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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.

    The full episode

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    Critter Fritters; Kugel; Pork n' Beans; Skyr
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:44Lobster with Jonathan Gold
    3. 16:03Eric Greenspan and Kugel
    4. 23:42Icelandic Yogurt
    5. 31:04Critter FrittersYou’re reading this
    6. 38:08Side Dishes
    7. 41:54Pork n' Beans
    8. 47:11A Food Policy Primer
    9. 52:55Bottled Water Ban
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    5 of 9
    Critter Fritters; Kugel; Pork n' Beans; Skyr
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:44Lobster with Jonathan Gold
    3. 16:03Eric Greenspan and Kugel
    4. 23:42Icelandic Yogurt
    5. 31:04Critter FrittersYou’re reading this
    6. 38:08Side Dishes
    7. 41:54Pork n' Beans
    8. 47:11A Food Policy Primer
    9. 52:55Bottled Water Ban
    Back to Good Food