Admittedly, I haven't done a lot of research on this specific story of this push for schools to indoctrinate kids into eating bugs...but there most definitely has been an increasing push for people to start eating alternate protein sources like crickets and meal worms, as well as new plant based meats and even seaweed.

Interestingly, even though I swore I'd never eat any Impossible plant based foods, I recently mistakenly brought home some Impossible breakfast sandwiches that were mixed in with normal real breakfast sandwiches. I'm a firm believer in not wasting money or food so, as much as it revolted me, I ate them.

One of the World Economic Forum's key focuses, as part of The Great Reset, is "food stability", which is tied directly to their "climate action" push to fight Global Warming, so they are actively pushing practices like ending all meat/ poultry consumption, ending or greatly reducing the farming and ranching of cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep and promoting the vegetarian/ vegan diet...and they are directly promoting eating bugs.

As conspiratorial as it might sound, I've seen and read enough information that convinces me that, as firmly entrenched as the WEF is in promoting their Global Warming action agenda, that when they focus on food stability their more nefarious intention is to control food supplies.

Take a few minutes to read the WEF website and you'll quickly find multiple recent articles on food stability.

Although the articles below are about schools in Wales and Australia with school programs to feed students bugs, I figure it won't be long before similar programs come to US schools.

[Note: an embedded video of lab grown meat and hyperlinks found at linked website article.]

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Primary school children in Wales will be offered EDIBLE INSECTS as scientists urge the next generation to embrace eco-friendly meat substitutes

By Fiona Jackson For Mailonline
09:50 EDT 30 May 2022 , updated 10:47 EDT 30 May 2022

• Scientists hope to feed children food products made from insects

• This could include bug protein bolognese, edible crickets and mealworms

• They hope to gauge their opinion on environmental issues surrounding food

• The Cardiff University and UWE teams will survey kids, parents and teachers

• The project aims to educate families on nutritional benefits of edible insects

While chicken nuggets and chips may be the current favourites at the school canteen, scientists hope to trump this with a new kind of 'tasty grub'.

Researchers are planning to feed bugs like house crickets and mealworms to children between the ages of five and 11 from four primary schools in Wales.

They are also planning to serve up 'bolognese' made from insect and plant protein, and potentially encourage them and their parents to move away from meat.

The project, led by academics from Cardiff University and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), will also involve surveying the primary school children to find out their attitudes to environmental issues and how they translate into views on the food they eat.

From this they wish to find the best way of educating the younger generation and their families on the environmental and nutritional benefits of edible insects, and in turn cut global meat consumption.












WHY SHOULD WE EAT INSECTS?

There are some 2,000 edible insects worldwide, many of which are high in protein, such as black soldier fly larvae, mealworms, crickets and locusts.

These bugs are thought to offer a more sustainable alternative to traditional proteins found in meat and soy.

The hope is that by shifting towards insect-based proteins, it could help to reduce the 64 million tons of carbon dioxide that is emitted each year from the production and consumption of meat-based products.

Some companies say their insect farms only generate four per cent of the current emissions released each year by farms that maintain cows, pigs and chickens.

Using insect protein as a base requires far less feed, land and water, all of which generates fewer greenhouse gases per pound than those made with beef, pork or chicken

The project, which started last week, uses surveys, workshops, interviews and focus groups to explore young people’s understandings and experiences of alternative proteins.

As part of the research, they hope to offer food products containing crickets and mealworms to try.

This includes a product called VEXo, which combines insect- and plant-based proteins and is designed to look like 'conventional' mince, which will be prepared in the style of a bolognese.

The children will also be tasting a range of plant-based products that are already widely available on UK supermarket shelves – such as pea-based and soya-based meat alternatives.

All products offered will have received Novel Foods approval by the Food Standards Agency, and parents will have to give consent for their children to take part.

'Young people’s voices are becoming increasingly prominent in discussions on environmental futures and animal welfare,' said Dr Chrisopher Bear from Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning.

