Day 9: A good load of gut loading~

Today I followed up on a tip I heard online about feeding some of my insects fruit as it apparently helps to give them a richer taste. I usually feed them fruit and vegetables that I have left over or that would be discarded like apple cores and the ends of carrots as I find this to be a more sustainable way of giving them food, without the need to go out and get extra supplies. I think that this works for me at the moment as I don’t rely on my insects for a huge portion of my diet, but if I were to continue eating them I would definitely consider expanding my current set up. I believe the price for their food would still stay relatively inexpensive as crickets and mealworms essentially eat anything that’s offered to them as long as it’s organic matter.

However the fact that one of the only ways to have a sustainable source of edible insects is to farm them yourself shows that this diet is not very accessible to most casual consumers who wouldn’t want to deal with raising their own insects. I’ve heard of several small insect farms popping up throughout Europe over the past several years, so I hope it won’t be long before we can see packs of pre-packet crickets lining the shelves of local supermarkets.