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Food, sex and salmonella?

Could eating insects help save the planet?

Award-winning author and veterinary epidemiologist David Waltner-Toews believes it might, and more.

Waltner-Toews will share his insights during an upcoming talk in Kelowna.

Some of his more thought-provoking ideas centre around ideas like: "what do food, sex and salmonella have in common? And "how will eating insects help save the planet?"
 
Waltner-Toews will try to answer those questions May 13th at the Innovation Centre.

“Eating is our most intimate relationship with the world, and good intimate relationships require commitment,” explains Waltner-Toews. “We must ask of our food, ‘where were you before you came to my table, and where will you be tomorrow?’”

Waltner-Toews has published more than 20 books, including poetry, short stories, a murder mystery, six books of popular science, and several texts on ecosystem approaches to health. His most recent book, "Eat the Beetles!" challenges us to think about our attitude toward insects, and whether eating them might help solve the planet’s environmental problems.



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