'Embodied in Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement, their highlighting of intensive livestock farming’s greenhouse gas emissions has been especially high-profile.

'But there is still little research on how these values translate into food consumption attitudes and practices among children.

'This research project is an opportunity for us to find out how young people of primary age envisage the role of edible insects and plant-based proteins in more sustainable and ethical food futures.'

He added: 'To be absolutely clear, we are not trying to persuade children to switch from meat to things like edible insects.

'We’ll be facilitating discussions with children about what are promoted as the environmental and nutritional benefits of alternative proteins, and trying to give them the tools to think critically about these claims so that they can make informed choices about the food they eat.'

The research team will also gauge the opinion of teachers as to how best to broach the subject with their pupils, and create resources for lessons on the environmental impact of food.

Carl Evans, the headteacher of Roch Community Primary School in Pembrokeshire which is taking part in the project, said: 'At the school we recognise the important connection between our local community, food production and wider global issues surrounding sustainable development.

'We know these issues are important to children, but also difficult to make sense of and can often be confusing for them.

'We welcome the opportunity to work with academics from Cardiff and UWE to explore these issues and support children in developing critical thinking around sustainable citizenship.'

Dr Verity Jones of UWE Bristol said: 'The introduction of the new curriculum in Wales, which puts an emphasis on developing ethical and sustainable citizenship through formal education, gives us an opportunity to work with schools so that teachers are given the right tools and children are empowered to explore some of these complex issues.

'While focusing on Wales, the findings and resources will speak to similar concerns and developments internationally.'

According to Finder UK, over seven million adults in the UK currently follow a meat-free diet and a further 8.8 million intended to shift to vegetarian or vegan diets in 2022.

Meat-free diets are most prevalent in the 18-23 demographic, but research on younger children is limited.

Although yet to be popular in the UK, consumption of insects as food is practised by two billion people globally, particularly in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Edible insects are increasingly being sold across the EU and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is currently assessing house crickets for human consumption, with mealworms likely to be submitted soon.

The EU introduced food regulations classing insects as a 'novel food' two years ago, meaning they had to undergo new safety checks before being approved by the FSA.

This was not changed when the UK left the EU, however the FSA is expected to allow edible insects to be traded in supermarkets and retailers temporarily in June, with full approval anticipated next year.

Research has suggested that if insects are farmed commercially, emissions and water use are lower per square ft than the land use required for livestock.

In a 2010 study, scientists from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands found that a pound of mealworm protein had a greenhouse gas footprint one percent as large as a pound of beef.

Some companies say their insect farms only generate four per cent of the current emissions released each year by farms that maintain cows, pigs and chickens.

Edible insects are also often high in protein, antioxidants, vitamins and other nutrients.

Meat-heavy diets risk not only our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases.

Animal agriculture contributes to global warming because of the methane, nitrous oxide and carbon emissions of livestock and their supply chains.

According to experts at Greenpeace, Britons need to be eating 71 per cent less meat and dairy by 2030 to avoid a 'climate breakdown'.

SHOULD YOU CUT BACK ON RED MEAT? WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

Meat is a good source of protein, vitamins and minerals in the diet.

The Department of Health advises that we eat no more than 70g (cooked weight) of red and processed meat a day, which is the average daily consumption in the UK.

This is mainly because there is a link between bowel cancer and red meat, such as beef and lamb, and processed meat, such as sausages and bacon.

A 2011 report called Iron and Health from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) assessed evidence on the link between bowel cancer and iron - meat is the main source of iron.

SACN concluded that eating a lot of red and processed meat probably increases the risk of bowel cancer, and advised accordingly.

The American Institute for Cancer Research advises we consume no more than three portions of red meat a week and urges us to 'avoid' processed meats.

Processed meat often contains nitrogen-based preservatives that stop it going off while being transported or stored.

These preservatives have been linked to both bowel and stomach cancer.

