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Aly Moore

Could Eating Bugs Help Save Our Food System?

Aly Moore is the founder of bugible.com and eatbugsevents.com where she is working to raise awareness of the growing edible insect industry as a more sustainable and healthier alternative to animal agriculture. To bee or not to bee? This is the question of 2017. Bees are one of over 2,000 species of edible insects, and a 2016 market analysis and forecasting report by Research and Markets projects that the global edible insects market will grow to $1.53 billion by 2021. In short, the market says, “Bee!” With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, new agricultural strategies are needed in order