Solving world hunger with – grasshoppers

Israeli startup Steak Tzar Tzar (Hebrew for “cricket”) is farming grasshoppers to solve the world’s protein shortage. The insect is 70% protein and marketable to at least the 2.5 billion people who already consume insects. And they are even kosher – to the traditions of Yemenite Jews.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/bugs-could-be-answer-to-food-crisis-israeli-start-up-says/

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