Crunch time: Edible-bug trend on the rise

Have you heard about the next big food trend? You won’t find it growing in your garden, but you might find it crawling there.

 On the shelves at Summerhill Market, a Toronto grocery store, there are mealworm protein balls and scrumptious cricket key lime pie. Last year, chef Meeru Dhalwala put delicacies like a flatbread made from cricket flour on the menu at her popular Vij and Rangoli restaurants in Vancouver. And two years ago, New Millennium Farms in Norwood, Ont., became North America’s first agricultural business  to raise and process insects for consumer meals. These entrepreneurs are at the leading edge of what food bloggers say will be the top food trend of 2016.

...Then he heard about Aspire, a Montreal-based social enterprise that won the prestigious Hult Prizefor its world-changing plan to tackle chronic malnutrition in developing communities. Aspire teaches people to farm palm weevils—small insects that are a staple food in Ghana. Owusu got a starter kit from Aspire and within mere weeks he was earning a living wage.

Read full article: Montreal Gazette, June 13, 2016