Brian Griffith's Blog - Posts Tagged "insects"

Probably the most important source of food that we’ve tried to eliminate is insects. Insects make up at least 90% of all animal biomass on land. They are the plankton of the terrestrial food chain, but as food we typically view them as beneath our contempt. War and Peace with the Beasts: A History of Our Relationships with Animals

For some reason, when the Dalai Lama was asked about the most important thing to teach children, he said it is “to teach them to love insects."
War and Peace with the Beasts: A History of Our Relationships with Animals