John Osorio-Buck inside Home Depot House with container of chocolate-covered crickets

cricket diagram and information on mailbox of Home Depot House

For images and information about many related projects implemented by John Osorio-Buck, see the project section of his website. Several of the projects address issues of sustainability and involve building dwellings or other structures for community use.

For more background about raising and harvesting insects worldwide, read Edible Insects: future prospects for food and feed security, a resource booklet from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

Exciting update, March 6: article by Greg Cook  from WBUR’s ARTery:

Prefer Your Bugs Fried, Roasted Or Mashed? Artist Offers Taste Of Food’s Future

SOME VISITORS on SUNDAY AFTERNOON ( photos added 3/2)

showing cricket housing

describing food preparation

offering samples

savoring samples

A speaker near the roof of Home Depot House carries the sound of chirping crickets from indoors out to the winter air. I have recorded video clips with their audio, but I’m still learning how to make them audible in this post. If you go, be sure to look up and listen for their music. 

view of speaker with crickets chirping

audio at roof wired from interior

cricket diagram and information on mailbox of Home Depot House

I consider this a post-in-progress that would greatly benefit from comments with observations, information, connections, or questions from everyone, whether you have been able to visit or not.  Your perspective will greatly help me augment, update, and refine the post in the coming weeks.  Thank you very much!

Looking forward, Deb  Lee

Update from Saturday, March 8 visit  with friends:

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