A Look into Cricket Flour's Relationship with the Environment, Nutrition, and GMOs. I had the good fortune of speaking with Jarrod Goldin, one of the founders of Next Millennium Farms, to better understand what’s occurring on the ground level of the incredible entomophagy movement gaining popularity. Next Millennium farms is leading the protein revolution with a [...]
Why We Couldn't Feed Insectivores Insects & Future FDA Regulations Jarrod Goldin, one of the founders of Next Millennium Farms, speaks about the incredible entomophagy movement gaining popularity. Next Millennium farms is leading the protein revolution with a new, environmentally sound method of food production. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be releasing his interview [...]
Why Governments Should Incentivize Insect Farming Earlier this week, we heard Jarrod’s views on the future of FDA regulations for insects. On the whole, it seems that ento-foods are on the road to being GRAS – generally recognized as safe. But regulation is not the only way the government will (or SHOULD) be involved in the [...]
Earlier this week, we heard Jarrod’s views on how cricket farming might help with the California water crisis. Crickets are clearly a more sustainable protein resource than things like red meat or almonds. Today, Jarrod of Next Millennium Farms continues to share what might bring the price of cricket farming down and what the true nutritional value of crickets is: [...]
The average American eats over 70lbs of red meat each year. I'm not quite that carnivorous but I definitely indulge in my share of beef stew and burgers. It's awesome that consumers are now looking for their animal products to be "grass-fed" and "cage-free," but the vast majority of meat here is still "conventionally raised" (quite the [...]
Insects have the potential to become an excellent famine-relief product. The thing is, not enough time or effort has been put into insect product practices by today's entrepreneurs. [Insect] production practices are just too expensive. Everything from how we farm them to how we render them into a food product can be exponentially improved.” —Harman [...]
1. Insects are more sustainable and ethical than chicken, pork, or beef...maybe even fish! 2. The UN has advocated for eating insects 3. Growing grain and then feeding it to animals so we can in turn eat them is incredibly inefficient. 4. Insects require much less land to raise and they are cold-blooded, so they require less feed [...]
When I've told some of my friends about my slightly unusual hobby of cooking insects, they replied with a, "Oh man...that's why I'm a vegan..." This, dear vegan friends, brings up an interesting inquiry: If the ultimate goal of a vegan is to reduce the harm done to animals, then an exclusively plant-based diet is [...]
Maybe you've been seduced by my other articles or your curiosity has finally gotten the best of you. Or maybe you've watched a little kid munch a bug or two and want to vicariously understand what she's tasting. Do you want an idea of what they taste like first? Here's my best attempt at describing [...]
Ok, ok... if eating insects is so good for you and is being done in countries all over the world, why haven't we seen more progress in the industry? Why are crickets still more expensive than other forms of protein? I spoke with Dr. Aaron T. Dossey , President, Founder and Owner of All Things Bugs LLC - a [...]
