I’m not sure how everyone feels about this new effort to make bugs into food for humans, but everything about it seems weird. A Canadian company is now celebrating the opening of a manufacturing facility in Ontario what will generate 9,000 metric tons of crickets for people to eat.
I will not be eating the bugs, slugs or any other creepy crawling critter regardless of “protein transfer efficiency.” Nope. Not happening.
(CANADA) – On May 26th, Aspire Food Group announced that it has completed construction of its alternative protein manufacturing facility. London, Ontario is now home to the world’s largest cricket production facility.
Aspire’s new plant will reportedly produce 9000 metric tons of crickets every year for human and pet consumption. That’s about two billion insects to be distributed annually across Canada and throughout the United States.
Aspire also reports that it already has orders for the next two years.
Crickets are currently being explored as a protein-rich superfood. They contain fibre and are already found in grocery stores and restaurants, and have a smaller environmental footprint than traditional protein sources. (read more)
Soylent Brown
Soylent Squeam!
Soylent Brown, my kind of bugs.
Ha I just watched that about a month ago. Another movie that come to mind Snow Piercer.
I was told that these are “fish” now.
Be a shame if a fire broke out. I mean after all it happens all the time, right?
That only happens to the actual food production plants
Yuck…Crispy Critters!
It has been said that the white hats are destroying the poison food plants! And there has been enough food brought up from the D.U.M.B.S TO FEED THE WORLD FOR 100 YRS! I don’t know but it Could be! I do know that there a lot of the UNDER GROUND MILITARY BASE’S being destroyed,,, INCLUDING OBIDENS 200 ACRES IN UKRAINE!!!
Good God. It used to be that you could sue a company if bugs were found in your food and now this latest abomination from the ChiCom wannabes up North. These Leftists have truly gone beyond the pale and over the other side. Is that why our food processing plants and cattle herds are being destroyed in the US? They’re planning to starve us so we will be forced to eat their bug products? Is that what Gates is up to on the US farm land he & the ChiComs bought up?
Next will we hear Pelosi saying “Let them eat ant hills” as the Democrat’s response to food supply/shortage issues? These people are SICK.
It just isn’t special for them to have steak and lobster is the peons can afford it too. Keeping good food out of the mouths of normal people makes them feel better about themselves.
It’s exactly like the story of some European Pharma faking that they got the Covid Jab.
I still find it ironic that people go nuts over Lobster.
They used to be “poor mans food”, “Cockroach of the sea!” Farmers used to spread lobster on the fields as fertilizer because it was worthless…
Many people like crawfish and they really look like cockroaches.
Where can I buy stock in this company?
Wall Street is going to make billions on this!
Lol, you can only buy in after they make billions and it’s on the way down…case study: Beyond Meat.
Interesting how the most unproductive parasites want the best food for themselves. Why is that? They aren’t doing anything constructive with those nutrients. Eating too rich a diet will kill you as surely as eating too little. But I suppose it’s just the impulse of the parasite to want whatever the productive people have. Not just to share in it, but to take it away entirely and keep it only for themselves. That’s a typical parasite mindset.
Just hope they don’t see “Jurassic World-Domination” and think “if we could only make them bigger like they did in the movie!”
“We’re talking Thanksgiving Cricket Dinners! Has a certain cachet, don’t you think?”
Before Orig carves the cricket, let’s all bow our heads while we say the shahada. There are so many things to give thanks for.
On sale now! Hand crank rechargeable cricket carving lasers! Pay only 5 Fed Coins!
(Supplies are limited. Available only at Schwabs.)
Another reason to despise the elites and the Left. They can stick their bugs where the sun don’t shine.
Good place for one of those manufacturing plant fires that are plaguing the US.
Just crickets?? No cockroaches??
They’re only there for the “leftovers”
Depends on your social score
In a sense, THEY are right; bugs are a GREAT source of protien (essential amino acids?), as well as essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and even fiber.
They make VERY nutriscious food,…
for most BIRDS and fresh water fish, for bats and some mammals, it is pretty much their entire diet.
So, I use aquaponics; I “feed” bugs to my fish, pump the water from the fishtank to my growbeds, where bacteria digests the fishwaste, turning into fertiliser for the plants, and thereby “cleaning” the water that drains back to the fish.
Fresh water fish, in the wild live and grow on bugs; since they don’t have as much area as in a pond or stream, I bring the bugs to them, using lights at night and flying bugs attraction.
