Touch the Soil News #1431 (Feature photo – Cricket – CCA SA 4.0 International Didier Descouens)
The use of insects for food and protein are not new, as indigenous people around the world have eaten insects for thousands of years. What is new is the confined animal feeding and farming of insects – like crickets – for food and protein.
A new company called Ento from Malaysia has just received venture capital funding to pursue the development of meat alternatives using crickets. You can read the full story here:
https://agfundernews.com/cricket-roaster-ento-to-take-on-beyond-meat-after-seed-round.html