Quest 1 – The food we eat

Emily Campbell (age 9): Dip it in chocolate. Don't tell me that it is a bug.

Availabilty. Recipes. Knowledge. Courage.

Just don't tell me it's a bug.

Knowing that it will help our planet be healthy.

i would eat ants if i were to slather them in chocolate

Prepare bugs in creative ways to hide them in food and let us slowly get used to the fact that bugs are edible

Maybe grind it up in a paste or something and put it in food! That would get me used to the idea of eating bugs.

I'd love to eat bugs, ted-ed makes it sound like fun, which I love.
I reckon I'd get used to eating bugs very quickly. :)

If it is tasty then it might be considered as food and it must not be labelled as an insect

Maybe give out free samples to the people who are brave enough to try? While they're eating, tell them the benefits.

you could just dip it in chocolate and I would eat it

Make it so that it’s unrecognizable as a bug.

Rearing bugs for both the farming community as well as for the human population might be a workable solution. Finally when it is actually taken for cooking there's a lot of delicious recipes with lobster / fish which could be replicated for the bugs too...

Perhaps the largest of the factors Will Gourley suggests is knowledge: knowledge comes from thorough research which forms the basis of education. People need to learn about eating bugs. From education comes understanding and knowledge. Then our courage will have a reliable foundation from which to grow.
:) But.....if this can't happen, chocolate dip might be quicker, cheaper, and as effective ;)

I once ate cheese with a kind of bug in it. Even though it tasted okay, I probably wouldn't eat it if they had told me it was a bug, this really works. Spreading the word about all these arguments would also be really proactive.

Turn it into delicious snacks and support scientific research about the benefits of eating insects so that our disgust would be overcome with positive thoughts like "I need to eat them, no matter what, they will make me healthy".

Courage and I think nowadays it need to be viral so peoples are interested to try eat insects.

Honestly, I don't think it would take that much. I'm already used to crustaceans and, like the video said, they're pretty close to insects.

I would eat some of them if prepared in a tasty way. After all even shrimps & lobsters are also insects.

Easy access and social norm. If more people become more acceptable of insects, there will be a lot of sellers who are willing to sell these things. For me, personally, I love to eat bugs. But sometimes it is hard to find as people still feel weird about it.

Going on certain diets actually do help, like Keto diet or Vegan, or even vegetarian. Consuming less meat will already be better and eating just enough, not overwhelming will already help the earth a lot in my opinion.

Get rid of the fact that not all food has to look good to taste good. Or hide it with something that will taste good like chocolate

Making processed insect meat readily avilable and cheaply.

From Vietnam: Just pretend it is a pre-lobster.

How about making popcorn. Then turn the cricket into a powder and mix with the popcorn, it will be a "popcorn popcorn" (popcorn with extra flavor)

Just spread the word, tell more people how if we were to stop using oil like our scientists say to. We would still end the world because of the meat that we want. And start at the top, challenge those who are famous to try out the bugs, and tell them why it's good for everyone, and ask them to spread the word.

honestly more videos about how its hurting our planet and what could happen if we don't change our food choices

If you really thought about how eating bugs could help the world, you might just be able to eat it. Though, pretending it's not a bug and dipping it in some chocolate might not be bad either.

We should discover more facts about the beneficial things about consuming bugs. As everyone told we should never come to find the fact that the things we consume come from bugs . As long as it is healthy in our diets.

Show people the process involved in preparing traditional protiens, meat, and ask them if they would rather do that or eat bugs.

could be good

Practical and easily accessible information and options.

We could perhaps make insect pastes/spices which can be added into common dishes. People could test 'samples' for new 'dish spices/masalas/delicacies' and then once they give their opinion they could be informed of its contents that includes bugs. If its tasty AND healthy why not do it?. And for those who are saying to dip it chocolate, it might not be a bad idea to do so, once you get used eating things like that incorporating this into your normal routine dishes should be perhaps easier.

Educate the people on the benefits. I also agree, just don’t tell us it’s a bug.

Bug Manchurian

I think most people will really be grossed out by the crunchiness of the bug shells and exoskeletons, so using bug pastes or spreads might help. Another possibility is to not remind me about the possibility of legs and feelers getting stuck in my teeth, so thanks for that one TED Ed....

I would change their form maybe pulverising them and putting them into pizza dough

Growing my own food!

Fry the bugs and not able to see the different body parts of the bugs at all.
Make it into a sauce to dip.

Like we always say in our class, "stick to the given" so live with what's provided, cultivate ang innovate everything that you can, isn't that the reason for living, survival.