I also have ways to ‘harvest’ large quantities of crawling bugs, efficiently and process them, into fish food pellets, for daytime feedings.
Since (other than a little electricity and labor) the only thing I put into the system is bugs, and I take out Fish and fruits/veggies, I guess you could say I eat bugs.
Indirectly, at least.
I’m a secondhand vegetarian. I eat the cows that eat the grass.
What do those animals eat when the bugs are gone? Seems to me the “ELITES” want everything extinct except themselves. I doubt they will catch the lone wolves though.
Just so happens I am an Aquaponics Specialist !! Marine Science Major and minored in Fresh and Saltwater Fish Farming, but I WOULDN’T DARE Eat Commercially Raised Fish.
There was a recent article on the Toxicity of Commercially Grown Farm Raised Fish .. Kind of like the Chinese feeding Pig Shit to the Tilapia they were growing and sending to ameriKa !!! .. only They got caught … Everyone with enough space to park their cars has plenty of space to build their Own Aquaponics System to raise fresh fish, where the waste is biologically broken down and converted to essential nutrients your plants will require. No Toxic Pesticides or Herbicides in your diet any longer .. People need to STOP being so lazy and relying on their respective governments. THEY’RE the ones trying to kill the people. How about We All make THAT their last CRIME !!
I wonder if the have a pest control contract lined up to prevent roaches and other bugs from contaminating the product?
𝐁𝐔𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒….
https://t.me/STFNREPORT/15436
Which halitosis-riddled, dandruff covered old goblin financed this plant? SoreStinkos? SchwabenKlaus? Bloombat?
Obviously this is being pushed from the top by the kiddie-raper Elites.
Oh, you mean the Billionaire Boys Club from Davos?
This is just like E10 fuel. Leftist governments will mandate all flour have a certain percent of cricket flower in it.
I would like to know what companies have placed orders for these bugs?
That is where the focus needs to be.
https://theconversation.com The parasite a cricket’s nightmares are made of…
Water-seeking behavior in insects harboring hairworms.
Worm infected crickets seek water… YUCK!!!
No way no how will I eat parasites!!!
They want us to starve ourselves. Or commit suicide.
What the hell is wrong with the Canucks?
This is a minority government that is despised by the majority of Canadians. Trudeau and the leader of the other left wing party formed an alliance to push through all their tyrannical insanity. Both are young leaders from Schwaubs w.e.f.
need I say more? We are fighting back. Every day more of us are red pilled . We will Hold the Line.
Do you have crooked elections like we do in the US?
The Uniparty method of gaming the system has been succesfully implemented in most all “Western Governments”, and is the primary method of ELECTION fraud, with ballot stuffing and Dominion playing a secondary, supportive role.
After all, if you ARE able to implement ALL of the BALLOT security measures;
Same day, in person voting with enforced voter i.d., etc. THEY can still manipulate the elections, to control the outcome, so long as they can use ‘splitter’ strategy, manufactured Oct. surprises, etc. to control the process of selecting candidates so that the illusion of choice masks the reality of no choice.
And yes, parliamentary systems ARE different, hence they modify how they game the system.
They need to get rid of them!
What generation would Soylent Green be in this new culinary evolution?
I reckon 3 to 4 generations away. All of the Zombie movies are trying to tell us something.
I’m with you, Sundance!
I’m vegetarian and get my protein from spinach! I have stocked up on seeds for veggies and to grow microgreens in the house.
Amino acids?
Canada have labelling laws for products like the US does?
Here is some information. There is a lot more online. It is annoying that MSG is still allowed in so many foods, and is also hidden under a variety of names. That might be something to keep in mind for other unwanted ‘ingredients’. MSG It causes migraines etc in a lot of people. However, it is profitable, so they add it to most processed foods.
Also you have to be careful with the wording on some labels, they can be misleading (deliberately ?). Eg. you may buy frozen fish with a Canadian label, thinking it is from Canadian waters. However it may be that it was ‘packaged’ in Canada but the actual contents of the package, ie. the frozen fish, could be from elsewhere, like China. So read carefully .
If you still are not sure about something, Email the company and ask. Make sure your question is really clear and specific, as sometimes the answer you get is suspiciously vague, or ‘answers’ what you did not ask. So you have your answer that way (what are they hiding?) Sometimes they tell you the truth, but try to justify what they are doing. ie ‘well, we are legally allowed to include that much of this substance.’ They are not all crooks. Some food is organic and some state openly ‘no msg’ for those who don’t want to eat that junk.
https://inspection.canada.ca/food-labels/labelling/consumers/eng/1400426541985/1400455563893
https://esha.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ebook-health-canada-new-food-labelling-regulations.pdf
https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/food-and-ag-processing/starting-a-food-business/pubs/food-labelling.pdf
https://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html
Let THEM EAT BUGS! LIBTARDS deserve the swill.
