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# The Lepsis
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/the-lepsis/
- Published: 2013-06-19T12:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:01:09.000Z
- Description: A designer is encouraging people to grow their own nutritious creepy crawlies at home.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Food & Drink, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

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Hailed by some as a solution to the world’s growing food shortages, insects are an efficient and sustainable source of protein. Every 100g of dried insects provides 53g of protein, a higher proportion than beef and fish. According to a recent report from the United Nations (UN), the prospect of farms processing insects for feed might soon become a global reality due to the growing demand for sustainable food sources.   
  
Designer [Mansour Ourasanah](http://designtalks.dh.umu.se/12/projects/projects/apd/sustainable-cooking.aspx?ref=protein.xyz) is encouraging people to grow their very own nutritious creepy crawlies at home. The San Francisco-based designer has collaborated with US domestic appliance company [KitchenAid](http://www.kitchenaid.co.uk/app.cnt/ka/en%5FGB/pageid/pgkahome001?ref=protein.xyz) to develop Lepsis – an insect breeder that enables consumers to farm, harvest and kill grasshoppers before turning them into food. Designed to save space and energy, the vessel is small enough for a kitchen counter top.  
  
“In order to move toward a sustainable future, we must do away with our culinary hang-ups and redefine the paradigm of food,” explains Ourasanah.   
  
Although still in the prototype phase, Lepsis has already been nominated for this year’s [Index Award](http://www.designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com%5Fcontent&view=article&id=31&Itemid=9&ref=protein.xyz).

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