Eat the Beetles!: An Exploration into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects - Brossura

Waltner-Toews, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1770413146 ISBN 13: 9781770413146

Casa editrice: Ecw Pr, 2017

Riassunto

Will eating insects change the world for the better??

Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us — mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy — people eating insects — is a possible way to ensure a sustainable and secure food supply for the eight billion of us on the planet.

Once seen as the great enemy of human civilization, destroying our crops and spreading plagues, we now see insects as marvellous pollinators of our food crops and a potential source of commercial food supply. From upscale restaurants where black ants garnish raw salmon to grubs as pub snacks in Paris and Tokyo, from backyard cricket farming to high-tech businesses, Eat the Beetles! weaves these cultural, ecological, and evolutionary narratives to provide an accessible and humorous exploration of entomophagy.

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L'autore:

David Waltner-Toews is an epidemiologist, veterinarian, and writer specializing in ecosystem approaches to health and disease. He is the founding president of Veterinarians without Borders. Previous books include The Origin of Feces, The Chickens Fight Back, and Food, Sex and Salmonella. He has also published fiction and poetry. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario.

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• Editore: Ecw Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1770413146
• ISBN 13: 9781770413146
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 362