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Cockroach sushi? Inside a farming revolution that could cure cancer, compost waste – and shake up menus

Posted in biotech/medical, food

There is a history of insects’ acceptability as ingredients for Chinese medicine, as pets, and even as food. Yet in selling the idea to the general public, especially those living in big cities, there is still a way to go.


Hundreds of cockroach farmers across China are unleashing the insects’ potential in the country’s war on waste, in medicine, and deep or stir-fried.

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