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Recipes for Christmas Treats Made with Cricket Flour

Dec 02, 2018

Recipes for Christmas Treats Made with Cricket Flour

The holidays are close and there’s never been a better time to make your favourite treats a bit healthier with cricket flour. Edible insects have grown in popularity this year, a lot more people know how sustainable, ethical, and nutritious they are. And we just started selling cricket flour from our own farm on this website! We have a few recipes to inspire you to bake something delicious and nutritious. Continue reading

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Research Shows Humans Can Digest Insects

Feb 02, 2018

Research Shows Humans Can Digest Insects

According to a new study published in the Molecular Biology and Evolution journal, the food of choice for our ancestors, insects, could still be eaten and digested by almost all primates today, including humans. We are happy to hear that!

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This Is How Insects Can Help You Lose Weight

Jan 04, 2018

This Is How Insects Can Help You Lose Weight

Are you having a hard time losing or maintaining weight? If so, you’re not alone. There’s a billion dollar industry trying to help millions of people with the same thing. The problem is the number of myths, half-truths, and unnecessary details distracting you from the basics. It’s worth taking a step back to revisit the fundamental evidence-based principles that apply to everyone, no matter the starting position. Let’s see how they work and how insects fit in. Continue reading

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Boost Your Immunity and Mood with Insects

Nov 01, 2017

Boost Your Immunity and Mood with Insects

New research into the human microbiome shows that what happens in the gut has a big impact on immunity, skin quality, energy levels, and even mood. So, what can we do to heal our gut and improve microbiome? There are several things and eating insects can help a lot! Continue reading

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This Works Better Than Counting Calories

Oct 10, 2017

This Works Better Than Counting Calories

Counting calories is hard. We are bad at eyeballing how much food we ate and we forget. But even if we measure and note down everything, calorie counting is very imprecise and not very useful over the long-term. Thankfully there’s a better way of maintaining weight and preventing overeating. And you’re going to learn about it right here. Continue reading

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A diet change can make our planet better

Nov 22, 2016

A diet change can make our planet better

Insect farming is sustainable and its environmental impact is negligible compared to the production of other foods. Check out the infographic below and learn how a diet change can make our planet better. Continue reading

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What can everyone do to help fight “Super bacteria”?

Oct 10, 2016

What can everyone do to help fight “Super bacteria”?

So, this is how it usually goes: We get infected with harmful bacteria, and if our immune system can’t handle it on its own, we use antibiotics. They kill off the unwanted intruders along with some of our good symbiotic bacteria. It’s not ideal, but a small price to pay when it’s a life and death situation. Overall it’s a pretty good system. Now, imagine a different scenario in which some bacteria become immune to our antibiotics. We would effectively go back at least 100 years in our medical history, before penicillin was invented in 1928. We would have no way of treating bacterial infections. Considering how fast bacteria can spread thanks to our modern ways of transportation, it could be a worldwide threat to billions. Sounds pretty scary, right? Well, it gets worse! Those kinds of bacteria already exist and we, as a human race, are hard at work to produce a lot more of them. Why? And what can we do to stop it?

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If Vegans Ate Insects, They Would Lessen Animal Suffering

Aug 07, 2016

If Vegans Ate Insects, They Would Lessen Animal Suffering

We are all well aware of the inhumane treatment and killing of animals that goes on in slaughterhouses and concentrated animal farming operations. But there is another much less talked about, but just as real danger to animals: Farming of edible crops.