Guest Post by aka.attrition
Do a search for School Children Eating Insects and in what a year ago would probably return zero relevant results now returns hundreds of web pages discussing the “benefits” of eating insects. Note also the language; insects are “sustainable”, “nutritious”, “alternative protein”, “edible”, “eco-friendly”, and so on. “Most natural food on the planet” – didn’t you know, do try to keep up.
The target for the idea of eating bugs is, of course, the children because kids will be kids. There is of course, another word for that which starts with brain and ends with washing but you already knew that. Then the kids will come home and nag mom and dad to buy some insect based food because the teacher said it was so good for you.
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