Today’s guest is Bicky Nguyen, co-founder and business development director of Cricket One, a startup aiming to create sustainable, healthy food products sourced from crickets.

We discussed the company’s background and why Vietnam is the perfect base for farming insects on a large scale, the European Union’s approval of Cricket One’s products as a Novel Food and the bizarre backlash this generated, their ongoing push into Singapore, and where Bicky sees the business going as we face the need to shift our diets in response to climate change and growing populations.

Related Links:

From Insect Farm To Table (Atmos)

Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security (Food and Agriculture Organization)

Anyone for crickets? Vietnam company aims to serve up insects in Singapore (Nikkei Asia)

Approval of fourth insect as a Novel Food (European Commission)

Sustainability startups Cricket One and GAFT win S$1 million prize each at The Liveability Challenge 2024 (Eco-Business)

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