About

This blog is intended to provide a central platform to discuss, review and promote edible insect companies and initiatives from around the UK.  Restaurants and food suppliers are slowing increasing in numbers and there are some great entrepreneurs leading the way in Entomophagy.

By creating a website that collaborates these inspiring projects, consumers and those curious in edible insects can find information, project, events and the latest news all in one place.

After studying an MSc in Sustainable Environments and focusing her studies on sustainable food and more specifically Entomophagy, Alex Ward decided she wanted to inform the wider community on the benefits of including insects in our food system. Alex became aware that the predominant barrier to the acceptance of insects as food was simply our minds and perceptions and one of the ways to overcome that was to inform and educate others on the facts. The disgust factor plays a large part in our aversion to insects and exposure therapy has been known to reduce feelings of fear and disgust. It is for that reason that information should be shared and exposed to the wider audience. Since beginning her studies, Alex has seen a large increase in media coverage of Entomophagy as well as a number of start up companies selling insects as food on the internet, at festivals, markets and restaurants.