Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens

Jones, Verity

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