These entrepreneurs want you to eat bugs

Published: 13 June 2018

The edible bug business is expected to grow to a whopping $720 million by 2024....

A great milestone for Aspire Food Group

Published: 8 March 2018

Aspire Food Group, a manufacturer of food products made from crickets co-founded by former MBA student Mohammed Ashour, announced that it has acquired Exo, a producer of protein bars made from...

The future of food can be found in insects

Published: 7 December 2017

Restauranteurs and entrepreneurs around the world are heeding the call for more sustainable food sources. Among them is the Aspire Food Group, which has recently doubled its production of crickets...

Crickets: a healthy food choice that’s tasty too

Published: 16 October 2017

Former MBA student Mohammed Ashour and the Aspire Group have come a long way since winning the Hult Prize in 2013 for their vision of creating a high-tech cricket farm to produce foods for human...

Are crickets the meal staple of the future?

Published: 2 October 2017

Mohammed Ashour, co-founder of Aspire Food Group, received the Highly Commended Award at FoodBytes, a startup competition that supports innovative ideas in food and agriculture. The Aspire Group...

Canadian startup banks on bugs as ‘the new sushi’

Published: 6 June 2014

Mohammed Ashour dreams of a world where gourmet grasshoppers are devoured by urban professionals, where savoury palm weevils are slurped back as delicacies.

Dec 3: 2017 Hult Prize @ McGill

Published: 24 November 2016

On Saturday, Dec. 3, McGill will be hosting the Hult Prize @ McGill — the university-level competition for the prestigious Hult Prize. The Hult Prize is a social entrepreneurship challenge that...

Entomophagy: Can you swallow this food trend?

Published: 3 February 2016

Would you rather miss a PB by a single second, or eat a grasshopper? Runners who are competitive enough would probably strongly consider the grasshopper in this moment… being grossed out is...

A handful of US companies are trying to grow insects people will want to eat

Published: 28 September 2015

It’s hard to hear anything over the chirping. Cardboard boxes filled with egg cartons and sheets of plastic buzz with thousands of young-adult crickets calling out to one another to mate. ......

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