(Natural News) Insects are fast becoming a popular protein source worldwide. In light of that, three Spanish friends are hoping to tap into the demand for new sources of protein with just one product: crickets. Origen Farms, an insect startup on the outskirts of a town in Castile-La Mancha in Spain, was founded in 2019. It is the brainchild […]

(Natural News) Mealworms just got an inch closer to European dining tables after the European Union‘s (EU) food safety watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), found the insects safe for human consumption. French company EAP Group Agronutris submitted the application for the approval of mealworms in 2018. Despite their name, mealworms are not actually worms – they are the larvae of the […]

(Natural News) Cheap, nutritious and sustainable, edible insects are fast becoming a popular food source worldwide. However, the burgeoning insect industry is inadequately regulated. In fact, several edible insects are already regarded as invasive pests. It is this lack of regulation that heightens the risk of invasive insect species being accidentally released into the wild, where […]

(Natural News) Many of us have eaten something we find unappetizing in the name of good health, but the idea of consuming insects takes the sentiment to a level lots of people are unwilling to go. Although it sounds like something out of a survivalist TV show, some scientists claim that insects are loaded with […]

(Natural News) At some point in the future, the world is going to run out of what humans consider to be food. When that happens, we will have to look for alternative sources to sate our hunger and the best source of food after TEOTWAWKI may just be insects. (h/t to MyFamilySurvivalPlan.com.) Insects are found […]

(Natural News) A team of researchers at the Abertay University in Dundee, U.K. have created a cookie recipe made of cricket flour in hopes of attaining a more sustainable food source for the the world’s estimated population of nine billion people by 2050. In making the cookies, the research team used house crickets from Thailand that were finely-ground into flour. According […]