Bugs were supposed to be the future of food. Now, the insect farming industry is collapsing.

In the mid-2010s, insects were hailed as the future of food — a way to sustainably feed the world’s growing human population ...

Some Canadians are willing to eat insect-based food, but conditions apply

Going to the grocery store these days can be a painful experience, with record-high price hikes biting into Canadian food ...
Undark Magazine

Why Insect Farming Startups Are Going Bankrupt

Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.
The Cornell Daily Sun

Why Eating Bugs May Seem Gross — And Why You Should Reconsider

When the Brood X cicadas emerged in March 2021, a flurry of news articles and social media posts followed, with a curious suggestion: eating them. Recipes and advice for the best ways to cook these ...
NPR

From Cicadas To Crickets, Insects As Cuisine

We recently did a show about the cicada double brood emergence. Billions of the bugs are above ground this year. And the conversation... took a bit of a turn... towards whether they can be eaten.
abc13

Eat a cicada? Some high school students are using Brood X to share benefits of eating insects

PRINCETON, New Jersey -- Would you eat a cicada? Some high school students in Princeton, New Jersey are using the Brood X cicada emergence to spread the word about the benefits of eating insects. The ...