Just thought I would put it out there (a flavour of 'crazy' for us westerners). After seeing this article today in the guardian (
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/eating-insects-yuck-factor-un-report), I was wondering if anybody has raised insects for food within a permaculture system.
Maybe there are additional by-products and other uses (pest control) that edible insects could provide? Chicken tractor, pig tractor, roach tractor,...
Here is a report linked from within the article (I have not read through it fully yet, mind you):
http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e.pdf
Some other links I scrouged from an internet search:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/insect-farming-kit-lets-you-raise-edible-bugs-180948261/?no-ist
http://www.openbugfarm.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
cheers.