Crunch time: Edible-bug trend on the rise
Have you heard about the next big food trend? You won鈥檛 find it growing in your garden, but you might find it crawling there.
聽On the shelves at Summerhill Market, a Toronto grocery store, there are聽mealworm protein balls and scrumptious cricket key lime pie. Last year,聽chef Meeru Dhalwala put delicacies聽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.,聽became North America鈥檚 first agricultural business聽聽to raise and process insects for consumer meals. These entrepreneurs are at the leading edge of what food bloggers say will be聽the top food trend of 2016.
...Then he heard about Aspire, a Montreal-based social enterprise that聽won the prestigious Hult Prizefor its world-changing plan to tackle chronic malnutrition in developing communities. Aspire teaches people to farm palm weevils鈥攕mall 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.
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