Alan Wong

Lol maybe we need to go into the cricket rearing business. I wonder what the difference is in making food grade vrs pet grade crickets.

I don't consider something sustainable if the average Joe--let alone poor people of the world can't afford regularly buying something w/o going bankrupt.

Yeah, they gotta pay their employees a decent wage, make money, save for expansion, maintenance, rounding up escaped crickets, etc., but $35.00/lb (on SALE?!?)...

I went looking & found THIS on sale at $35.00/lb. A little bit steep. (That's pure cricket powder. A little steep for my tastes😕

https://www.cricketflours.com/product/cricket-flour-cricket-powder/

I guess cricket flour is regular flour mixed w/ cricket powder....


https://www.cricketflours.com/product/cricket-cakes/

Hi all:

first time posting.

Has anyone ever tried any flour made from insects? Do you have any recipes? Chirp is a company that makes insect flour. I was thinking of looking them up.
I recently rediscovered an old UC Berkeley School of Journalism Mag re: sampling cuisine from around the world that included insects, grubs etc. it mentioned Chirp as a source.

Apparently 80% of the world eats one kind or another. Insects are supposed to be high in protein, and pound per pound, much more sustainable when it comes to metrics like time, water and resources usage, waste production--by factors of a thousand.  I figure the major "yuck" factor of getting around eating bugs, for North Americans, could be overcome if you couldn't tell you were eating bugs. Was just wanting to be adventurous.

Hi: new to the site and very excited. I realize that taking on goats and chickens means taking on a life style. Has anyone have any thoughts on forming relationships w/ other like minded local folks who can form a system of regularly helping each other out so each homestead can go on holiday or alternate so different families can go out of state to visit distant family for Christmas and/or Thanksgiving?

Re: Sheep. I have noticed that it seems that all blanket at dept stores are cotton or that synthetic micro-fiber which--although warm, does NOT breath at all. I went LOOKING for wool blankets in stores and could not find any. Other than for meat, and wool, and/or companionship (that last one sounds weird) what are people using sheep for? I saw a BBC episode where the man sheered a sheep and people wove him a sweater the old fashioned way. As I don't live in England and have those connections how practical/economical is it to raise sheep just because I want a wool blanket? HOw large a flock does one need to raise--which also translates into grazing pasture needed in order to become profitable?