Hide it in food!

garnish them so it doesn't look like bugs, or don't tell that it's a bug when people are eating it

i will build some courage thats all we need

Easy and productive ways to acquire the insects and recipes to ensure that they are delicious and satisfying. Using techniques to make them relatively similar to foods we are accustomed to would also be helpful.

I would like to add both things in my diet (insects and normal food). I know saying is easy but there's no harm to try. I will definitely try to make a recepie that includes insect and make it look like a normal food.

I will be eager to start incorporating in the family diet, but just tell me or show me the bug... Happy to know all the benefits it is bringing to the table!!

Ignorance is bliss. My dad loves to ************, but if I trick him into eating veggies once in a while, he will be eating sustainably without losing his happiness. I was once tricked into eating fish, which I hate by being told it was chicken ( it wasn’t ). So, what I’m saying is that give people bugs, but don’t tell them right away.

The vegan video showed the amount of land needed for meat agriculture was the size of many large countries. Eating less meat would lead to more undisturbed ecosystems, resulting in more biodiversity. Knowing what happens in food production has already encouraged me to change my food choices!

Prepare insects in ways that would make them appetising, such as cooking them into dishes and/or desserts. Grinding them into flour or paste and make them into food. Also, do not mention that there are bugs in said food — I am one of the pickiest eaters to ever walk the Earth and I would eat something with ingredients I don’t like in food that I like without question until I find out about the disliked ingredient. If it work with normal food on a picky eater, it will work on bugs.

I heard some people made cricket-flour bread before and I don’t see a single cricket part in the final product.

Telling me that the food I am eating is not from a bug is a good way to introduce me to this alternative. Afterwards, having available recipes and market for the bugs will help people sustain this food choice.

I guess not being too picky on how a food product look would work as good start in sustainable food choices, as it would reduce food wastes. However, I'm not entirely 'icked' out on the concept of eating insects, since I'm Asian, and we eat anything .

Many people in the discussion have mentioned that they would be more inclined to eat bugs if it was hidden from them, which I think is interesting considering many processed foods have used bugs in their products for years. Yoplait strawberry yogurt for example is one of the many foods colored with carmine, a dye made from crushed cochineal bugs.

Nothing would make me eat bugs. If there is dirt on it the dirt may hide tape worm eggs. Tape worms may cause starvation and various fatal health issues. To conclude, nothing would make me eat bugs.

Not telling people what it is would make it easier I think

Not just me doing what I am doing, but all of the people joining hands and working together. Maybe others by my side maybe just the motivation I need.

Mixing it as side ingredients in our everyday meal and not just as a standalone dish

Foods that have more protein, minerals in them and some taste.

One solid reason: World will be a better place.

It might seem be a bit strange and ethically awkward to present something with a wrong title. However, it can be introduced with noble alternations (like that of dipping in a chocolate) keeping in view the environmental situations and it may encourage me as well. Its requirements and impacts should be argued at appropriate levels. Then, whoever may desire might consume it knowingly. However, trends change.

Let’s get a famous chef to cook with bugs and make it cool. Also, let’s have “BUGS bunnies” that look like cheddar bunnies but they are made out of bugs

I think if I was able to make a sustainable choice for the world, I would and that’s including eating insects. Many people just need to get over the stigma and try some insects! Overall I think that coating or making insects look appetizing would help out a lot of unsure people.

- in Germany, bugs are sooo expensive. Make them cheaper!
- recipes and ideas
- education (show people how disgusting the meat and dairy industry is & how “clean” bugs are)

I couldn't agree more with this statement, That's why I'm reducing most of my animal products' consumption (food, clothes, etc). What encourages me is to make a better world for the ones who are coming after me.

Influencer tell us that bugs are delicious!

Being properly informed with the right information! Knowledge on cattle grazing practices and the like would definitely make me want to pursue a plant-based diet.

I think that we are making advances in the department of agricultural science every single day. This is a great example, seeing that there are other options out there for that much-needed protein. I think that as we all try and be more knowledgeable about how this land, resources, and pollution is being controlled, we can make better decisions about it.

Remove the legs, make people try it before you tell them what it is. A powdered form will be nice, dipping in chocolate is nice, but nobody will sell so long as people are not willing to buy, which is a problem. So get famous people, eg youtubers to try and recommend - don't pay them, ask them in the comments as fans.

Or just make it a healthy diet trend, people will gobble 'em right up.