Think of the savings on pest control!
Cricket lives don’t matter.
The most important issue for Leftist Democrats will be if eating bugs/ crickets is part of a ‘bottom friendly’ diet.
Gonna be a Hard No here too. To be honest… I’m finally just learning to really appreciate fruit and veg.
Making a product is one thing, finding a market for it is quite another. Good luck!
They are attempting to give us no alternative, in order to force us to accept their fantasy;
To get the people to accept GND, we will institute policies to make fossil fuels too expensive, even risking nuclear war to take control of major oil producing regions.
We will destroy supply chains, food processing plants, etc. so the people will eat bugs.
We will buy up farmland, and allow it to go fallow.
Same methodology.
Terrorizing people and controlling their food , this is classic hostage taker mentality, we all know these people are seriously sick in the head. The new normal, cricket burgers. I don’t think so.
IMO, we need to reimagine “politics” and “government administration” to prevent the many forms of insanity confronting us!
That’s what the Founders did in 1776.
We just need to circle back.
Yuck and yuck, can you imagine what glop they will use to keep it all together in a paste or pill. Is all of Kanada inhabited by zombies now?
As long as you have windows with lots of sun you can grow tomatoes, they are self pollinating. When they flower just give the branch a LITTLE shake and it will pollinate. Get some air tight containers, even canning jars, to store cereals, sugar, flour, all types of dry foods. Remember that the boxes they come in could have cardboard moths eggs so try to move your food out of the cardboard boxes they come in.
Actually, my understanding is that flour has the insect eggs IN it, and so if simply stored, it will INEVITABLY get “bugs in it” as the eggs hatch, gorge themselves on flour, and produce more eggs.
So yes, we ARE eating bugs, when we eat many of our processed foods.
Flour should be frozen for 24hrs, and then vac sealed with oxygen absorber. I have eaten 40 year old wheat berries. It made great bread.
True, we might be eating them but not on purpose.
I’m a bit of a germaphobe. When I dine at a restaurant, I force myself to not think how clean (or not) the cook’s hands might be. BUT, never will I purposely eat insects.
Looks like I’ll have to be taking my reading glasses to the grocery store to see the list of ingredients on the packages.
When the Trudeau family and his corrupt gang of WEFFIES eat bugs for a couple of years, then and only then would I consider feeding bugs to…….WTF….
This will be added to all foods eventually as filler.
Nobody up here wants that and being someone who lives in a rural/ wilderness area, my family will be sustained from wild game and the local farmers, thank you very much. This is what happens when psychotic “elites” (s0-called) have too much money, idle time and a lust for power, with no satisfaction in what they already have. I’m not buying their nonsense.
Not sure who their market will be. Vegetarians and vegans won’t like this either. They eat plant-based proteins: beans, lentils, grains, nuts, seeds, etc.
Better idea:
Feed Democrats to bugs
If you are worried about food, go in on a small property and build a winter greenhouse – can be a hoop house or a geothermal greenhouse (Walipini, sunken greenhouse, etc.). Many if not all states do not count a greenhouse in your property tax (still, it’s good to check). If you’re not sure of yourself, build a tiny test one and see how you like it.
You can build it yourself out of wood and use a plastic covering – no need to spend thousands. You can find plans online (search Walipini for the plans used in developing countries). If you do a hoop house, you can increase your growing zone by 1.5. You can increase it another 1.5 by adding a cold frame. You’d grow winter vegetables in that hoop house (carrots, tubers, etc.).
If you want to grow summer and winter veg year-round, build a geothermal greenhouse (sunken greenhouse or “Walipini”). It does not have to be sophisticated. It has to be set toward the sun, the back should be reflective (some people blow in insulation, but I think you need to reflect the sun). Again, you can build this yourself – no need to spend a lot of money. If you can’t dig up earth (too many rocks), then use earth bags to build it up. It doesn’t have to be sophisticated – look up Thomas Massie on You Tube – he built a small one (he’s so cool!). If you want to see a top-notch one, look up “Greenhouse in the Snow” on YouTube.
