‍ For feed and baitĪs you can imagine, crickets are not only good for humans, your animals can enjoy eating insects too!

In case you’d like to eat crickets yourself, there is plenty of delicious recipes that will help you get started. You can inspire or shock people by creating healthy foods that you never dreamed of eating.

In fact, a forecast done by meticulous research indicates that the global edible insect market is growing by 23.8% annually.Ī quarter of the world’s population is already eating insects on a regular basis.Ĭonsidering all the benefits, we, the westerners should really consider joining the bug-mania. Many would argue that edible insects are going to become one of the main protein sources of the future. The spectrum of fats might be affected by the foods that crickets are eating. Besides that, they contain monounsaturated fats and saturated fats. What’s more, crickets and locusts contain more than 50% less calories than beef.Ĭrickets, contain about 25-30% fats including high amounts of hearth-healthy omega-3s. Whereas, dried crickets can contain up to 69g of protein! With this method, you can grow lots of crickets for yourself.ĭepending on the species of crickets, fresh crickets contain around 20 percent of protein.

They are delicious, healthy and sustainableĪs weird as it sounds, crickets are tasty, healthy and more sustainable than sheep, beef or pork.

Almost no financial risk - you can get started with under 200$.

You can make some bucks on the side selling insects for feed and bait.

If you’re having pets, breeding your own crickets can save you a lot of money.

To sum-up, there are several reasons why you should start raising Crickets: Let’s start.Ĭhapter #1: Why would you breed crickets?Ĭhapter #2: Which edible cricket species should I raise?Ĭhapter #3: How to build your own DIY cricket farm? Step-by-step guide + Shopping listĬhapter #4: How to raise more crickets with less feed - hacking the conversion rateĬhapter #6: Common pitfalls when starting out Chapter #1: Why would you raise Crickets?‍ If you’re like me and you want to have a new profitable hobby, you’ll love the step-by-step instructions in this guide.

Keep in mind that this is a non-technical guide. This means, it's NOT an adequate guide if you want to make a COMMERCIAL (BIG SCALE) insect farm.Īlthough it can help you understand some basics, if your planning on creating a legitimate business selling crickets, this guide is not for you. This article is about SMALL SCALE (DIY) cricket farming, for animals and for yourself. The current price tag of live crickets which lays between 15-60$ (sometimes even more) per 1000 crickets. In fact, you can start making a serious profit! Today, I’m going to show you exactly, how you can start raising crickets for food, feed and profit on a small scale.

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