Our friend Malcolm Diack of Otago Locusts has his farm in beautiful New Zealand. But Malcolm isn’t the only one in NZ with a zest for bug-based cuisine…
“For an agricultural nation like New Zealand, it’s important to maintain our beautiful environment, I want to help by encouraging people to think about what they are eating.” He admits, though, that it can be a divisive dish. Some diners embrace the idea; others screw up their noses.
Auckland business owner Daniel Craig started selling edible insects after a trip to Thailand. His online store Crawlers already had a business selling framed butterflies and tarantulas. “We just thought, why not bring them back to New Zealand and have them as part of our products?”
