Beakerhead festival attendees to dine on crickets

Many people would gag at the thought of snacking on crickets. But on Wednesday, the brave crew on the Calgary Eyeopener gave them a try and unanimously decided the insects actually taste like sunflower seeds.

"I'd do another one," said traffic reporter Angela Knight, who was the first to pop a crunchy morsel in her mouth. But she preferred the Crickers — crackers made from crickets which have been milled into a powder. The cricket powder is paleo-friendly, gluten-free and a surefire way to not get any legs or antennae stuck between your teeth.

Robert Nathan Allen was dishing out the snacks. He's the the Austin-based sales director for Aspire Food Group, which is raising crickets specifically for human consumption in the U.S., Mexico and Ghana.

The company was started by a team of MBA students from McGill University who won the 2013 Hult Prize for social entrepreneurship.

Read full article: CBC News, September 16, 2015