Cricket bonbons and insect-infused vodka aren’t words normally associated with Michelin-starred cuisine. But this design could help to revolutionize diets.

This cricket farm is in Thailand, which is among the global leaders of the trade, where 20,000 farms produce 75,000 tons of edible insects.

Bay Area Startup Chirping Over Its Cricket Flour; High-Protein Insect Foods May Be On Cusp Of Wider Acceptance August 4, 2014 / 3:24 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco ...

Farm-raised for human consumption, crickets, grubs and grasshoppers are among the high-protein insects finding new fans in the U.S. and Europe, especially in the form of flours.

The insect hype can be traced to just a few years ago. Culinary trends start a variety of ways, often with inventive chefs experimenting with flavors, Nielsen said. But that's not all that affects ...

Long term, they want to show that crickets can be a sustainable source of protein. They hope to sell the cricket meat wholesale, as a competitor to meat alternatives such as Beyond Meat.