# I have seen the future of food...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 20, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-of-food/840591 "2019-09-20T22:29:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-of-food/840591/1 "2019-09-20T22:29:50Z")

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…[and it ain’t pretty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4P4MSs0VU). (Link not for the squeamish.)  
I found that dish of cat food, abandoned and partially covered by leaves. Google Lens easily provided a reasonable species name–I’ve been seeing plenty of these [Black Soldier Flies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetia_illucens) around this year, but assumed they were some type of wasp. [Lots of links](https://www.google.com/search?q=black+soldier+fly+farm&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj90-OquODkAhULsZ4KHXF-CskQ_AUIDCgA) to how people are farming these now, and there is even [work on kits](http://www.livinstudio.com/farm432) for those who believe that they can do it better and cheaper at home.  
So, forget the Impossible Burger–who wants to step into this brave new world?