Woo hoo - the edible insect world just took a major step forward today! Check out Seek Food's new Kickstarter campaign. They are working with an insanely talented team of award-winning chefs to launch a line of baking flours targeted to specific dietary needs and an accompanying world-class cookbook. Over the past year, they've learned a [...]
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 [...]
Want to know how to get people to eat insects for the first time? I’ve found the secret: throw them a bug-themed birthday party. No really - crickets, chocolate chirps, edible insect puns, and all. As someone passionate about sustainable food systems and normalizing entomophagy, I’ve experimented with all kinds of ways to introduce insects [...]
Cricket casserole... I thought it would be at least another few years before I saw dishes like that making appearances in popular shows like The Last Man on Earth (a Fox Comedy). But, alas, the episode aptly named "Crickets" (S2, Ep5) aired on October 25th. What went down? Last week ended with Todd happily entering [...]
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: [...]
