Read the 2 passages below. Which BEST evaluates the credibility of these two sections of information?

Passage #1- "Eating Insects" by Lance Carson

Why eat Insects?

Overall, entomophagy can be promoted for three reasons:

1. Health:
-Insects are healthy, nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef and even fish (from ocean catch).
-Many insects are rich in protein and good fats and high in calcium, iron and zinc.
-Insects already form a traditional part of many regional and national diets.

2. Environmental:
-Insects promoted as food emit considerably fewer greenhouse gases (GHGs) than most livestock
-Insect rearing is not necessarily a land-based activity and does not require land-clearing to expand production.
-The ammonia emissions associated with insect rearing are far lower than those linked to conventional livestock, such as pigs.
-Because they are cold-blooded, insects are very efficient at converting feed into protein (crickets, for example, need twelve times less feed than cattle, four times less feed than sheep, and half as much feed as pigs and broiler chickens to produce the same amount of protein).
-Insects can be fed on organic waste streams.

3. Livelihoods (economic and social factors):
-Insect harvesting/rearing is a low-tech, low-capital investment option that offers entry even to the poorest sections of society, such as women and the landless.
-Mini-livestock offer livelihood opportunities for both urban and rural people.
-Insect rearing can be low-tech or very sophisticated, depending on the level of investment

Passage #2- from "Edible Insects: Gross-Out or Global Food Solution?" By Dawn Starin of Yes! Magazine February 2013
Reasons to eat bugs
Today there are a billion hungry people on the planet. That number is going to grow, and the cost of food is already soaring. Over the past year, real food prices (adjusted for inflation) have risen by 33 percent, and according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a further 20 to 30 percent increase is expected in the next ten years.

Based on a medium level of average fertility, the United Nations predicts a global population of 9.3 billion people by 2050 (a rise of more than 2 billion) and, taking into account already existing levels of malnutrition, estimates that food production will need to increase by 70 percent. Reaching that goal at today’s level of crop productivity would require at least 3.5 million square miles of new farmland.

But economist Jeffrey Sachs, the director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, calculates at most that given environmental and practical constraints, we might be able to add only a ninth of what is needed. As it is, agriculture is already a driver of ecological problems, fueled by what appears to be an insatiable demand for meat and dairy products (not to mention the new dedication of some cropland to producing biofuels).

So where is all this much-needed food going to come from? Well, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Wildlife Fund’s website, bugs are a possible solution to the world’s growing food problem. Many provide as much protein—weight for weight—as beef or fish, so they are a possible alternative to eating meat, not only for the future sustainability of the planet, but for the sake of health as well.
Question 12 options:


The section, Why Eat Insects? would be considered more credible because it is presented in a numbered format to provide factual details clearly.


The section Edible Insects: Gross Out or Global Food Solution? would be considered more credible because the content integrates information from three valid experts.


The section, Edible Insects: Gross Out or Global Food Solution? contains language too informal for the content to be considered a credible source.


The section Edible Insects: Gross Out or Global Food Solution? would be considered more credible because its data considers cultural and physiological concerns.