The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN released a new study entitled, Edible insects: Future prospects for food and feed security. Chapters include Farming Insects, Food Safety and Preservation, and Regulatory Frameworks GOverning the Use of Insects. 

Read on for an interview with the author, Arnold van Huis

We have had a fantastic experience working with the Centers for Interamerican Studies (CEDEI) to train our students and researchers in medical Spanish before venturing into the field. They organize a 2 week home-stay with families in beautiful Cuenca. Students receive 4 hours of one-on-one tutoring each day, followed by tours and visits to local clinics and hospitals where they learn about the public health system.

Last week Bill Gates launched "Mosquito Week" on his blog, gatesnotes, arguing that mosquitoes kill more humans annually than any other animal.
              What would you say is the most dangerous animal on Earth? Sharks? Snakes? Humans? Of course the answer                   depends on how you define dangerous. Personally I’ve had a thing about sharks since the first time I saw Jaws.                   But if you’re judging by how many people are killed by an animal every year, then the answer isn’t any of the                       above. It’s mosquitoes. When it comes to killing humans, no other animal even comes close.

Andrew Sullivan's blog, The Dish, provides a succinct summary of counter arguments -- noting that mosquitoes are only deadly because of the pathogens that they transmit to people.  Using this logic, people are much more deadly than mosquitoes, because we transmit many nasty pathogens (e.g., HIV. TB) directly to each other.