{"id":17427,"date":"2022-02-05T01:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T06:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=17427"},"modified":"2022-02-05T01:12:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T06:12:32","slug":"insect-ranchers-pour-5-million-into-worlds-first-large-scale-genetic-breeding-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=17427","title":{"rendered":"Insect ranchers pour $5 million into world\u2019s first large-scale genetic breeding facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20220202_on_mealworms_sciencesource_ss2844197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"216\" \/>Genetically engineered mealworms could provide fertilizer\u2014and food\u2014for millions<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/insect-ranchers-pour-5-million-world-s-first-large-scale-genetic-breeding-facility\">Insect ranchers pour $5 million into world\u2019s first large-scale genetic breeding facility<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;The grubs are rich in nutrients, containing up to 25 grams of protein for every 100 grams of worm, about the same as beef. And raising mealworms produces lower greenhouse gas emissions than other forms of animal production, Oonincx says. Farmers also need far less land to produce 1 kilogram of protein, compared with conventional livestock farming, he notes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genetically engineered mealworms could provide fertilizer\u2014and food\u2014for millions Source: Insect ranchers pour&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[444,30,12,524,140],"class_list":["post-17427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-bugs","tag-environment","tag-food","tag-insects","tag-paul","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}