Fed

Fed is a food startup that designs, prepares, and delivers nutrition-focused meals for specialized diets. Here, we publish our sister publication, Sliced.

[Fed @fed_hq]

Introducing #Insects! This issue:

- India's insect-eating communities @SohelS28
- Southern Africa's mopane worm
- Applying safety standards @KibugiTabby
- Mexico, chic cuisine and insect farming @MexCityStreets
- How a French botanist ravaged Madagascar

Art by @carminedwards

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"...new research suggests the proliferation of these sweet, juicy orbs may be linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs."

The downfall of dinosaurs may have paved the way for that next glass of Pinot Grigio

https://t.co/X3BIHVnX0z

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"At the heart of the njahi wars...is the violence of British colonialism"

The (second) most controversial bean in Kenya is at the forefront of a food war that speaks towards more pressing issues

https://t.co/WUqUNiSTDx

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"With prohibitions in place against large gatherings, the Han people baked secret messages about rebelling against the Mongols into the desserts"

Did cakes help liberate China from the Mongols?

https://t.co/j1MPnCbDgX

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"Getting people to eat less beef could quickly make a large dent in climate pollution...research finds that subbing poultry for beef in a meal can cut a person’s daily dietary carbon footprint by about half."

The environment has a beef with red meat

https://t.co/tbvItyBRJW

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"While visiting France [Jefferson] fell in love with many of the pasta dishes he had been served. He even brought a pasta machine back with him and first served Mac-and-Cheese at a state dinner in 1802."

Thomas Jefferson is responsible for Kraft Dinner

https://t.co/y34C143egJ

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"The sense of smell is closely linked to the limbic system in the brain responsible for emotion and memory making food-related memories particularly vivid and emotionally charged."

Why comfort food can be so comforting

https://t.co/hoXYCnxmJf

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"Kamikatsu in Tokushima prefecture is a small town with a big ambition: it plans to reuse and recycle all of its waste"

Zero-waste towns are coming for your garbage

https://t.co/YXjsTfC0CZ

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"In the mid 1850s, John Snow, a physician... theorized the link between the poor health of British citizens and the bread they were eating..."

Victorian bakers used deadly fillers in their white bread to stretch their ingredients and increase profits

https://t.co/fUlnt80y3d

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"Researchers found that oral administration of manuka honey significantly reduced tumor growth by 84% in mice..."

Could Manuka honey be used to supplement traditional breast cancer treatment?

https://t.co/XLvZwqebzk

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@voiceofahamid Yes, freshly prepared cooked meals that just need to be heated up - you can use either.

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France had spent centuries trying to establish a long-term colony on the island by the time he introduced the cochineal — with disastrous consequences for the Malagasy people 👇

https://t.co/Zuz0AeABxW #insects #parasites

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"But their famished plight became another’s capitalistic gain."

How a French botanist brought famine to Madagascar by weaponizing a parasite | By Jonathan Feakins

https://t.co/Zuz0AeABxW #famine #frenchcolonialism #Madagascar

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Mexican mythology is rife with stories of insects and people have eaten insects for centuries. But cool culinary trends and the country’s systemic food inequalities offer warnings and lessons to those embracing the practice now 👇 #Mexico #insects

https://t.co/Q0RC11u9ps

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"Across Mexico City, you can now find upper-class Mexicans and foreigners eating the chicatana ants, maguey worms, and roasted grasshoppers."

Don’t worry about eating insects: ‘We should think about cultivating ourselves’ | By @MexCityStreets

https://t.co/Q0RC11u9ps

[Tabby Kibugi @KibugiTabby]

For @fed_hq's insect issue, I spoke to 3 experts @Brooklynbugs17, @AgEntoGirl and Matt Regusci of @asifood on how food safety standards will apply in the regulation of mass consumption of insects. https://t.co/KuT91FxBWL

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Insects will play a bigger role in human diets in the decades to come, but eating this sustainable protein will invite a whole raft of regulatory questions 👇

https://t.co/t9RCFGyI47 #insects #eatinsects #entomophagy #entomo #insecteating #foodsafety

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"Regulatory agencies and food bodies will need to fully account for the new challenges posed by ... mass-producing and consuming insects. Here’s how that might work."

How do we apply food safety standards to insects? | By @KibugiTabby

https://t.co/t9RCFGyI47

[Peter Skaronis @Peter_Skaronis]

One of the best decisions I made in the last year, was to find professionals chefs.

I've been using @fed_hq for the past couple months and it has been amazing.

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Thousands of families across southern Africa camp in woodlands for weeks to harvest the mopane. Now, social entrepreneurs spy an opportunity for this emperor moth to go mainstream 👇

https://t.co/i79ugOq0CO #protein #sustainableprotein

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"For many rural families in the region, the dried mopane worms are more than the staple source of protein; they often generate the only household income."

This worm is the last line of defence against malnutrition | By John Gaisford

https://t.co/i79ugOqysm