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Would you eat bread made from INSECTS?

Students turn grasshoppers into flour to feed

people in poor countries  Students awarded $1million to farm grasshoppers in poor

countries 

  Plan involves turning insects into flour to be used in bread

and other foods 

  More than 10 tonnes of grasshoppers will be delivered to

Mexico by March 

 Flour Power will also provide business opportunities forlocal farmers 

By Victoria Woollaston 

With millions of people across the world living in urban slums and an ongoingfood shortage in poor countries, students from Montreal have come up with anovel and sustainable food source - flour made from insects.

Dubbed Flour Power, the team from McGill University plan to farm

grasshoppers in poor areas of countries including Mexico, Thailand and Kenyaand turn them into flour for bread and other foods.

It will provide a sustainable, year-round source of food as well as provide anextra business opportunity for local farmers.

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Students from Montreal have won $1million to turn grasshoppers, pictured, in poor countriesinto flour to be used as a sustainable food source. Dubbed Flour Power, the team from McGillUniversity plan to farm the insects in areas of countries including Mexico, Thailand and Kenya

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Around 10 tonnes of grasshoppers are due to be delivered to Mexico by March. Farmers will turnthem into flour for bread and distribute the protein-rich substance to poor areas

The proposals have now won the 2013 Hult Prize and the five students received$1million to turn the plans into reality.

Out of 10,000 college and universities, six teams reached the final of The HultPrize; a social-entrepreneurship award for students presented by former President Bill Clinton. 

This year’s challenge was to create a ' social enterprise that will secure food for undernourished communities, and particularly for the 200 million people wholive in urban slums.' 

'This is our chance to empower the next generation and solve some of theworld’s most pressing issues,' said Ahmad Ashkar, Founder and CEO of the

Hult Prize. 

'Almost a billion people go hungry every day and without new solutions, foodsecurity issues are likely to get worse.' 

The Flour Power project was created by MBA students Mohammed Ashour,Shobhita Soor, Jesse Pearlstein, Zev Thompson and Gabe Mott, who callthemselves the Aspire Food Group.

They plan to collect a crop of grasshoppers from infested alfalfa fields anddistribute them to farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico.

HOW DO INSECTS BECOME FLOUR?

The insects are caught, washed and drained.

They are then dried and placed in a sealed freezer bag to kill them humanely.

Each insect is washed again and are dried out in an oven.

They can then be ground until they resemble the consistency of wheat germ.

Insect flour can be used for bread, in cakes, soups, stews, sauces and more.

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The Flour Power project was created by MBA students (from left to right) Jesse Pearlstein,Shobhita Soor, Zev Thompson, Gabriel Mott and Mohammed Ashour who call themselves theAspire Food Group. The 2013 Hultz Prize was awarded to the team by former President BillClinton (second from left)

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