By putting tiny, not noticeable drops of insect into something, like tortilla chips

I would be more encouraged to see more people doing it and more positive news on our news feed. It is so easy to lose hope, be cynical, and feel powerless and hopeless unfortunately :(

We could accept the deliciousness of a bug and surpass our fear of them. I'm willing to try some.

Educate people and convince them to try it

Price and availability.

If the local shops sold some, and price was competitive in terms of nutrition/currency ratio compared to other food, it would sell. It's why people buy beans.

Getting paid

maybe we should take off the legs? that's whats gross to me anyway.

as a proud Louisianian lots of different seasonings would make bugs taste great , maybe put it in a soup

gradually introduce them into a diet... don't use the entire bug all of a sudden

Bandwagon effect and proven by experts.

Learning to acquire a taste for it by starting with small steps. If I were served bugs in a deconstructed form, I'll be able to slowly work my way up to eating bugs as is.

Cover it in chocolate and don't tell me its a bug and cut off its head.

I believe the youth would have to bring the change. So besides giving the nutritional information, the history related to bugs, tasty recipes that actually seem appealing and an overall different characterization of them besides pests, we should bring forth celebrities and important figures who could help create change even if it starts of in te form of a trend. It could slowly evolve into a lifestyle and it will spread like wildfire.

Well that was very insightful, took us a lot of years of conditioning to not eat them, may take forever to try them again

Bugs should be advertised as a healthy and even delicious foodstuff

Remember the condition of our planet, that we are not the only thing that depends on it, we cant be selfish to just think about our own generation, but also future

I am not gonna eat a bug lol

If the bugs were flavored and cooked well, I would probably try it now that I've seen this video.

Just knowing that our ancestors used to do it would get me to try.

Put it in foods like pizzas and burgers in such a way that no one knows.But that would be illegal i suppose.How about making supplements with insects?

I am already vegetarian, but knowing the current state of our planet is enough for me to want to live a more sustainable life once I can.

Hiding bugs in meals to show that they are tasty.

maybe if we try then we might like

I am a vegetarian so I can't eat bugs but if I had to get someone to eat bugs then I would probably take one of those mealworms and make it look like a chocolate-covered banana. If I had to use a cricket I would prepare it and then hide it in a popcorn bag and since they smell like popcorn no one would notice. Whenever anyone watches television or a movie they don't really pay attention to what they are eating so they might eat at least 1 and they might like it before realizing what they ae actually eating.

Just make eating bugs a normal, everyday thing and you won't think twice.

Cook it to make is taste good and make it look appetizing

I think a lot of people would make more sustainable food choices if they were more educated about the information surrounding it. For me personally, i think it'd be easier if bugs were processed into foods where I can't even tell that they're there. For example, cereal bars might be a good place to start.

Just dip it in some good sauce and don't tell me if it's a bug until after I've eaten it.

i don't really see it as problem we as humans has evolve and adapt with a lot of things for the sake of our earth i'll just have to deal with it

I'm vegetarian, so I wouldn't eat them - but I would encourage others by covering it in chocolate!

Start a trend humans have proven good at following those.

Something that might encourage a lot of people would be to explain the health benefits and the things going on to make the modern, staple food that we eat today to discourage people from eating the food that hurts the environment and to encourage them to change their plate.

Make it an ice cream and feed it to an unsuspecting human without telling them it’s insects.

Ants in chocolate. I love chocolate and i won't feel the bug taste. ;)

In a way make us scared of the true consequences tell educated people on the hard truth of the destruction of earth unless we change. Also add fun flavors and promote it more in western countries. Present it as a new exotic luxury

Go vegan/plant based

For me it would be price, availability/accessibility, taste, shelf life, and portability. With all these trendy diets and lifestyles, I haven't found one that fits my life. Also the way the information is delivered, demonized a person's current life choices might lead to rejection other possibilities.

I don't really have a problem with the idea of eating bugs, but in my country (Italy) they are hard to find (you can basically just buy them on the internet) and pretty expensive. I am very curious to taste them!

We would eat more vegetables.

Cutting off their legs would make them more appealing

Knowing that it is better for the environment (it might help if it's dipped in chocolate).

I'm vegetarian

Making they more available in my area.

dip in chocolate or vanilla and just say it's a chocolate or vanilla wafer. :D

I would make the bugs taste as much like "normal" food as possible. I think that if they were to taste like foods that I am used to eating, it would be a much easier process to get me to make more sustainable food choices.

Making them into spices. Then we can taste them without biting those crunchy legs

I agree with what a lot of you are saying-dip it in chocolate. You really can't go wrong with chocolate.

