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

Published: 29 March 2016

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...

2016, l'année où l'entrepreneuriat social se diversifie

Published: 11 January 2016

La société Aspire, fondée en 2012 par 5 diplômés de McGill, apparaît au classement de Forbes. Aspire, qui a remporté le prestigieux prix Hult en entrepreneuriat social, se spécialise en agriculture...

These entrepreneurs want you to eat bugs

Published: 13 June 2018

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

Are crickets the meal staple of the future?

Published: 2 October 2017

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...

Desautels alumnus bets on bugs to solve world hunger

Published: 3 April 2017

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...

Crickets: a healthy food choice that’s tasty too

Published: 16 October 2017

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...

A great milestone for Aspire Food Group

Published: 8 March 2018

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...

Insect burgers could be the future

Published: 8 August 2014

Palm weevils. To look at, these tiny bugs are relatively unassuming, perhaps even slightly creepy to the insect-adverse. To Mohammed Ashour, however, they are the solution to many of the ills...

The future of food can be found in insects

Published: 7 December 2017

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...

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