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Posted On: 03/20/2017 7:00:28 PM

Posted By: News Desk 2018

Restaurants Across the GTA Welcome Insects on Their Menu For Earth Week April 17-22

RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, March 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A culinary event like none other, Jump into Spring April 17-22 celebrates Earth Week by bringing crickets onto the menus of at least 50 restaurants across the GTA. Awarded a grant by the Ontario Greenbelt Fund, Ontario-based Entomo Farms, North America’s largest cricket farm, sets out to introduce Ontario restaurant-goers to the nutritious, delicious and environmentally sustainable cricket through creative cuisine. Participating restaurants include all Ontario locations of Milestones restaurants, all locations of Select Sandwich restaurants, El Catrin Distileria , Ground Burger Bar , and many more.

Make Earth Week meaningful
Social Media Contest Connected to the Event- Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Eating Insects as a Meat Alternative is one of the Food Trends of 2017
Crickets are high in PROTEIN, B12, IRON, CALCIUM, PREBIOTIC fibre
Crickets require less than 1 litre of water to produce 1 kg, 1 kg of beef requires over 20,000 litres
Entomo Farms, in its 4^th year, founded by 3 brothers in Ontario, is the largest organic, free-range cricket farm in North America
Entomo Farms is the proud winner of awards for innovation in food- LAUNCH, Startup Canada
Entomo Farms provides over 50 companies worldwide with cricket ingredients- protein bars; pasta, chips- including companies like Chirps, Chapul, EXO, Bitty, etc.
Interviews with Entomo Farms and participating chefs available upon request

List of restaurants, food photos, and more information will be available www.entomofarms.com/jumpintospring