September 8, 2011
Updated Sep 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM PDT
(HuffingtonPaost.com) The European Commission is putting money behind bugs as a food source for humans.
It's offering a massive £2.65 million (that's about $4.32 million) prize to the group that comes up with the best idea for developing insects as a popular food.
The Commission is counting on cattle and other large animals being an increasingly untenable source of protein in decades to come, and hopes that some research group will be able to devise ways to convince people to eat insects despite the inherent "yuck" value.
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