Entosense, an edible insect company in Lewiston, began farming its own crickets over the past winter, with the goal of eventually replacing its outsourced cricket products with locally raised products ...

The Cricket Shelter is designed to grow delicious crickets that are both free-range and local–just like we expect for the rest of our food. Walking up to the Cricket Shelter–a new tent-like structure ...

A herd of cows, a flock of sheep, a row of crops — all are recognizable farming terms, none of which apply to Joanna Newcomb's farming operation. That's because Newcomb raises crickets. For food.

There’s a lot of talk lately about sustainable food. Eating local, seasonal, unprocessed food is sustainable, and there’s a particular focus on sustainable protein, conversations about how to raise ...

Having closed a funding round worth €1.9m, a group of entrepreneurs are working to boost the efficiency of insect protein production in Thailand and grow demand for their cricket flour snacks in ...

Stella Maina speaks of cricket farming as she showcases some of the dried insects and products from the milled high nutrient food. The desire to diversify sources of nutrition and improve the ...

KISUMU, Kenya, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It used to be that two sorts of people in this part of western Kenya ate crickets: the hungry, and singers who believed consuming the chirping ...

While media and investor interest in ‘alternative proteins’ is focused on plant-based meat, cell-cultured meat, and proteins produced via microbes, demand for cricket protein is still growing, claims ...

What is the life of a cricket worth? Besides being big business, insect farms also provide important sources of protein and income for rural households. They can be established cheaply, with little ...

It used to be that two sorts of people in this part of western Kenya ate crickets: the hungry, and singers who believed consuming the chirping insects would improve their voice. Times have changed. In ...