I have posted a couple of stories on the Goldin Brothers’ Entomo Farms in Canada. We also interviewed CEO Jarrod Goldin on our podcast. This is the most in-depth article on this farm that I have seen to date. Lots of great pictures. I love their operation. Being a cricket farmer myself (I micro-farm, not like these guys), I have been following the Goldins for years and years. I am a huge fan of their cricket farm and their innovations (at least those observable to the public eye) to cricket farming.
Their “Free-Range” style of farming absolutely kicks rear-end. It seems as if they just decided to stop building the typical large troughs and boxes most large commercial cricket farms use for rearing crickets, and simply turn a building into a giant rearing bin.
Bravo! Looks like it is working out well.
For the uninitiated, overcoming the “disgust factor” of eating bugs is simply a matter of reorienting one’s thinking, the Goldin brothers say. “My argument is (we need to) change the paradigm of what’s considered icky food,” says Jarrod, a trained chiropractor. “Icky food gives you diabetes, cancer, makes you obese. Good food helps you live longer, prevents heart disease and gives you energy.”
“Western societies require tailored media communication strategies and educational programs that address the disgust factor,” the report said, adding that insects are still lacking from the diets of many rich nations and “their sale for human consumption remains part of a niche food sector of novelty snacks.” The aversion to eating bugs can be changed over time, the FAO study pointed out, noting that lobster and shrimp were once considered “poor man’s food” in the West, but are now viewed as expensive delicacies.
Click here to hear our interview with Entomo Farms CEO Jarrod Goldin.