I agree. Definitely part of the negligence toward making both healthier and more sustainable food choices is the fact that not many are not aware of the amount of possible dishes that can come from different products. For example: my father refuses to go vegan because he doesn't want to "eat salad all the time" and I think that many others think that way. However by educating people on the vast amount of possibilities there are when it comes to food, many would be more open to try new things that would not only be better for their individual health, but also the environment.

I like that idea :)

I would know that the bug I will be eating contains beneficial and important vitamins, minerals, and proteins to keep me healthy, and will not produce litter, fats, and sugars.

Of course part of the problem is the cattle industry and educating people on the impacts their meat intake on the environment could encourage some into making more sustainable choices. But, we should also consider making things more available and normalized.
As far as I'm concerned, there are many parts of the world where for different reasons (from cultural to economical), there isn't a lot of education and availability to the different supplements some would consider more sustainable and therefore they aren't encouraged to make a change given the short range of options they have. Therefore I would say better education and more availability.

Another option would be to make small changes in our diet little by little so that we're able to adapt to healthier and more sustainable lifestyles.

Alot of people become inspired after seeing their role model or favorite celebrity try something new, maybe get the main stream media on board.

Learning more about the impact we have on the environment through resources like Earth School. And sharing this information with others to get their perspective and spread the word.

I don't think I could eat bugs, unless it was only food left.

bugs are disgusting

Make them into a paste and form them into bug nuggets so we can’t see that the bugs are shaped like bugs. Or we could just start adding them to food so it becomes a more regular practice.

SAME!

As others have said, just don't tell me (us) that it is a bug. I'm sure that several common processed foods use insects in some form, and we are perfectly okay with eating those things in ignorance of that ingredient's origins. If I can find examples of where I'm already eating a food, I can more easily adapt to consciously incorporating it in my daily diet!

Vegetables and fruits. If we did improve our diet, we could be healthier and reduced deaths!

By making sustainable food choices more readily available in my area and at a similar price against not-so-sustainable food choices. At the end of the day its about money. If I knew it was more sustainable and it was in my budget I would buy that item every time.

(child's response 10) If you didn't tell me what was in the food before I tried it.

Save resources to the world, We are every time more and more people and we are consuming more than this planet can restore by itself.

Probably knowing that it's better for the planet! If I had to eat a bug though I think I would have to get used to it by having it ground up into a paste for food, like salsa or guacamole! Or I would have someone hide it in my food and not telling me where they put it. I think after I got used to it and learned that bugs can be food(and if it actually tasted good) I would start to try it more often!

To eat the sustainable food is more eco-friendly than to take meat. However, if I know to eat food in insects or see the food in them, I could not eat it. So, many country consider producing sustainable food more friendly to people.

a food shortage, and being able to try it in order to survive or out of pure curiosity

What would encourage me is if knowing how much it will help our planet

Just don’t tell me about it before i tried so i can honestly taste it without any “thoughts” that i ate bugs. If i like the taste it’ll help to change my perspective towards bugs

If I was told that I had eaten a bug without knowing, I will not try eating it again even if the bug itself was delicious. The best way to make bugs pleasant for consumers is to make them tasty and good-looking. It is very similar to the idea of sushi itself. When I was a kid, I hated the idea of eating raw fish roll with some veggies. However, it looked really attractive that I kept trying it again and again until I realized how delicious it was. In addition to great looking dish and the vivid colors, my friends encouraged me. We need to change how we see insects in the first place. We need to see them as an environmental friendly and sustainable food choice. In other words: we can't expect people to try adding insects in their diet if everyone (especially the tv and the media) display insects as harmful, disgusting, and gross.

Just guarantee me that it's safe to eat, and i'll probably do it if they don't taste terrible.

Personally not knowing it's a bug would help a lot, like when moms hide their child's vegetables in their food or make them look different, so the child will be more willing to eat it

As long as they are delicious....

seeing that this is the best decision for everyone and for our environment

The main issue with bugs seem to be their texture, as people cannot bear the mouthfeel of tiny legs and feelers. To solve this, the bugs could be grounded into a fine paste and we could also just serve the bugs without telling the people that bugs are included.

Consuming less meat will already be better and eating just enough, avoid the fast production with hormones or other chemicals.

First, it is sustainable especially in developing countries, and can ease the pressure on the land as alternatives to traditional farming. Being aware that this will help the environment and provide alternative livelihood is encouraging enough to try it myself

Aquellos alimentos que sé que están hechos con calidad, que pueden ser sostenibles y aportan un uen valor nutrimental.

