Grasshoppers - agricultural pest or sustainable food?

What if we shifted our perspective from seeing some animal species as a problem to seeing them as an abundant and tasty source of food? Over the next few episodes, we’ll hear three "problems" in three regions: grasshoppers as pests in Mexico, invasive crayfish in London and overpopulated white-tailed deer in the United States. With a rising trend for traditional foods, demand for grasshoppers has exploded in Mexico in the last decade--but is it sustainable? We ask sociologist-biologist Elena Lazos Chavero about the environmental, political, cultural, and health consequences of Mexico's appetite for grasshoppers.For more info and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode56GuestsElena Lazos Chavero, professor-researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico.Episode edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.

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