Connect with us

News

Kids Were More Willing Than Adults To Eat Bugs At Brooklyn Bug Festival

on

Brooklyn Bugs has organised a bug festival recently and many elementary children showed interest and actually enjoyed eating bugs. As reported by NPR, a student Holly ate a cricket and smiled saying, “It’s good!”

David George Gordon , author of The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, told NPR, “adults are skeptical [about eating bugs], kids are so receptive to trying them. Events like this are a great way to engage their parents.” Bugs are a great source protein and are consumed by 80% of the world’s population.

“We can build a sustainable, unique and expansive gastronomy,” said One Hop Kitchen’s co-founder, Lee Cadesky, as she talked to a festival group of businessmen and farmers who work with edible insects. There is a study which was published in 2013 in a Spain college that shows the children have a deeper concern for the environmental rules than those at school.

The bug festival developer Yoon, told NPR that getting kids and their parents to try eating insects has been a huge success. He said joking, “I guess they caught the bug!”

Enjoyed the read? Follow my blogs to know all the right places to visit in Mumbai and relish delicious food!