When red meat is digested, the pigment haem gets broken down in our gut to form chemicals called N-nitroso compounds.

These compounds have been found to damage the DNA of cells that line our digestive tract, which could trigger cancer.

Our body may also react to this damage by making cells divide more rapidly to replace those that are lost.

This 'extra' cell division may increase the risk of cancer.

Cancer Research UK says three chemicals in meat are linked to bowel cancer because they damage cells in the gut.

Red and processed meat has also been linked to type 2 diabetes.

This may be due to the preservatives used or the meats' higher levels of saturated fat than chicken and fish.

However, researchers in Canada, Spain and Poland cast a shadow over eating advice adopted by health organisations around the world in November 2019.

In a landmark paper, the academics analysed past studies of how eating meat affected the health of more than four million people.

The research, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found no evidence that eating beef, pork and lamb could increase the rates of heart disease, cancer, stroke or type 2 diabetes – despite fears.

Schools are now feeding BUGS to children

Yummy...

Peter Imanuelsen
16 hr ago

You thought they were joking with all this talk about eating insects and bugs? Well, you were wrong.

In fact, very cleverly they are starting early by pushing the insects on kids and school children. They know that it will be very hard to get adults to like eating insects, so instead they are trying to brainwash young children into doing it instead.

1000 schools in Australia have started offering children chips containing cricked powder at the school canteens. Delicious!

Why?

Because they are ”healthy” for the children and also ”eco-friendly” and good for the planet, that’s why! Nothing to do with you will eat the bugs and you will be happy. No, this is good for you!

The Daily Telegraph interviewed school children eating these cricket chips, and when they asked the children if they knew it was made from insects, they didn’t know. This is how they do it. They cannot get adults to eat this stuff, so instead they just offer it to kids as tasty snacks and they go ahead and eat it without even knowing what it is.

”Chips are great aren’t they, and these chips are even better, because I think they are better for you, did you know that? Yeah, that way you know, mum and dad might let you have more chips. Good stuff” the interviewer said.

But this isn’t only in Australia.

Children at four primary schools aged 5 to 11 in Wales were offered insects to eat as part of a project to see how children’s appetites are for ”alternative protein” like crickets and mealworms (in case you don’t know, mealworms is bird feed).

But not only that, by feeding children insects, they hope that they can persuade parents to follow as well…

”Many children have the power of pester, so in some cases can be great agents of dietary change within the family” said Verity Jones from the University of the West of England in Bristol and is involved in the study.

So there you have it. They want to use children, brainwash them into thinking eating bugs as a good thing, and then get them to convince their parents to eat the bugs as well.

GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL.

The only way is homeschooling.

This is they way it has been done in Sweden for years. In Socialism, your children belong to the state, and the state use the schools to brainwash them into becoming good little Socialists.

The thing is, it is not only happening in one country. As we saw, they are doing this in Australia, and on the other side of the world in Britain. This is a coordinated effort to push for eating bugs.

Imagine telling someone 10 years ago that they would be feeding your children insects at school. You would be called a crazy conspiracy theorist. Now they are doing it.

And guess what. It would not surprise me if they start slipping insects in junk food and most people won’t even realize. Just cover the taste up with some artificial flavor and you are good to go!

It is so good for the environment they say, with mealworms (bird feed) only producing 1% of greenhouse gases compared with cows. What a deal, just eat bird food to stop climate change!

They are actually trying to get you to eat bird feed. Come on now.

One city in the Netherlands is even talking about a proposal to ban advertisement of meat.

The plan is simple, they want you to eat the bugs, while the rich will continue to dine on the finest meat. They want you to give up all your comforts to stop climate change, but they themselves will fly in private jets.

And it all starts with brainwashing the children into eating bugs.

Why are they trying so hard to get us to eat bird food?

You will eat the bugs and you will be happy.

First, thank God my kids aren't in school anymore. Well, 1 year to go for my oldest in college.

