Hey there, everyone.
Although these things happened about two months ago, and though all of my friends have found them already through simple Google searches, here’s the links to those two milestones:
the New York Times article of 2/10/08, written by the great Sam Nejame:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/magazine/10wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
and, following the above, my 2/13/08 guest appearance on The Colbert Report:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=156551
Maybe it’s just taken me this long to get used to the idea that these things have really happened. That said, though, it’s not like they’ve propelled my little company into any stratospheres of prominence and/or success. Yet. But they have been efficacious. My webmaster tracked the “bumps” in the hits, and suchlike marketing details.
More big things ahead…
Dear Mr. Gracer,
Im Brooke Armas from Mrs. Lengyel’s
Class, I just want to thank you
For doing that confrence call with us and Were really happy that we get to help you get people into Entomaphagy ( were having a hard time saying that word). The projects are going great too!:)
Sincerly,
Brooke Armas
Hello Brooke,
I’m sorry I’m so very late in replying to this, but I’d missed the notification email somehow.
Thanks for your enthusiasm and that of your class. It means a lot to me, and if there’s any way that I could help please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I promise to reply more quickly in the future.
Best,
Dave
Hi Mr. Dave!
I have recently stumbled across you and your website while researching entomaphaghy for an educational presentation I am giving very soon, October 15-17. I am giving this presentation to camp directors, counselors, and teachers at the upcoming “Stalking Education in the Wild” conference. I taight science for 17 years and am now trying to find a way to make a living designing curriculum that focuses on changing the way we learn, and live. I am really excited about using insects as an alternative food source. I am still working on my “ick” factor, but it’s getting better! I have eaten crickets, mealworms, grasshoppers, (tiny) ants, and honeybees. I would love to learn from your experiences. One of the things I’d like to compare is the amount of resources needed to grow the cow, compared to farming mealworms or crickets. Do you know of any place I can find some actual numbers? I have some ideas for activities to compare actual biomass, but I haven’t found any hard data.
Also is it really OK to get mealworms from bait shops? I know you shouldn’t collect insects from areas where pesticides may be used, but I don’t know where Carolina Biological, or Jim’s Bait Shack got their meal worms either….
Any suggestions? I’m interested to know about how you became interested in this, what your first experiences were, and how you overcame your own “ick” factors. I’d love to chat with you about this, maybe we could talk on the phone? I hope you’re still out there accessing your site, it doesn’t look like you’ve been here recently.
Hope you are well and bugtastic!
Joy Kay