Animals and Us: The Good, the Bad and the Grubby

Madagascar used to be home to a wide variety of huge animals - from giant lemurs to the elephant bird. What happened?

Insects perform a multitude of roles in, and contribute vitally to, the ecosystems on which we depend. Millions of people around the world already eat insects, but in Western Europe we usually say 'YUK'. The arguments for eating insects are growing and Ÿnsect, a company using technologies to grow and harvest mealworms (larval beetles), recently became one of the venture capital industry’s oddest billion-dollar investments. Tilly Collins will talk about how insects are an amazingly efficient protein source that can help us reduce the human 'foodprint' substantially. Many are also delicious!