Chocolate covered dessert bugs might be nice!

do not tell me that it is a bug

Blind folded food eating competitions with insect and bug dishes... It’s gonna start from foodies and will then spread to rest of the world... We have a target of just 5.5 billion, 2 billion already eat them...
Mass awareness...

The way the climate is impacting the global health.
To try eating insects will be a new try to kick out. To increase proteins and vitamins.

Knowing that it will help

maybe we can introduce eating bugs as a new modern diet and lure people to eating bugs by showing them the various benefits of eating bugs

Just don’t tell it’s bug, or hide it then most people will eat it.Or, just tell that it’s bug and some people might try it.(like me I tried it with knowing it’s bug)

Lena (age 5) cooking bugs with lemon or something, or with salad.
Try things blindfolded as a game with friends.

1. Awareness to the harm that food industry is causing to our environment.
2. A gentle reminder to everyone to be mindful of what they eat.
3. Encouraging people to try new food items like a social media challenge.
4. By reacting normally and positively to all the food choices people make.

Knowing that it's definitely safe to eat bugs, fun ways to eat them and knowing how many benefits eating bugs bring to the dinner table. (Benefits to the environment).

Fried bugs are so delicious.

Them not being included in disgusting food challenges

like other's comments, I totally agree to dip it in chocolate. or even moisten it with flour then fry it. it will look delicious and we will love it without knowing that it's a bug. after liking it, we will get used to it. after getting used to it and knowing that it is a bug, find out what are the benefits for our body. from disgusting, it turns into a free profit that can take care of our body and environment.

Personally I'm open to the act of entomophagy, and would really want to try it for the first time. Unfortunately, the resources aren't available nearby me right now, so I'd have to dig a little deeper if I want to start advocating for it.

endorse celebrity cooking shows to embrace bugs and make them appetising. Also, stop programmes like I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE using bug-eating as a gross 'challenge' as this encourages an ick factor

A large section of the world population is ignorant about how bugs can be consumed deliciously - another section looks down upon it, which is probably a cultural wall harder to break. Awareness on bug consumption, recipes and experience sharing of people who are familiar with its consumption would be a great way!

I'd eat bugs as long as they didn't look like bugs. Things like cricket flour that can be made into cookies etc. are a good way to start. I think the appearance of bugs turns people off more than the fact that they're eating a pest. I don't quite know why but many people are afraid of them - perhaps it's because for a lot of us, our parents immediately killed them or reacted with disgust so it's a learnt reaction. It also doesn't help that they can bite, sting, hurt us etc.

Knowing it will help
The planet. I’d try them.

Yes it may be that its queasy that its a bug an

The proper way is either by not telling that it’s a bug or by making it delicious.

great idea

Personally i Would be more up for eating bugs if it became a trend to do with health or the nice taste.

Have exciting recipes for them to make them more exciting to eat.

Just knowing that such vast amounts of waste are generated in the process of rearing these animals for meat proteins, and the fact that they are nowhere near as nutritious as bugs, would be able to help me make sustainable food choices.

not eat animals at all

Chocolate, except, I don't wanna know it's a bug

if you smothered it in chocolate or caramel, and you didn't tell me its a bug, then i'd eat it.

Make it the newest health craze.

It will be good to grind the insects into some food and be more creative in how the presentation will be

To see them eaten and used in cooking shows and video recipes. We'd want to see that even the chefs and cooking personalities eat them too!

We must normalize the practice of eating bugs gradually, and it will be very easy to do so for younger generations - with the consent of parents of course...

Honestly, maybe if like there was a program to introduce this to people, then I would do it. If more information was out there about it, then there would definitely be a good amount of people on board all around the world. Recipes, etc. I think that bugs were a thing that our ancestors definitely had for nutrition, but a lot of us on the western side have only learned how to stomach junk food, unhealthy things. The bugs would have to be slowly approached as it is a different type of food; a nutrition that we are not used too.

I would like to try to put in chocolate. It sounds kind of good

One thing that would encourage me to eat bugs if we had to is make it into a powder and don't tell me about it when adding it in a curry or any other food I would eat.

I would like to eat a mealworm with a chocolate with my eyes closed so I could taste just crunchy and sweet I think it will feel like you ate a chocolate cracker.

Just make them look appetizing, if they're well cooked in a pan and have a slight crunch I wouldn't mind eating them at all.

you could not pay me to eat a raw bug. but flour sounds okay

Being made more conscious of the health benefits and nice, attractive advertising

Eating them often, I will get used to it in one day.

