As Brood X Emerges, People Ponder Putting Cicada On The Menu .
Brood X, also known as the Great Eastern Brood, are billions of cicadas expected to emerge across the eastern United States. .
After 17 years below the soil, billions of the insect will take part in the largest emergence event since 2004. .
As it turns out, Cicadas are a bountiful and easily foraged source of protein. .
Pound for pound, cicadas provide almost the same amount of protein as red meat. .
Many cultures around the world
have eaten Cicadas for centuries. .
Farming bugs for human and animal consumption
has a much lower CO2 output than
other forms of meat production.
Cicadafest at the Green Farmacy Garden,
a medicinal plant sanctuary in Fulton, Maryland,
offered people a chance to try cicada either
fried, grilled, or chocolate-covered.