Let’s not kid ourselves, edible insects are unlikely to become mainstream, however, the opportunities are clearly there. It will surely be a niche profit-based trend. Since many experts predict that humans will need to consume insects to sustain population levels, the opportunity might be in the very near future.
A UN report claims: “It is widely accepted that by 2050 the world will host 9 billion people. To accommodate this number, current food production will need to almost double. The land is scarce and expanding the area devoted to farming is rarely a viable or sustainable option. Oceans are overfished and climate change and related water shortages could have profound implications for food production. To meet the food and nutrition challenges of today – there are nearly 1 billion chronically hungry people worldwide – and tomorrow, what we eat and how we produce it needs to be re-evaluated.”
