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Incredible, Edible Insect Event
October 20, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
We hope you’ll join the San Antonio Botanical Garden and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for an expedition into entomophagy, the eating of insects as food. Small bite insect-based food samples and family activities—including Cricket Races, Painting with Cochineal, and Face Painting—are available free with admission. For those who want to sink their teeth into four chef-demonstrated recipes featuring creepy crawlers, tickets for the 10:30 am and 12:00 pm programs are available for purchase ($25 per adult, $10 per child). Ticketed program features insect eating evangelist Robert Nathan Allen, founder of the nonprofit Little Herds, which promotes consumption of insects as food and feed, and local chefs, who will serve a memorable tasting while enlightening visitors about the sustainability and high protein power of insects. Menu forthcoming, but trust it will be memorable and healthy. Bring the kids!
- Family activities
- Small bite tastings
- Planting for Pollinators Talk with David Rodriguez, Horticulturist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service | 1:30pm – 2pm
Tasting Price: $25, Adult / $10, Child. We may run out of tastings, so please consider registering early instead of at the door.
10:30 AM Ticketed Session
12:00 Noon Ticketed Session
This San Antonio Botanical Garden and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service event is part of the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival.
Color codes for the calendar are as follows:
- Orange: These are events for BCMG members only.
- Blue: These are public events for which BCMG members can also receive CEU credit.
- Green: These are events that are open to the general public.