Be the change that you want to see...

After a trip to Africa with work I have come home to find a thriving group of mealworms in one of my boxes. Although this box has been outside in increasingly cold weather, I think that the amount of food I have been dropping in there has allowed some of the multitude of mealies in there to mature to a decent size. There was even one that had reached chrysalis stage already - highlighting the level of attention they need for separation.

First Mealworm reared by my own hands

I have taken these larger larvae out of the bigger box and separated them into a smaller one in the hope that they can mature even more rapidly.

Within a week or so I will have enough to start using them as food!

My trip to Africa reinvigorated my belief in the need for everyone to live the changes that they believe are needed in society; whatever it may be. There is no use in waiting for others to take the lead, thinking about it but not acting on it, or simply forgetting about the issue for an easy life. We have to take responsibility for our actions and if we believe in something, set an example for others.

That is why I am doing this. I believe that the world will need to find alternative sources of protein in order to help provide everyone with it without irreparably damaging our natural environment. I'm just exploring one such way.

It's good to see other people in Bristol acting on their beliefs about food waste: SKIPCHEN has just opened serving only skip-salvaged food with a mission to put themselves out of business by highlighting the problem of wastage in our food system.