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These entrepreneurs want you to eat bugs

webfull — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:17:35 +0000

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

Looking to meet demand is the Aspire Food Group, co-founded by former MBA student Mohammed Ashour.

Next year, Aspire will scale its 25,000-square-foot operation into an adjacent building that is ten times larger.

Published: 13 June 2018

A great milestone for Aspire Food Group

webfull — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:16:52 +0000

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 crickets.

According to Ashour, “There was such a great meeting of minds it very quickly evolved into Aspire acquiring Exo. The synergy and logic just make sense”.

Published: 8 March 2018

The future of food can be found in insects

webfull — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:31:56 +0000

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 for human consumption at its Texas farm.

And they are not the only ones to recognise the value of insects as food. The edible bug business is booming, with a global market of $33 million in 2015, according to the research firm Global Market Insights, which expects it to grow 40 percent by 2023.

Published: 7 December 2017

Crickets: a healthy food choice that’s tasty too

webfull — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:43:50 +0000

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 consumption.

The Aspire Group has since erected a 25,000-square-foot building in Austin, Texas, which produces roughly 22 million crickets every month.

Despite great headway, Ashour recounts his plans for further expansion, along with the nutritional benefits of crickets.

Published: 16 October 2017

Are crickets the meal staple of the future?

webfull — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:03:25 +0000

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 transforms crickets into high-protein powder and snacks, and are looking to expand their market into the U.S., where the aversion to insects as food seems to prevail.

Published: 2 October 2017

Desautels alumnus bets on bugs to solve world hunger

webfull — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:59:42 +0000

As the world’s population increases, the pressure to find an ecologically-feasible protein source is mounting, so former MBA student Mohammed Ashour of the Aspire Food Group is bringing a foreign concept to the US: eating insects. Long a staple protein source in many countries, bugs offer a bigger protein hit, and require fewer resources than traditional livestock does.

Published: 3 April 2017

Dec 3: 2017 Hult Prize @ McGill

webfull — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:27:12 +0000

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 invites student teams to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, affording them a chance to win $1,000,000 in seed funding. Winners from the University will go on to represent McGill at the regional competitions in March 2017.

Published: 24 November 2016

Une farine à base de sauterelles pour réduire la faim dans le monde ?

webfull — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:24:23 +0000

Depuis quelques temps, la nourriture à base d'insectes semble de plus en plus populaire. Un succès qui pourrait bien encore monter d'un cran avec cette découverte. Des étudiants de l'Université McGill ont mis au point une farine fabriquée à base d'insectes et destinée à faire du pain et d'autres aliments.

Published: 24 October 2016

Why I’m betting on McGill.

webfull — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:05:39 +0000

It’s not news that Canada has an Innovation Problem. Over the years, governments have tried their hand at fixing The Problem, and yet, we continue to underperform against peer nations.

Published: 18 July 2016

Will Americans Ever Eat Insects for Food? Startups Say, ‘Yes, We Will!’

webfull — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:43:27 +0000

Aspire co-founder and COO Gabe Mott is a neuroscientist who never imagined he would be a cricket farmer. He is also a vegetarian, but he makes an exception for insects because he believes they are ethical, sustainable, and “a reasonable distribution of food.”

He absolutely gushed over the succulent calamari-texture and sweetness of the palm weevil his company supports in Ghana.

Published: 29 March 2016