French farm offers sustainable food from edible insects

Minus Farm can grow edible mealworms of different varieties and stages of development. Photo: AFP

Minus Farm is not your typical farm. There are no cows, pigs or chickens, but rather insects, specifically mealworms raised to be eaten by humans in the form of cakes or bread or simply as an appetiser.

This farm is an alternative to the industrial process of animal breeding, the second biggest CO2 emitter in the world.Can we continue eating as much meat when factory farming is one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases? In France, an edible insect farm offers a new source of protein for our diet.