes in Utah.
Dr. Geoff, so , uh, " The Pains, of Utah plains, came mostly from the Danes."?
Really, Geoff? I would truly love to hear more about that!
Do you know Stephen J Kelsey family descended from Flindt and Kruse?
I do not. But it sounds interesting!
Haha Perhaps the worms in the earth will eat them after they’ve been lying on it awhile post swinging from their necks. I’ve heard about this other research, especially poop water. It’s disgusting.
“ So that's what I'm doing now - preparing my being for death both mentally and physically by being in the best shape of my life and completing all of my projects to the best of my ability and saying my goodbyes with love to this beautiful mysterious world.👃”
Indeed, Justin.