Edible Insects and Exotic Plants May Be the Future of Food. Bugs, lab-grown meat to help fight food insecurity: SXSW panel; Climate change, conflict is threatening global food supplies ...

In lieu of pilfering from the candy bowl you reserved for Tuesday’s barrage of trick-or-treating juveniles, check out of the following Halloween offerings.

Protein-packed, sustainable, and completely unexpected—silkworm sausage is here. We took these edible insects and turned them ...

They buzz, they crawl, and for billions of people around the world — they’re dinner. While edible insects might sound like a novelty (or a dare) in some cultures, they’ve long been a reliable, ...

Participants got to pick their favorites in hissing cockroach races, sample edible bugs and even get an up-close look at venomous local spiders, including a brown recluse and a black widow.

Edible insects come in a variety of flavors, from honey mustard to sriracha to coconut bark. Experts recommend mixing insects into tacos or chili, or using dried crickets or grasshoppers to top ...

Restaurants offer edible bugs in Arizona Various restaurants in the Valley serve chapulines, or edible grasshoppers. These crispy fried insects are widely consumed in Oaxaca, a southern Mexican state.

Edible insects, like ants, are considered a delicacy in many cultures, as well as being very nutritious and an environmentally sustainable source of protein.