I would eat anything but bugs

True

To hide it in a food I love and not tell me it’s in it.

I think good recipes will give us motivation to choose bugs for our daily meals. There is a good dish in my country that people have to wait until the right season to eat that.

get gordon ramsy to eat one and tell the world what he thought

yeah i would eat it them too

I would dip it in sauce and imagine I'm eating a chocolate chip cookie. It will help me by thinking it is a lovely treat.

I ate a bug it tastes like chocolate but crispy

I WOULD NEVER EAT INSECTS

i'm probably never gonna eat lobsters either.

I have a stigma against meat, being a vegetarian, but I think, if the bug is cooked right and sustainable, I might eat it.

Have a masterchef for bugs:)

We should a serve a group of people a feast with bugs hidden in them and if they like it we can tell them that the feast was made of bugs and change their perspectives about eating bugs

If you can change you mindset to insect, not as a pest but more of tiny domestic creatures then eating it would be just scrumptious

If they were cooked or covered in something tasty. Also if their legs weren’t sticking out. J (age 11) and I (age 7)

If it is tasty and looking at it makes me sure that it is edible, I'm not afraid to try

Be vegetarian.

PUT SOME SPICES ON IT AND COVER WITH A MIXTURE

From what I see, people tend to change their opinion of something when they are provided with enough information. Even when people have a good opinion of it, the knowledge of what the object actually is can immediately affect their view. So, it may be better to discretely incorporate other alternative food, insects in this case, into more common dishes (similar in the way some parents include vegetables in brownies).

Not knowing that it was a bug, but also understanding the creature to really know how this is helping to not think that I'm eating a bug to eat a bug.

I think people should change the name bug into a name that sounds tasty so people would want to try it.

What would encourage me to make more sustainable food choice is if large grocery chains carried more local produce so I don't have to go to individual farmers/markets to but local.

Have delicious recipes

Persuade people that the bugs are tasty by demonstrating how to cook them and season them well and offering them to people in shops and markets. (Asha aged 9).

Dip it in chocolate and don`t tell me its a bug :)

Honestly just don't tell me, or make it unrecognizable as the bug that it is.

Availability and knowledge on how to rear them. I’d reckon they get crispy and crunchy through baking or deep frying. Yumm

Being a vegetarian, I would like to grow my own vegetables because it is economic and also sustainable

Crush it all up and tell me it's something less gross

Making it more cheap and accessible

Well I am already a pescaterian but I think that if I could stop eating poultry and fish that would be a lot better. Also I could ask my parents to make a soup in the next month or so and put bugs in it and not tell me. Also for other people, if you just stop eating meat entirely for one month you sort of forget the craving for meat.

Preparing it in a way that preserves all the nutrients but kills the flavor.

Nahli (age 7) Knowing that it's better for the environment.
Huck (age 10) Teaching people how to cook bugs with a school class.

Resources. I live with other people and I hope that we will all be able to learn.

I think if it were made into a flour, or cooked so that it wasn't in 'bug form' I could probably eat it. I'm the same with meat and fish; if it looks like a fish, or when a pig is roasted whole, I completely loose my appetite

Produce insect powders so that people won't have to deal with looking at them every time they try to eat.

Dip it in something so we can't tell that it's a bug, and maybe wait until after we tried it a few times to tell us it's a bug, when I like the taste of it enough that I won't mind that it's a bug.

Be accustomed to it and pretend it's not a bug.

Don't tell people it is a bug and then while they are eating, tell them the benefits of eating bugs and after they are done, tell them they just ate some bugs.

Knowing that it will help our planet be healthy

My 13 year old says to dip it in peanut butter and don't tell him that it is a bug - like Emily Campbell. A safe supply of the insects and recipes. A better understanding of how many bugs you need to eat to get enough protein. I understand a deck of cards for meat protein, but now quantity of bugs. My 10 year old son said he would just eat it right out of the pan.

thinking about the resources that are being wasted and pretending that it isn't a bug but a delicacy instead.

I would eat bugs if it was normalized. I think that the only reason we think eating bugs is weird is because it's not normal to us.

If someone made a good cookbook of bug recipes, I would buy it and try some

Knowing that these choices would offer me with equally appetizing and delicious food to enjoy as my precious less sustainable food choices.

Ground protein powder from bugs that can be made into recipes like protein balls, added to fruit shakes if flavorless. Fermented insects works wonders in many southeast asian recipes too. Another tropical recipe is to mix and fry in a crispy thin omelette.

