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The Lepsis Is a Terrarium For Growing Edible Insects At Home

Posted by timothy on from the plus-you-can-floss-with-the-legs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A recent UN report suggested that people should be eating more insects, because they're much less harmful to the environment that traditional meat. In response, designer Mansour Ourasanah has created the Lepsis, a small insect breeder that could be used to grow and harvest grasshoppers in urban homes."

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  1. why not garden and have chickens instead? by SpaceManFlip · · Score: 3, Interesting
    many people have lawns. Lawns are mowed to look nice. Nice looking lawns are not useful for food production. Kill the grass and plant the whole yard with food for your family, and then maybe they won't have to eat bugs.

    also if you have a yard, you could parcel off a small bit of it for a chicken coop for not too much money and grow your own eggs / chickens

    I think I'll probably try things like that before I raise insects for food.