The Faculty of Economics hosted 16 members of Nagasaki Higashi High School’s English club and 3 of their teachers to a special lecture on an alternative food for the future. In addition to the guests from Nagasaki Higashi High School, 2 Nagasaki University students were in attendance.
Professor Tom of the Center for Language Studies began with a discussion on global warming and introduced ways individuals can reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they emit. After the general discussion, the professor focused on one big contributor of global warming gases, eating farmed meat. He described how farmed meat is a leading cause of global warming because farm animals produce a lot of greenhouse gases and many forests are cleared to create farm land. Finally, he explained how many people are promoting the consumption of insects as an alternative to traditional meat such as beef or pork and shared its many good points. At the end of the lecture, Professor Tom provided a tasting of roasted crickets and protein bars made from cricket flour.
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