Global Steak

{{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = [[Anthony Orliange]] | starring = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | country = France | language = French | num_episodes = | producer = | editor = | cinematography = | runtime = 94 minutes | company = | budget = | network = | released = {{Start date|2010|12|15|df=y}} }} '''''Global Steak: Demain nos enfants mangeront des criquets''''' ({{literal translation|Global Steak: Tomorrow your children will eat locusts}}) is a 2010 French documentary television film directed by [[Anthony Orliange]].

== Synopsis == The film explores the problem of meat consumption by humans and suggests that the increasing demand of meat in the world could lead to a catastrophe.

=== Entomophagy section === * [[entomology|Entomologist]] [[Séverin Tchibozo]] suggests the [[larvae]] of the [[rhinoceros beetle]] contain much [[protein]] (40%), more than [[chicken]] (20%) and [[beef]] (approximately 18%) and that larvae could become a [[Entomophagy|protein source for a large [human] population]]. *Professor [[Arnold van Huis]] at [[Wageningen University]] in [[Netherlands]] says that [[locust]] can produce 1 kg [[protein]] from 2 kg [[fodder]] compared to a cow needing 10 kg fodder to produce the same amount protein. Other benefits are that locust does not produce [[greenhouse gas]]es and does not need [[antibiotics]]. *Marian Peters of Bugs Organic Food talks of people's attitudes towards eating insects and suggests separating [[mealworm]]s from their [[exoskeleton]] and repackaging them in the same manner as [[Surimi]].

==Reception== Isabelle Hanne of ''[[Libération]]'' wrote that the film's subtitle gives the impression of [[alarmism]], but that it is "by no means an anti-meat pamphlet", instead drawing its substance from contrasting industrial and ecological farming and covering "somewhat unexpected scientific experiments".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hanne |first=Isabelle |date=15 December 2010 |url=https://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/2010/12/15/un-global-steak-sale-et-saignant_959215/ |title=Un 'Global Steak' salé et saignant |trans-title=A salted and rare "Global Steak" |work=[[Libération]] |language=French |access-date=14 June 2021 }}</ref> ''[[La Libre Belgique]]''{{'}}s Hubert Heyrendt wrote that the film "forces us to rethink our consumption and production methods", and described it as an "exciting journey" which has room for optimism and "fortunately" does not try to "convert the viewer to vegetarianism, rather to encourage him to reflect on his current practices".<ref>{{cite news |last=Heyrendt |first=Hubert |date=16 December 2010 |url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/medias-tele/une-planete-malade-d-etre-trop-carnivore-51b8ca5fe4b0de6db9befb29 |title=Une planète malade d'être trop carnivore |trans-title=A planet sick of being too carnivorous |work=[[La Libre Belgique]] |language=French |access-date=14 June 2021 }}</ref>

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== Further reading == {{refbegin}} * {{cite news |date=15 December 2010 |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/suivez-yves-marie-le-bourdonnec-du-billot-a-canal-15-12-2010-1191683.php |title=Suivez Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec, du billot à Canal + |trans-title=Follow Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec, from the butcher block to Canal+ |work=[[Le Parisien]] |language=French |access-date=14 June 2021 }} * {{cite news |last=Valo |first=Martine |date=11 December 2010 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2010/12/11/global-steak_1452076_3238.html |title=Global Steak |work=[[Le Monde]] |language=French |access-date=14 June 2021 }} {{refend}}

== External links == *{{IMDb title|id=1992141|title=Global Steak}} *''[http://www.canalplus.fr/c-infos-documentaires/pid3702-c-global-steak.html?vid=403839&sc_ Global Steak]'' at canalplus.fr, retrieved 25 February 2011. *''[http://www.programme-tv.net/programme/culture-infos/2513553-global-steak-demain-nos-enfants-mangeront-des-criquets/ Global Steak]'' at programme-tv.netprogramme-tv.net, retrieved 21 February 2011.

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