To know how to prepare them appropriately. Additionally, I would like to have a wide rage to choose from; I need to find which could be a nice starter for me.

Orson (age 8) Ellery (age 6): Learning more about non-meat options. Trying non-meat options with my eyes closed, including bugs. Have my mom stop cooking meat. Not talking about bacon.

Good advice, let me know how the bug soup turns out! Dr. Kat

Mix them in a exquisitely tasting dish and don't tell me there are bugs in at, then I will gain more courage to combine foods with bugs.

Probably keep feeding be bugs but disguise them and never tell me what it is till I get rid of my fear for bugs.

You're right. A powder seems easier to accept then in its literal form.

Learning more, and studying more about entomology. If that's true that bugs have more protein than meat from animals, i don't see why not to star eating bugs.

The opportunity of farming bugs would encourage myself to make a change.

Drizzle it in chocolate, or mix it with fried rice and vegetables.

If you offered me a reasonably priced mashed up insect burger pastie, I'd definitely give it a go. Moreover, I'd switch to that alternative if I decided that I liked the taste. As for bugs in a less processed form... If I was hungry enough I suppose I wouldn't think twice.

*Keeping forests in tact to be able to save the world's rich biodiversity(especially the birds that I am so passionate about) may definitely encourage me to lessen my meat consumption and prefer more sustainable food choices.

I didn't know eating bug had so many advantages. Also dipping bug in chocolate, wow.

being informed of its impacts on the environment
the knowledge that certain bugs taste like popcorn, peanuts and shrimp

To know the our planet's future is dependent on the bugs(The bee etc.)

Show the pain that we are causing by eating unsustainably

I'm a vegetarian but I think back in the time when I ate meat, I would have made the choice to eat insects if I had known more about all the aspects of making meat. I wouldn't have had that big of a problem with knowing that it is a bug. If I ate animals, I think i would inform myself about recipes and just try them.

If there is that much amount of minerals and nutritions in them, maybe it's a good idea to crush edible insects into powder to mix with normal everyday food. Flavours may be added to disguise the original taste of them. Oh and it takes courage to pioneer in this way of eating, too.

I would let someone cook bugs for me without telling me that it's a bug

If we are able to put bugs into supermarkets, normal shoppers would be intrigued on who buys them and conduct their own research. This may lead them to try it and enjoy it. Also if we put bugs in supermarkets the availability would help those already looking to change their diet to help the world.

They should be hidden in some sort of savory coating or something.

Not for vegetarians and vegans. Also, how do you know whether or not if the insect you just ate has been in the sewers or not???

Maybe eating bugs is the answer,and i hope in the future some company can make food from bugs

Maybe understanding the downfall of our environment because of greenhouse gases and being aware of exactly how much farming for meat protein has an impact on it. Maybe knowing what will happen in the future will help us change our ways.

There's a lot of other options than just eating chicken, fish, beef etc. There is fake meat made out of soy which tastes almost the same as normal chicken or goat meat and is very healthy. The fact that we wouldn't have to kill for this fake meat and they are easy to grow and produce certainly encourages me to make sustainable food choices.

That's good idea😃

1. If its tasty, its good to go with.
2. If it can be reared conveniently and locally and its consumption is safe, I'll eat it.
3. The assurance that it does not cause any harm to the ecosystem but be beneficial will spur me to eat bugs.

Make them more accessible to insects, look at creative ways to cook them, and as we get used to them culturally, avoid saying they are insects.

Get the right people to promote and sponsor it.

I think we need to separate bugs that are edible and nutritious from ones that are really pests (cockroaches). Then use and market these edible ones (I suggest to start with those with the least 'ick' factor - I'd be down to eat grasshoppers) as substitutes for common ingredients and food items plus making them undetectable. An example would be the insect flour made in the video to be used for pastries, also I think of insect tofu (don't know how to do that exactly), but this can be substitute for protein in diet.

Reshaping them can be a good idea.

I believe, I would be more inclined to make sustainable food choice if you don't keep reminding me of the bug.

If they are processed into edible forms like flour, perhaps one wouldn't be so queasy about eating them

I had a roasted cricket once, it tasted nutty, like pistachios. I think that if I knew how to catch and cook certain insects, I would introduce them in my diet. I used to be queasy about shrimp too, but learned to like it.

Knowing it will help our planet and our health

If there were public events in cities held to promote entomophagy, or to educate entomophagy in schools.

make cricket flour and put it in a cake

Make it an internet challenge (#bugdiet).
Side by side comparison of impact of meat production vs. bug production.

