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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

Crickets and grubs on the menu: Are we ready to eat insects?

Entomophagy is slowly entering European cuisine, but EU regulations permitting only four insect species limit market expansion and product variety.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

We've been eating it for more than 100 years': how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch

The big harvesting opportunity comes during mautam, the rare mass flowering of bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) that triggers stink bug outbreaks. There isn't a fixed date or month; it's mostly around September-October, says Lalvohbika, a conservationist at Dampa tiger reserve in Mizoram. But weather patterns are changing these days. In 2022 we saw them as early as May and then again in September-October.
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