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4:35 pm
Tue June 14, 2011

Novus to host international animal agriculture roundtable

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Novus International headquarters in St. Charles, Mo. Novus will host a roundtable on June 15 about animal agriculture and feeding the growing world population.
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Close to 30 representatives of the animal agriculture industry are meeting in St. Louis tomorrow to discuss the challenges of feeding the world’s growing population.

The international roundtable is being hosted by St. Charles-based Novus International. Novus produces animal feed additives and nutritional supplements.

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Cicadas - entomophagy
6:30 am
Tue June 14, 2011

Cicadas. Love 'em. Hate 'em. Eat 'em?

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These cicadas were collected at night, shortly after they emerged, while their bodies were still soft and white. They were then frozen for storage.
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Cicadas frying: Entomologist Chris Hartley sautés up some cicadas in butter and garlic.
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Cicada scampi. Bon appétit!
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Eating cicadas CH: Chris Hartley enjoys a bite of the cicada scampi he cooked up at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield.
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The little round black things? Those are eyes.
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St. Louis Public Radio reporter Véronique LaCapra eats cicadas. All in the name of science!
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(Have a cicada sighting to report? Share it with us on our interactive map - photos and videos welcome, too!)

Billions of periodical cicadas have emerged over the past few weeks in more than a dozen states across the Southeast and Midwest.

A food bonanza for predators

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