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Good Food

Critter Fritters

Daniela Martin is the "girl" behind Girl Meets Bug .  She is an anthropologist who advocates the consumption of bugs as an alternative to meat.  According to Daniela, bugs require 20 times less food than cattle and therefore the produce more protein per pound of food their are given.  More than 80 percent of the world eats insects.

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Daniela Martin is the "girl" behind Girl Meets Bug. She is an anthropologist who advocates the consumption of bugs as an alternative to meat. According to Daniela, bugs require 20 times less food than cattle and therefore the produce more protein per pound of food their are given. More than 80 percent of the world eats insects. A list of where Daniela gets her bugs is here. She is currently working on creating a bug farm on her apartment balcony.

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    Evan Kleiman

    host 'Good Food'

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    host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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