Second, Have these idiots actually studied how much pollution would be made by farming enough bugs to equal real meat protein? I don't expect they'll be collecting wild meal worms. Every animal that breathes makes CO2.

Slimy, yet satisfying.

Personally, I find it gross, but not sure it's a lot worse than eating shrimp, lobsters, crabs or other aquatic arthropods that people seem to enjoy.

Interesting. A colleague of my father, who was a POW of the Japanese, said they ate insects (cockroaches I think) for their protein during captivity.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
Personally, I find it gross, but not sure it's a lot worse than eating shrimp, lobsters, crabs or other aquatic arthropods that people seem to enjoy.

I doubt they are cleaning out the guts and separating the meat like with shrimp, lobsters, crabs. Surely there are people that eat the entire thing, sucking the head of crawdads and such. But I don't think eating mealworms is equal.

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By Fiona Jackson For Mailonline:

WHY SHOULD WE EAT INSECTS?

There are some 2,000 edible insects worldwide, many of which are high in protein, such as black soldier fly larvae maggots, and (meal)worms...

If my food has maggots and worms in it, that means it was left outside for a few days.

I'm sure Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates and the rest of the 'elites' traveling in and out of Davos on private jets will be eating the finest meat available on the planet, regardless of 'urgency' to combat global warming and ensure 'food stability' as part of their 'climate action plan'!

I was stationed in Southeast Asia for several tours where my duties involved working closely with indigenous people. They ate bugs and being a guest, I was offered bugs as well as a number of other strange delicacies. I didn't want to be rude, but I just couldn't do it. They thought I was a picky eater. I have unintentionally eaten a stray bug at an outdoor barbecue, and then there were my motorcycle days, but that is my limit. I was guest of honor in a small village once where they served me the head of a rooster, but that is a different story...

Whether or not insects are nutritious is not the point. The point is that there are people in positions of influence, who in turn have the ear of people in power, whose wet dream is to force this on us. And "saving the planet" is just a cover for this. What they really want is power.

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Interesting. A colleague of my father, who was a POW of the Japanese, said they ate insects (cockroaches I think) for their protein during captivity.

Well, sure. Under conditions of enforced starvation, you'll eat anything, literally. In the Siege of Leningrad, the Holodomor and hundreds of other incidents throughout human history, people ate one another, sometimes not even waiting until they were dead first. Again, not the point.

Biblically speaking, grasshoppers and crickets are the only clean bugs you should eat.

That said, I am content to let my chickens eat the bugs and I eat the eggs and chickens.

This dystopian hellscape is depressing.

Indoctrinate the childrens by feeding them bugs in school. That's how you make the change. Progress!

Crickets contain chitin. The last thing humans need is a diet that increases inflammation. Inflammation has been linked to all sorts of disease including cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, allergies, etc.


One of Life's Most Common Compounds Causes Allergic Inflammation

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2007...llergic-inflammation

The beetle's back and the crab's shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, UCSF scientists have found. Insects, molds and parasitic worms - all common sources of allergies or inflammation - produce billions of tons of chitin a year.

Long article so see the link for the rest.


It seems as if Humans are devolving at a fast pace. Our ancestors determined what foods to eat and what plants to use as medicine through trial and error. The modern man is determined to destroy all that knowledge we have gained through centuries of living on the Earth. Sure ingesting some bugs now and then might not be problematic, but eating these creatures on a large scale day after day is going to cause a lot of unneeded suffering in my opinion.


Another article worth reading:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649864/

Ya think the indigenous people eating bugs would rather have a steak if they could? They eat bugs because they don't have a steak and they'd starve otherwise.

The peasants and unwashed masses eat disgusting bugs while our betters continue to eat Filet mignon. You think the Joe Biden and Bill Gates of the world will eat cockroaches? Not a chance. And neither will I or any of my children.

I'm starting to see this crap in my kids' books about trying to normalize eating bugs. KISS. MY. ASS.