{"id":156,"date":"2015-12-08T20:22:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T20:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/griopro.com\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2016-11-17T18:25:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T23:25:58","slug":"sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/griopro.com\/sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-fullwidth-1  fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth\" style=\"border-color:#eae9e9;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-style: solid;border-top-style: solid;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;padding-left:;padding-right:;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.fusion-fullwidth-1 {\n                            padding-left: px !important;\n                            padding-right: px !important;\n                        }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-row\"><h1>How is Cricket Powder Sustainable?<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<div class=\"fusion-one-half fusion-layout-column fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To answer this we must first look at our current situation in the world. \u00a0The human population grows by about 70 million people every year. \u00a0At the current rate, The United Nations expects the population to grow to more than 9 billion people by the year 2050. \u00a0As the population grows, it is ever more critical to reduce our levels of consuming resources from the earth and it&#8217;s biosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use approximately 70% of agricultural land and 30% of the total land on Earth to raise livestock to meet our daily need for protein. \u00a0Thus, it is neither feasible nor sustainable to expand the amount of land needed for livestock productions. \u00a0In order to combat this problem, it is important to use sources of high quality animal protein which will reduce the amount of pollution, habitat destruction, and abuse of natural resources. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good News! \u00a0Crickets offer a much more efficient and cleaner way to meet our animal sourced protein and nutritional needs than traditional livestock! \u00a0Cricket Powder is an innovative and sustainable food ingredient for providing high quality complete protein. \u00a0When comparing crickets to vertebrate livestock crickets require less land, water, feed and pesticide use than all other livestock by far. \u00a0Cricket farming also contributes much less to climate change by generating much lower levels of greenhouse gases. These fantastic animals also compete less with the human food supply since they can eat non-human food plants or agricultural byproducts. \u00a0It is estimated that crickets are as much as 20 times more efficient to raise for protein than cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-half fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2464\" src=\"https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Info-outline-hr-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Info-outline-hr-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Info-outline-hr-500x640.jpg 500w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Info-outline-hr-800x1024.jpg 800w, 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target=\"_self\" href=\"#\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".graph\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Click here for data sources for info-graphics<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Some Facts and Figures to Consider for Cricket Powder Sustainability:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro-500x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro-120x97.jpg 120w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro-147x118.jpg 147w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro-500x404.jpg 500w, https:\/\/griopro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/griopro.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Feed Use<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feed Conversion Ratio for crickets is far superior to that of other livestock such as cattle. \u00a0To generate 1 kilogram of digestible animal requires: 25 kg of feed for beef, 9.1 kg of feed for pork, 4.5 kg of feed for chicken &#8211; yet only 2.1 kg of feed for crickets! \u00a0This is largely because insects such as crickets are poikilothermic (similar to &#8220;cold blooded&#8221;), meaning that they do not require energy calories to regulate their body temperature such as mammals and birds. \u00a0Thus, those calories are more efficiently utilized to build cricket muscle and body mass! \u00a0Less feed use can also mean much less pesticide and land use (less feed crops &#8211; less pesticide and land use). \u00a0Also, since crickets are insects, they are VERY sensitive to pesticides, so feed crops used to grow crickets MUST have low levels of pesticide or it just won&#8217;t work for growing crickets!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Water Use<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes approximately 13,400 gallons of water to generate 1 pound of beef. \u00a0However, to generate the same amount of digestible cricket meat requires only 240 gallons of water! \u00a0This is largely because insects such as crickets are designed with a tough exoskeleton which prevents them from drying out. \u00a0They are also designed to derive much of their water from their feed diet and their digestive systems are highly efficient at conserving water rather than excreting it. (bugs don&#8217;t pee!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Land Use and Impact<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of acres of forest have been burned or cleared to create grazing fields for beef production. This results in extensively damaged ecosystems, native species habitat reduction, and is a major contributor to global warming. Additionally, the EPA reports waste from animal agriculture operations has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current estimates are that it requires approximately 8 square meters to grow a pound of cricket. \u00a0However, it takes a whopping 115 square meters to generate the same amount of beef! \u00a0Additionally, since crickets and other insects are small, they can be grown (and humanely) in small containers and boxes. \u00a0This allows their production to be modularized and fit in just about any space, whereas livestock such as cattle often require large pastures for them to roam. \u00a0Additionally, crickets and other insects are probably the only animals ideal for VERTICAL FARMING and URBAN agriculture. \u00a0Imagine, insects can be farmed in abandoned warehouses and even SKY SCRAPERS, further decreasing their land use and making them even more sustainable! \u00a0Insects are probably also the only animal livestock which can be farmed in SPACE!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 graph\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.modal-1 .modal-header, .modal-1 .modal-footer{border-color:#ebebeb;}<\/style><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Resource Use and Environmental Impact Parameters of Insect Farming versus Other Livestock.<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body\">A:\u00a0 Percentage of Digestible Biomass (van Huis et al., 2014)<br \/>\nB:\u00a0 Feed Conversion Ratio (van Huis, 2013)<br \/>\nC: Production of Green House Gas Equivalents per kg of body mass gain (Oonincx, 2010)<br \/>\nD: Production of Ammonia Pollution per kg of body mass gain (Oonincx, 2010)<br \/>\nE: Global Warming Potential (Oonincx, 2012)\u00a0 (The GWP of one kg of fresh mealworms was 2.7 kg of CO2-eq,)<br \/>\nF: Energy Use (van Huis et al., 2014)<br \/>\nG: Land Use (Oonincx, 2012)<br \/>\nH: Water Use (Adjusted according to food input per protein output for dairy and crickets. 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