1. Livestock, Bugs, & Plant-Based Diets

2. How is the livestock industry a threat to sustainability? (DQ1)
Resource intensive
Land use, overgrazing, crowded= ↑ disease, soil depletion, pollution, deforestation
Water use, pollution
Greenhouse gas emissions
Economic benefits
Crops used for animal feed
Inefficient conversion
↑ demand, esp. in GS

3. Push for traditional pastoralism Gov’t policies
What needs to be done to make the livestock industry more sustainable? (DQ1)
Push for traditional pastoralism
Grass-fed animals ≠ efficient
Gov’t policies
Dev. more efficient, sust. intensive industry

4. Why should we eat bugs? (DQ4)
Efficiently convert feed into protein
Protein-packed
Far ↓ resource intense
Land, water use; min. emissions
Eat food scraps, animal manure= reducing and recycling waste
↓ need for feed crops
Steady food supply
Some drought resistant
Need to use eco-practices for large-scale

5. Why don’t we eat bugs? (Cont.)
Cultural biases
Eur. colonization
Big ick factor
Need to rebrand for appeal
Need ↑ research re: safety
Need regulatory laws

6. What factors interfere with promoting plant-based diets? (DQ3)
Taste, texture
Cultural factors
Part of culinary history
Holidays
Image
Social status
Hippie diet, militant, fad diet, a phase, etc.
Don’t have moral objection

7. What factors interfere with promoting plant-based diets? (cont.)
Env. avoid raising connection
Unaware of env. impact
Unaware of alt.: white over red, milk over meat, bugs, Meatless Monday, etc.

8. Media, MNCs, talking heads, ads, etc.
What factors interfere with promoting
plant-based diets? (cont.)
Industry pressure on gov’ts
Meat, dairy, egg, fish industry lobbyists, policy makers, etc.
Nutritional info
Media, MNCs, talking heads, ads, etc.

9. Recap ¤ Livestock dependency unsustainable
Diff. to get people to change
↑ demand
Need to change industry
Entomophagy great alt., but people say ick!
Plant-based diet great alt., but people want meat
What will we do?
Is the cost worth it?