Why Don't We Try Alternative Food Sources?

     Imagine, a world where beef, chicken, and pork aren't the only common and readily available sources of animal based proteins. So many more various choices can be used, so many different types of animals can be used; poultry, birds, and mammals aren't the only edible proteins we can have in our diets. We need to be more willing to eat and we also have to be more open-mided with what we do eat.
     When we see an insect, whether on the ground, on a plant, in the house, or even on the big screen, we tend to think of them as docile, and passive creatures with nothing beyond them, but I see them as a cheaper, more efficient means of obtaining food for those who cannot survive on what we have to currently buy in our neighborhood supermarkets. Many compare my inquiries as lunacy, as if what I just had said was to completely shift our country to that of a third world country; to anyone who thinks that they should be above consuming certain types of food, one, you cannot be opposed to a viable solution to a huge problem we face currently, obesity and climate change are coming from overconsumption of meats and how these animals produce so many greenhouse gases, and two, you'd be crazy not to try something as trivial as a new source of food just because you think of these creatures as those who dwell crawlspaces and dirt. Just think about it, insects cost less to raise, grow and develop faster, and provide much more dense nutrition than conventional meat sources we consume today. These animals consumes less pound for pound, in this case gram for gram, compared to our furry livestock counterparts. As a result of this, we could feed the poor much easier, and also have the means to make our population healthier with an abundance of these healthier choices. As of now, there are millions of species of insects, but the most commonly, and justifiably so, consumed are spiders-tarantulas and other nonvenomous arachnids, crickets, and grasshoppers; these animals contain the most "meat" and are the most nutritious of the available choices.
     I can concede that a cultural shift would indeed have to occur for us, as the American populous, to consume food that has an exoskeleton or spindly legs, but I would love to advocate for this change. You'd be surprised how great something can taste that we normally would see as disgusting, I've consumed some types of insects, crickets, scorpions, and spiders, and they we're quite decently seasoned, just as any cut of meat would have been. Where have I had these insects, well I've ordered some and others I've had while visiting other countries. And to expand on that last notion, yes, other countries consume these animals as a viable food source, it comes cheap and is sold cheap, street food and many other types of vendors flood the streets selling these hand caught bug to roast, fry, or even bake them. Just as you could do a cutlet of pork, you could do unto a tarantula, cricket, or even ants as I have seen.
     I just hope that one day, we as a society will have changed slightly to accommodate a healthier and much cheaper livestock so our poor and impoverished can afford to live on a minimum wage. One day, I just want to see restaurants all across the United States that sell different types of insects and meats alike so we can truly have a huge variety of not only choices and foods, but prices as well.