… And here’s the really, really cool part. Some people add aquaculture to the greenhouse, so they are raising their own fish to eat. The added advantage is that water source retains heat to warm the greenhouse. Some people attach geothermal greenhouses to their homes to get the added heat benefit. (Check with your local codes and tax office about whether you need permitting for that or there are tax implications for an attached structure.)
As for electricity, you can use a blower to circulate air, you can use grow lights (if you need them), which can all be powered by a small solar source.
So, if you have land (or go in on a plot of land), start siting your greenhouse – calculate the total sun in possible areas for summer, the same for winter (account for leaves off the trees, but also think about long shadows’ effects).
The aquaculture has additional advantages; aquaponics, even without a greenhouse, requires FAR LESS water.
Do not need to purchase fertiliser, or the chemicals required for hydroponics.
The fish ‘fertilise’ (fish pee/poop) the water, the bacteria in the grow beds digests the p&p, turning it into fertiliser which the plants suck up, returning “clean” water to the tank.
Do an I-net search on “aquaponics”; it can be infinetly scalable, from a small tabletop unit, to an apt balcony, and up to a rural homestead.
Great to know – thanks!
The processing of insects as a nutritionally sound base for our food sounds disgusting on its face and not something most will accept until your hungry enough . The plan by the WEF is just that : we will be hungry enough to accept anything they are able to plate ! Soylant Green anyone ????
I must share my uncles WW2 experience : He was 17 and lied about his age to join the Army Air Core . The recruiter knew his father and the jig was up so at 17 the merchant marine welcomed him with open arms . Delivering ammunition and fuel somewhere on the North African coast he bought a bag of what he thought were sugar coated dates .
Turned out they were sugar coated fried locust . He did not realize it until a marine guard showed him a leg & wing as he returned to his ship .
He would tell that tale and ended it with “they tasted good” and would laugh !
I never knew his experiences under fire until he did an interview for the WW2 museum as it turns out he was involved in several air attacks defending their ship . He was a good guy to know growing up
My dad used to tell stories of being in the Canadian army based in Italy in WWII. Some of the locals used to feed the soldiers spaghetti. He told of being in their home with pulled tomato plants hanging from the ceiling after the growing season was over. They would eat huge amounts of spaghetti by the fire, and there was a cage of guinea pigs on the hearth. One day, they were invited for a special supper that included meat, a luxury, and they all passed after one of them noticed the cage of guinea pigs was empty!
very common in Peru and across the high Andes too.
2 lbs of beetle steak and a pound of ground grasshopper, were having guests tonight!
Save the cockroaches for your democrat friends.
Don’t have any.
Their works directly contrary to the strategy of the fascist democRAT BASTARD Communist party to create food shortages in the US in order to retain power.
No, create the food shortages in beef, poultry, etc… so that you have no alternative but veggie and bug burgers.
The only way I’m eating that is if I’m lost in the woods and I would die from starvation…and even then I might contemplate just dying at that point.
Hard pass here, start storing your own food.
All in line with the UN/Green New Deal program for sustainable agriculture. Need to eliminate livestock – particularly cattle -to save the planet.
Soon they will be using the tactics they used against smokers on people that eat meat.
Why can’t they use mosquitoes? I am willing to sell them access to our property to get their raw materials.
They want to humiliate and debase us while they starve us. They will be eating the finest cuts of meat, while we eat larvae and grasshoppers. That will make them happy at least for a short while.
I love sharing this stuff with my one friend , he was like, come onnnnnnn!
I was thinking , when the time comes , this is.exactly what we force them to eat 🤔
I left a little beef meatball by my cat’s food dish. When I returned, the cat had left it, but a large beetle had grabbed it with a foreleg and was trying to quickly make off with it before being noticed (“Wow! What a find!”). Even bugs prefer beef.
Hard pass.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say this company must not be using their life savings to start this business.
/sarc
When I was in collage in the 1950s some stores selling dried large insects which they claimed were from Africa. The claim then as now, the were rich in protein. Never swallowed one but some did to freak out their dates. Times were fun in those years.
Wonder how many of these critters it takes to make a pound? And they are going to sell 9,000 tonnes of them. Are you kidding?
Marxists don’t need a profit because they control the money supply and to greater or lesser, the means of production. So, they will “sell” 100% government subsidized “mechanical meat” to poor people in the ghettos first and the rest as other food supplies become increasingly scarce. People will either learn to garden or… crunch, crunch, crunch….. gulp! Not this old man. I will garden, fish and hunt first.