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While Montana's first—and only—cricket farm blazes a path
for other insect farming enterprises, they still spend much of their
time educating people about the benefits of entomophagy. eir
tasty cookies go a long way toward getting people past the "ick
factor", and James points out that our bodies are well suited to
an insect diet. "It's not like we're introducing something foreign
to our bodies by eating bugs. We have special enzymes that help
to break down chitin. Insects aren't the first strange food to make
headway into the American culture. People were repulsed by sushi,
for instance, until it became a hip part of California culture in the
seventies.
Here in the U.S., it'll probably be a while before you can walk
into your local iHop and order a stack of cricket pancakes. But as
the bug-happy folks at Cowboy Cricket Farms continue to spread
their fervor and expertise to partner farms across North America,
the day may come where, instead of complaining to the waiter
about bugs in our food, we may find ourselves sending our compli-
ments to the chef.
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