EATING BUGS, 1: Next time a bug shows up at your picnic 
invite it to stay for lunch. Details on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas (December 7)

When certain insects show up at your picnic, don't shoo 
them away. Chew them away.

04 -- They really do have a crunch [crunches]; really similar to roasted 
nuts.


 
That's Robert Nathan Allen, crunching a toasted cricket. 
He's quoted in an article about edible insects in the 
December issue of TPW magazine. RNA as he's known, is 
founder of the Austin, Texas nonprofit Little Herds

08 -- And we focus primarily educating the public and particularly 
children about edible insects and why and how we can adopt them into 
our diet.



We call eating insects as food Entomophagy [N-toe-mahf-
uh-GEE]; it's commonplace among 80% of the world's 
population, and he's trying to convince the other 20% to 
take the leap. 

19 -- Once western societies started becoming very agriculturally 
based, particularly in northern climates, it just became ingrained 
in our society that insects are dirty. And so, that idea has 
continued to be passed down generation to generation in these 
western cultures. Whereas in the tropical environments where the 
habit has continued, it's just another food source.





 
We eat more than 400 insects a year without knowing it. 
RNA says by intentionally substituting insect protein for 
animal protein, we can improve the environment and our 
nutrition. Learn more in the December issue of TPW 
magazine.

That's our show for today ... Funding provided in part by 
Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. Ram

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.



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