Looking in the compost pile, what do I see?
Thousands and thousands of maggots, feeding in glee
What kind of fat squirmy creatures are these?
Burrowed deep in my food scrap and leaves?
I hope you're the good ones adding nutrition for plants
And not a plague of houseflies following the ants
#gardening #poem #compost #maggots (human poem)
Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) are a promising, sustainable source of nutrients, however, there is limited knowledge regarding the food safety of consuming BSFL. This study determined the safety of consuming BSFL for direct human ...
How would you like your maggots cooked for your lunch?
I don't think I'd want them to munch
They're healthy, sustainable, plenty, and free!
I really don't think they're something for me
Deep fried, sauteed, or slathered on toast?
I'm thinking eating maggots is not something for most
He he he, these maggots in here are the future of food. #maggots
PLoS One: "Nutritional value of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae processed by different methods"
Nutritional value of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) processed by three different methods of treatment was compared. The resulting products were the spray-dried BSFL (SPR), oven-dried BSFL 1 (OVN1) and oven-dried BSFL 2 (OVN2). Proximate ...
@ai6yr I don’t know you, but I also kinda know you?
I feel like this should read “I don’t have chickens… yet”
AI6YR Ben
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