← on nowLGR-024 · v0.1.0 · model · model How many farmed insects are killed every second, every day, every year?
farmed insects · crickets, mealworms, soldier fly larvae · estimated
killed
1.2 trillion
a year
38,026
a second
3.3 billion
a day
projected, a year, by 2030
~5 trillion
mostly for pet food, fish feed and chicken feed. not, mostly, for people.
method Rethink Priorities 2023; Rowe 2020: farmed insects killed per year for food and feed, and 2030 projections.
- the newest ledger. it is growing faster than any other channel here.source: Rethink Priorities 2023; Rowe 2020
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=farmed%20insects" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · farmed insects"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- Rethink Priorities 2023; Rowe 2020: farmed insects killed per year for food and feed, and 2030 projections.
- range
- 1–1.2 trillion/yr now; 4–5 trillion by 2030
- confidence
- model
- weakness
- industry data are sparse and growing fast; the projection is the industry's own.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-024 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0