A new kind of Black Plague is upon us — a plague of little black crickets. They're in the corners of bedrooms at night, keeping us awake with their chirping. They're creeping under doors and through ...

Cricket powder is commonly added to many foods under the name "Acheta powder" or "Acheta protein" and is "being promoted as a good thing." Although insects are not generally considered a staple of ...

One of the most common bugs people eat are crickets. Acheta powder, or cricket powder, is one of the most popular ways to consume bugs in the United States. People have eaten insects since ancient ...

When you’re on the frontier of food – a land full of experimentation – sometimes you have to sleep with the lights on. Jakub Dzamba, a Ph.D. candidate at McGill’s architecture school, was ...

Canada’s multimillion-dollar factory to farm crickets is falling silent amid layoffs. Once dismissed as a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” harvesting insects for human consumption is an emerging policy ...

I'm a food writer and will try anything at least once, including eating bugs. I started adding insects to our meals to cut down our grocery bill. Crickets are a cheaper alternative to meat, and my ...