Productions
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12 December 2012
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SRF Einstein
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Dutch breed and eat insects |
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The Dutch have insect farms where grasshoppers, crickets and all kinds of worms are produced. Dutch insect munchers love their creepy crawly snacks so much that they released a special Insect Cookbook this year. Their creation is said to be dedicated to promoting insects as a great source of nourishment. The cookbook contains some pretty unique recipes like how to add worms to your chocolate muffin mix, or grasshoppers on a mushroom risotto. According to Arnold van Huis, a professor at the laboratory of entomology at the Wageningen University, the world population is expected to hit 9 billion by 2050, and there may not be sufficient land to raise livestock that meets everybody’s needs. We might just have to turn to bugs as a protein alternative. The nutritional value of insects is quite similar to that of meat, and it is more environmentally friendly to raise insects instead of livestock. The science program Einstein, from the Swiss public broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen, will transmit a live program around Christmas where insects like mealworms, cricket’s ad grasshoppers will be prepared and eaten. The reportage about the Dutch insects breeders, a delicatessen shop where insects are sold, and an interview with professor Van Huis will be broadcasted in between the cooking and eating. Video Link!
Activities: research, book cameraman, set-up ad planning, direction and interviews, courier shipment.