Knowing that it is healthy and good for the planet.

I never knew the amount of protein a bug can contain, I think by getting to know how eating bugs can be very beneficial for us will help encourage others to think differently and maybe eventually change their mind into thinking that bugs aren’t so bad after all.

I still won't eat bugs

As many people are saying, make it unrecognizable, eventually, our posterity will think it's good to eat. But for right now we can just show our next of kin that it's good. The best way to get people to eat bugs is to not portray them in bad lighting. So give your kid a bug, and covering it in chocolate couldn't be worse than veggies.

Greater advertisement in nutrition and taste

I would try something new and it probably wound not taste as bad as you think. I think I would happily try bugs.

Ability to help our planet sustain and be healthy

If people know the right way to eat and cook insects, they could look at insects as food

If it looked tasty I'll eat it

Mind set plays an important role here that we don't wanna eat the bugs simply cause they're bugs! that being said, we should change the mind set or maybe change the appearance of the end product of the food. Gotta learn to do that!

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i would happily munch chocolate-covered beetles

Nice recipes and more education around health benefits.

If the pollution raised much higher than it is already then I would immediately change to a vegan

1.Bugs may be in future be accepted as a nutritional food and also in terms of its medicinal value but it will kill a vast number of pollinaters.
2. I would encourage people to grow as many medicinal as well as millets and many other plants that are useful and needs to be conserved . One more fantastic fact is that it will attract a variety of insects, bugs too!!

Don't tell me that it's a bug

I already make sustainable food choices, but just wanted to add that people have been eating bugs in the western world for a very long time. One of the most widely used red food colouring that is in everything from pies, sweets/candy to ice cream uses carmine - and carmine is made from crushed up cochineal beetles.

Trying something new and maybe you'll like it. Or making sustainable food into a game.

Making dishes familiar. For example, using the same spices and preparations for insects as you would meat. People will feel more comfortable trying things they are semi-familiar with.

I would think about all the facts that I learned along the way, and knowing how things work makes me want to help our planet, and better informed to make a better choice.

Helping the planet

By knowing how it will benefit our planet and by hiding it in food and not telling me I'm eating a bug.

Dip it in chocolate or something like that you could also put it in a salad to give it a crunch.

Liam (12yo) has already embarked on a primarily plant based diet and says he would be fine with bugs if he didn't know they were there before he ate them. Then if it was tasty he'd be happy to eat then again.....

i doubt it will taste as good as lobster but if it does, *I L L T A K E Y O U R E N T I R E S T O C K!*

i agree you get a weird upvote thingy.

like i said below... ANYTHING THAT IS LIKE LOBSTER ILL EAT

L O B S T E R I S H E A V E N O N E A R T H

What's unappetizing to me is the fact that bugs may have feelings and may feel pain. I don't think anybody really knows this for certain.

Cook it and hide it’s appearance. Only tell it is a bug after it is eaten.

Don't tell me what it is, just tell me what it tastes like

Have it not alive and add some honey!

maybe make them tasty so people try them and like them.🦗🐌🐛

I think I would prefer turning them into Paste or flour over eating them in their whole state

Also, the amount of carbon emissions that accompany the meat industry is huge! Eating bugs as a substitute would cut that total amount.

Dont show me the bug as a whole, become it a powder or something.

1.Have a recipe that makes it taste good
2. dip it in chocolate, and not knowing it is a bug.

Not telling what it is and talking about it’s protein would make it easier to eat.

By maybe making the meat price at the market higher so people wouldn’t buy as much so it would start a big strike about not buying meat

hide them in food

it is gross because the bugs crawl on the ground and then you eat them. It's like your licking the ground.

Knowing that I'm helping the planet and environment.

Make it taste better
A change of habit
Make it look more appetizing

I would be encouraged to make more sustainable food choices when presented with data, like the information in the lesson. I feel much more open to eating insects now than I did before the video since I understand that making this shift would be beneficial to the world.

Just put it in chocolate

don't tell me it is a bug put it carmal or moose tracks ice cream and then dip it in carmel

Cool but that won't work for everyone because not everyone's the same but it will work for some people.

Make them taste good and not look like bugs.

Honestly I don't love meat to begin with, and I don't have a problem eating bugs. I think I could easily push myself to try some different kinds of bugs, and who knows! Maybe I'll like them.

Saber que simples escolhas na minha alimentação podem salvar o planeta e garantir mais vida a todos é o que me faz ter escolhas mais sustentáveis

yes!!!! and it will probably taste like something toy have already had.