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Fish and chirps? Crickets make leap as a protein

By Associated Press in Williston, Vermont | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-24 07:37

At Tomorrow's Harvest farm, you won't find acres of land on which animals graze, or rows of corn, or bales of hay. Just stacks of boxes in a basement and the summery song of thousands of chirping crickets.

It's one of a growing number of operations raising crickets for human consumption that these farmers say is more ecologically sound than meat but acknowledge is sure to bug some people out.

Once consumers get beyond the ick factor, they say, there are a lot of benefits to consuming bugs.

Fish and chirps? Crickets make leap as a protein

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