Canada’s Crickets-for-Food Schemes Are Turning Out To Be a Bust for Climate Crusaders

Harvesting insects for human consumption — replacing steaks and hamburgers — has been an emerging policy goal for the worldwide left.

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Cicadas, harvested in their teneral stage, being pan fried. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Canada’s multimillion-dollar factory to farm crickets is falling silent amid layoffs. Once dismissed as a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” harvesting insects for human consumption is an emerging policy goal for the worldwide left. Without an understanding of the market, though, such schemes will be a breakfast boondoggle.

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