Eating Insects to Save the World?

So how many insects have you ever eaten? Well, you answer, none. But you may be mistaken - you may have never actually put an insect into your mouth and willingly chewed on it, but you may have eaten one unbeknownst to you. I always think of one of the old Saturday cartoons where one of the characters would be sleeping and then a fly or some other insect would land on their mouth, and they would yawn suddenly and almost eat the insect. (Actually that might have just happened in Snow White, with Dopey...) I've read other articles before about how often insects are consumed when we sleep. But did you know that you could also be eating insects when you're eating other food products such as chocolate, corn, or broccoli? So how bad could eating insects be if you already eat them unknowingly? That is the premise of Fraser Lewry's blog post from the Guardian's website. He talks about many insect delicacies that are eaten around the world and how delicious they are. Some dishes you could encounter are fried crickets, weaver ants, waxworm larvae, and (Lewry's favorite) chocolate dipped scorpion. Insects are a viable option to (somewhat) replace meats - they produce more meat per kilogram of feed than other animals and more of their body mass is edible. Harvesting them would not cause as much greenhouse gases to be emitted and best of all, the insects themselves are so good for you. They have vitamins, minerals, and lots of protein - sometimes even more than beef. Since the world's population is rapidly growing and thus food demand is also, insects could be the answer to a possible looming food crisis, that is, if we can ever get over our squeamishness.
P.S. Lewry mentioned in his blog post how the "New Yorker had devoted 6500 words" to the eating of insects. Very cool article - you should check it out.Mmm grubs.  Also, check out Lewry's photos of insect dishes that accompany his blog post - mmm mmm even more grubs.