Rebugging the Planet with Vicki Hird — WildFed Podcast #110

In this episode:

Vicki Hird | Author of Rebugging the Planet

Podcast discussion:

  • Introducing Vicki and her book Rebugging

  • How we can help the next generation rebug

  • On entomophagy

  • How Vicki developed an interest in insects

  • Invertebrates and rewilding

  • Reframing our relationship with insects

  • The common and surprising causes of declining insect populations

  • Thoughts on solutions to our world's ecological crisis

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Mansal and his team will guide you through beginner hunts and more experienced hunters will find unique opportunities available across the country and globe. Like Axis deer hunts on Molokai in Hawaii and even a Northern Siberia hunt with the Nenets people coming up in 2022.

There are only a few spots available per hunt, so go to SacredHunting.com and complete their 2 minute application. Discounts are available when you let them know you heard about them on The WildFed Podcast. Learn more about Mansal and Sacred Hunting on episode 59 of The WildFed Podcast.

 

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Meet Vicki Hird

 
 

Vicki Hird is Head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming, and she also runs an independent consultancy. An experienced and award-winning environmental campaigner, researcher, writer and strategist working mainly in the food, farming and environmental policy arenas, Vicki has worked on government policy for many years and is the author of Perfectly Safe to Eat?: The Facts on Food.

Vicki’s passion is insects. The first pets she gave her children were a family of stick insects, and she received a giraffe-necked weevil tattoo for her 50th birthday. Vicki has a masters in pest management and is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES).

Website | Instagram @vickihird

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