Most insect farms in North America focus on crickets, Allen speculates, because the “worm” in mealworm, no more difficult to farm and no less delicious, is a little harder to overcome ...

Bugeater, a start-up in Lincoln, Nebraska, uses Entomo crickets and cricket powder to make pastas, ramen noodles and rice thanks in part to a $100,000 grant from the Department of Agriculture in 2016.

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Insects are now a regular part of his daily meals. He spoons cricket powder over his morning yogurt, sprinkles larvae over his salads like bacon bits, and fries up frozen crickets for supper.

For many, the idea of eating insects is a challenging notion, which is partially why cricket flour — made by milling whole crickets into a coarse or fine powder — is serving as a gateway ...

While crickets might seem less offensive than other insects, this doesn’t explain why anyone would want to eat bugs in the first place. According to Crowley, we may one day have little choice.

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That's where munching a bunch of beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, mealworms and other bugs comes in. Insects grow faster and require fewer resources than livestock do, while emitting fewer ...

Maybe it's the crunch. Maybe it's the prospect of a gooey inside. But take one look at them — the squirmy bodies, black bug eyes, antennae — and most people head for the hills. Insects are ...

Want to be on the cutting edge of nutritious food trends? Hop on board with insect-eating. A long-held tradition in most of the world, it’s worming its way into the West, via the eco-friendly ...

Cricket (insect) Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets"), are insects related to grasshoppers and katydids (order Orthoptera). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae.