Salted Crickets Are The New Salted Peanuts
Three hulking 20,000-square-foot barns sit off a county road just east of Peterborough. They look like chicken barns—in fact, they used to be chicken barns—but instead, there are 100 million crickets inside, hatching, feeding, mating and otherwise going about their six-week lives. At Entomo Farms, North America’s largest human-grade cricket farm and the official cricket […]
Toronto Chefs Are Embracing the Gourmet Bug Craze
EAT ME! Where to find ants, crickets and mealworms on the menu. A dish sprinkled with insects used to be the ultimate culinary dare. Now they’re showing up all over town. Here’s where to find them.
Hemp and Cricket Burgers Are Coming For Beyond Meat
If you thought pea protein was weird, you might want to sit down for this. The next wave of alternative burgers could be made from hemp, mung beans or even crickets. As the plant boom attracts consumers and investors, the pea — the preferred protein source for companies such as Beyond Meat Inc. — is […]
Cricket Chips? Ant Caviar? Orange County Fair Has Bugs on the Menu
‘Cricket chips? Ant caviar? Eating insects may be the next big trend in gourmet, sustainable food — but who’s going to take the first bite? Whether drawn by curiosity or hunger or both, an audience gathered Sunday for a “Cooking with Bugs” demonstration at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa.’
Research and Policy Priorities for Edible Insects
” Global communities increasingly struggle to provide ample healthful food for growing populations in the face of social and environmental pressures. Insect agriculture is one underexplored and innovative approach… The edible insects industry is in its nascent stages, as relatively few entities have committed resources towards optimizing farming methods. Nevertheless, insect farming is poised to […]
Joseph Yoon The Bug Chef on Live with Kelly and Ryan
Can Insects Compete With Beef, Poultry as Nutritional Powerhouses?
“Joel B. Mason, MD, isn’t ready to pop a whole cricket in his mouth just yet. But he’s okay with eating granola, pasta, or energy bars made with powdered crickets. “[Y]ou can fold it into a number of recipes and use it similarly to the way you use flour,” he said. Besides facilitating cooking and […]
High Fiber Diet Linked to Lower Risk of Death and Chronic Diseases
“People who eat diets that are high in fiber have lower risk of death and chronic diseases such as stroke or cancer compared with people with low fiber intake, a new analysis found.Dietary fiber includes plant-based carbohydrates such as whole-grain cereal, seeds and some legumes…” Read More
Why Eating Less Meat is the Best Thing you Can Do For the Planet in 2019
‘Recycling or taking the bus rather than driving to work has its place, but scientists are increasingly pointing to a deeper lifestyle change that would be the single biggest way to help the planet: eating far less meat.’ Read More!
Serge Puts Crickets In His Protein Shake
YES! All the cool kids are doing it, including Serge Ibaka from the Toronto Raptors who blends cricket powder into his shakes for an extra boost of nutrients and energy. Check out this video from The Score. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBPlLuBU6o/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet