They show up in mammoth numbers, loud, feisty, spirited, young and ready to play the tune called by the most fat-pocketed piper.

We asked Nikki Brighton to explain why humans should consider a diet that is very green and close to home — the diet of a locavore, or even her preferred self-description of invasivore.

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