Influencer marketing. You see it all the time - the Instagram models with #ad in their caption, pushing the cute jeans they’re wearing or the blue gummy hair vitamins. If you’re unfamiliar with this trend, you need to crawl out from under your rock, hop on any of the major social media platforms, and take [...]
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Exploring Grilo Cricket Energy Bars
All natural, organic, dairy free and complete protein products made with cricket powder. This is the promise made by Byron Bay (Austrailia) based company Grilo. Grilo means "cricket" in Portuguese. On their site, they write, "According to the dictionary, a cricket is a brown or black insect that makes short, loud noises by rubbing its [...]
How to Farm Your Own Mealworms!
Are you thinking about growing your own mealworms? Want to try your hand at starting your own home mealworm farm? Read more on the Bugible blog!
The Guild Hosts Exotic Late Night Dinner Series
Located in the former legendary Screen Actors Guild headquarters, The Guild takes the farm-to-table movement to new heights by using locally grown crickets. A rainy night in Los Angeles will keep most locals bundled up at home, especially on a Sunday evening. Contemporary LA restaurant The Guild, however, was packed with a crowd of entrepreneurs, [...]
Where the Wild Things Are: Hunting Crickets
Around 40 years ago, the average U.S. citizen didn’t relish the idea of consuming raw fish. Many, in fact, even considered eating raw fish barbaric—something for the uncultured or poor. Now, sushi is a thriving industry. All it took was some clever branding, the California Roll, and time. My name is Aly Moore and I [...]
Company Highlight: Coast Protein Cricket Protein Bars
Around 40 years ago the U.S. did not relish the idea of consuming raw fish. Many, in fact, even considered eating raw fish barbaric... something for the uncultured or poor. Now sushi is a thriving industry. All it took was some clever branding, the California Roll, and time. I refer to this method as “Trojan-horsing” [...]
Protein For A Better World: Aketta Crickets
"[Experts] said the hottest thing is eating crickets," says Indra Nooyi, the CEO of Pepsi. She continues,"I am not talking about the game cricket, I am talking about crickets! In chips." In 2026, your go-to snack food may be bugs. Edible insects are transitioning - they are no longer just consumed during scarcity of conventional food [...]
The Bug Burgers You Have to Try
There are few things more stereotypical of American youth than chowing down on a burger, fries, and maybe a chocolate shake. But what if that burger was made of insects? Enter: Bugfoundation. At the moment, these healthy, sustainable, and "bugelicious" burgers are sold in Belgium and the Netherlands, but the team has plans for expansion. [...]
Check out our new site EatBugsEvents.com!
What started off as a bug blog has turned into an events-based brand building and public relations resource for all things edible insects. I encourage you to check out my new site: Eatbugsevents.com! Want to try bugs? I host frequent bug events like bug dinners, bug wine pairings, and cooking classes. Go to eatbugsevents.com Interested in [...]
Lookout Landlords and Regulators – Insect Businesses Set to Grow.
“Try finding a landlord that lets you raise 5 million crickets in his building…” I hear a soft chuckle on the other end of the line. “Yeah – we’re excited to expand but there’s a lot to consider!” I’m speaking with James Williams, owner of Crunchy Critter Farms. Williams, along with Sean Schultz, Brian Battle, [...]