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Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens

Jones, Verity

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Verity Jones Verity6.Jones@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Education



Abstract

Insects as food is not a new idea. In the Old Testament’s book of Leviticus a list of permissible foods is given; insects including, locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers are included. Earlier still, the Romans and Greeks were known to dine on beetle larvae and Aristotle wrote about the best ways of harvesting cicadas to eat. While in some countries the tradition has continued, with the large scale agricultural revolution of the West, insects have transformed from food to foe., What was seen as a tasty morsel has metamorphosed in many a society’s imagination intoas something that is dirty and disease carrying; an unwanted pest.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 2, 2020
Publication Date Jul 1, 2020
Deposit Date Apr 30, 2020
Publicly Available Date Jul 2, 2021
Print ISSN 0140-1890
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 2
Keywords entomology, sustainability, food, school, education
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5947898
Publisher URL https://www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/journals/antenna

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