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

Waltner-Toews, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770413146 ISBN 13: 9781770413146

Publisher: ECW Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

• ARCs will be at Winter Institute for promotion
• Excerpt pitches to science and general interest magazines (Canadian Geographic, National Geographic, etc)
• Pitches to foodie magazines (Toronto Life, etc)
• Pitches to news outlets about dwindling food supplies
• Pitches to environmental websites/blogs, cooking blogs, etc

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: ECW Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1770413146
• ISBN 13: 9781770413146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276