If you are looking for a way to raise your own protein cheaply, easily,

and with almost no space or infrastructure, look no further than mealworms. When food is scarce, you’ll want livestock that are efficient, take up small spaces, and can easily be hidden.

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Protein is one of the most expensive supplements to buy, and yet it is an essential component of any omnivore’s diet, whether they are pig, poultry, canine, human, or other. We give our mealworms to all of our omnivores, including our dogs, and they all love them. The chicks and ducklings are especially crazy about them, and using them as a feed source not only ensures a very healthy growth rate, but also makes them unbelievably tame.

Mealworms are even a great food for people. They are very tasty, with a slightly nutty flavor and a pleasant texture. You might decide to raise them for your animals, but if push comes to shove, you may be glad to have them for yourself. This could quite possibly be the food of an uncertain future.

Within this article, we will show you how to build a multi-tiered mealworm farm. It costs very little to make ($30), can be completed in a couple of days, uses about 1.5 square feet of space, and will produce about 1-1 ½ pound of mealworms a week. We will also talk about the care and feed requirements of your bugs, and how to integrate them into possible Food Webs.