Are grasshoppers as delicious as ham? Mexico’s insect hunters would like you to find out

Ricardo Tepale Arévalo, 20, and other hunters search for grasshoppers in a field in Mexico’s Puebla-Tlaxcala valley. SANTA MARIA ZACATEPEC, Mexico — The men and boys gathered in the early morning darkness outside an Oxxo convenience store, eyeing a stretch of damp fields behind it. They passed out cigarettes, […]

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