Why We Won't be Eating Bugs in the Future

Published on 2023-03-03 | Archived on 2024-02-14

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FERTILIZER CALCULATIONS:
INSECTS:
In this video by Entomo farms, owner Darrin Goldin says a full harvest of one of their barns produces about 2500lbs of crickets and 2000lbs of frass. [The Future of Food] @ 5:20
2500lbs of crickets should have 1500lbs of protein in it (assuming 60% protein when dry)
so 1500 lbs of protein for every 2000lbs dry fertilizer, or a 3/4 ratio

COWS:
A beef cow produces about 75lbs of manure a day [https://ag.umass.edu/crops-dairy-live...] (more for dairy cows)
According to the Journal of Dairy Science, about 85% of this manure is water, so they make 11.25lbs of dry weight manure a day.
A cow produces approx. 440lbs of beef, about 25% of which is protein, so 110lbs of protein in a lifetime
according to the USDA, cows are slaughtered at 30-42 months old, assuming 36 months average [https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-stand...]
110lbs of protein over 36 months = 3.0555 lbs of protein a month, or about 0.10185185 lbs of protein a day
So in a day, a cow produces 11.25lbs of dry manure a day, and 0.10185185 lbs of protein a day

Comparing these ratios of dry weight manure to protein we get:
COWS: 11.25 / 0.10185185 = 110.45
INSECTS: 4 / 3 = 1.33

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