Livin Farms Hive Explorer

If you’re feeling really adventurous in the kitchen, then you could try getting your protein from something crunchier than steak. Eating insects instead of meat takes a massive chunk out of your carbon footprint; with this in mind, the Hive Explorer is meant to open people up to the idea of insect agriculture. The mealworms eat your food waste – scraps of vegetables and grains are ideal – and poo out fertiliser that you can use on your veg patch or house plants. You allow some of the mealworms to pupate into adult beetles, which then reproduce and repopulate your farm. Other mealworms you harvest and eat – it’s the circle of life, minus Disney. Its makers suggest grinding them up to make meatballs, or roasting them for a crispy, nutty addition to a salad. Yum. And if you can’t face that, then garden birds will happily accept them.

$149.99 (£121.50 approx), livinfarms.myshopify.com