Photo by jasperdoest | It’s close to midnight in Uganda, as I try to make my way through a network of brightly illuminated insect traps, when I stumble upon this woman. She collects bush crickets with care from the large metal traps, and she is clearly surprised to see me there. For a moment we stare at each other; then I smile and silently greet her. She smiles in return, while she puts the bush crickets in the small plastic bag she’s carrying. “I love nsenene” (the common name for these bush crickets in Uganda), I tell her before asking to take her picture. She gently smiles again, and I take this single frame. She continues on her way and disappears in a curtain of smoke. These bush crickets will not be sold on the commercial market in Kampala, but will be shared with her family—a reminder of the tradition that is slowly disappearing as overharvesting and climate change threaten this food of the future. Follow me jasperdoest for more on the relationship between humankind and nature...