Many years ago in Israel, on the banks of the Jordan river, John the Baptist lived and ate natural healthy food: “His food was locust and wild honey…,” as it says in Matthew 3:4. Today, it may seem unusual to consume these winged creatures; yet their nutrients have been hidden for thousands of years in the Middle East, where locust has been eaten fresh as a food source, or dried and stored for leaner times.
Now more than 2000 years later, in the same area just miles from where John the Baptist lived, the first commercial locust farm in the world has been established – producing a variety of delicious products from one of the most fascinating insects on the face of the Earth.