Could Squirmy Livestock Dent Africa's Protein Deficit?
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Two UW-Madison graduate students are working to introduce highly productive kits for farming mealworms to regions such as sub-Saharan Africa where eating insects is already culturally palatable. They are just practicing what they are beginning to preach: insects, and mealworms in particular, are an overlooked, healthful, economically viable and sustainable source of nutrition for people.