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Meet FARM 432, fly ecosystem
Generally I do not usually promote anything that is related to the consumption of animal origin, but in this particular case is not a technological device that can measure your heart rate or check if your pet is well at home or a solar cooker, today I bring you an invention that really caught my attention. This is FARM 432 a mini farm to create insects that you can then eat. Come with me to get to know this super innovative and out of the ordinary device.
The idea was born in Austria from the hand of Katharina Unger industrial designer who one day had the brilliant idea of devising a feeding system based on the FAO, who has been promoting the consumption of insects for many years since they are a more powerful source of protein than animal meat.
This ingenious designer had the idea of creating a kind of miniature farm, pressurized and climate control, to create favorable conditions for fly reproduction, the idea is to have a constant source of larvae that means a great source of protein in the daily diet, this was not created by chance, according to FAO data for 2050 the food situation entered a severe crisis if we take into account that will have to increase more than 70% of food production. So the idea of producing larvae for ingestion is not so far-fetched.
Katharina Unger was very concerned about the name of the device, 432 hours are enough so that 1 gram of eggs after that time becomes 2.5 kilograms of larvae ready to serve. According to the designer will be one of the most viable alternatives to beat hunger in the world. Although I am vegan, I accept that there are many people who consume products of animal origin, but if we do a small analysis on the damage to the ecosystem that means producing at least taking the example of beef, it takes a lot of water, to give the animal and to produce the food it will eat, also cows can mean a negative impact on the earth damaging the soil.
On the side of insects, we have that there are many insects in the world, it is estimated that there are 10,000 million insects per square kilometer, there are about 700,000 different species, does not represent a greater evil its production since there is no need to spend on food. For it only it was enough to place remains of vegetables that are the main food of the flies, the larvae of fly can represent a 50% of proteins adding minerals and amino acids.
This is supposed to be a device where the protein source is practically inexhaustible. Among the main characteristics of this novel invention that has been the object of criticism and even repulsion just for the fact of consuming fly larvae.
FARM 432 is a compartment enclosed with a crystal where an ecosystem of flies that have everything they need to reproduce, a small water source, and a reservoir of biological waste that will serve to feed the flies. In less than 1 week you can produce 1/2 kilograms of larvae, still in prototype stage, this means a hard blow to the food industry.
The negative side is the vision and acceptance of flies as insects with behaviors a little questioned, also in the West the food vision is very different from Asia for example where they have centuries eating a variety of insects.
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