Using insects as an alternative source of protein has increased in popularity over the years. While not for everyone, these ...

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 ...

You’ve probably heard the familiar chirping of crickets outside your home. Some people consider these noisy little critters to be pests. Some consider them to be harmless but annoying. Others consider ...

Going to the grocery store these days can be a painful experience, with record-high price hikes biting into Canadian food ...

Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One – which processes crickets raised by local cassava farmers in abandoned shipping containers that have been kitted out as intensive breeding units - has ...

On a recent hot Saturday morning at the Des Moines Farmers Market, lots of people walked by a tent that had signs hanging from it: “dare to eat differently” and “eat prairie lobster.” Some people ...

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 ...

Crickets are a common insect found throughout much of the U.S., but thankfully, the only harm they cause when they venture ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. This article is more than 5 years old. MUJI’s cricket crackers (55g $1.83 /Y190) ...

She’s not averse to grabbing some grub. Most people would balk at finding a bug in their food; however, one South African woman likes adorning her dishes with an array of creepy crawlies straight out ...

Entomologist Richard Zack of Washington State University fields lots of “What the heck is this?” inquiries from the public about weird-looking insects in our region. But the Jerusalem cricket tops the ...

Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. “There’s one right there,” ...