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Scientists concerned about world hunger, dwindling resources and wasteful processes are looking more closely into alternative prospects for protein, and edible insects are of considerable interest. An Austrian industrial designer, Katharina Unger, who "rethinks systems and design strategies," and studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, has proposed a way to harvest and eat insects via a domestic harvesting machine.
"By 2050 meat production will have to increase by 50 percent. Considering that we already use one third of croplands for the production of animal feed, we will have to look for alternative food sources and alternative ways of growing it," she said. Her suggestion for alternatives is in the form of a domestic appliance that can make protein food out of black soldier flies.
This is a tabletop insect farm for harvesting and preparing food for meals. "Insects are healthy, nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef and even fish [from ocean catch]," says a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report."Many insects are rich in protein and good fats and high in calcium, iron and zinc."
Unger's home-maker appliance is called Farm 432. She designed it to counter the "dysfunctional system of meat production," instead growing a source of protein at home.
Insect larvae turn pan-ready with home appliance Farm 432
Scientists concerned about world hunger, dwindling resources and wasteful processes are looking more closely into alternative prospects for protein, and edible insects are of considerable interest. An Austrian industrial designer, Katharina Unger, who "rethinks systems and design strategies,"...
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