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That’s a plate of friend crickets. And if you ask Serge Verniau, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s rep in Laos, it might just be the key to fighting malnutrition around the world.
Verniau’s only half-joking when he says his dream is “to feed the big metropolises from Tokyo to Los Angeles, via Paris” with insects like crickets that are rich in protein, AFP reports. “Most of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Trying to feed the whole planet enough protein from cows won’t work,” Verniau said.
