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    Good Food

    Exo: A Cricket Based Protein Bar

    Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewis launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a protein bar that features crickets as the primary ingredient.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Sep 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewislaunched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a protein bar that features crickets as the primary ingredient. Motivated by a United Nations Report from May 2013 that stated that eating insects would help combat world hunger, the former college roommates have already raised over $50,000 to fund the production of a cricket protein bar they named Exo.

    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Four Successful Food-Kickstarters, The Huckleberry Cookbook, Gazpacho
    1. 0:00Omnivore Salt
    2. 7:44When Home Cooks Take On Uncookable Cookbooks
    3. 17:27Nomiku: The Immersion Circulator for Home-cooks
    4. 26:29Exo: A Cricket Based Protein BarYou’re reading this
    5. 34:16The Huckleberry Cookbook
    6. 44:59Jonathan Gold Reviews Superba Food and Bread
    7. 51:19Market Report
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Four Successful Food-Kickstarters, The Huckleberry Cookbook, Gazpacho
    1. 0:00Omnivore Salt
    2. 7:44When Home Cooks Take On Uncookable Cookbooks
    3. 17:27Nomiku: The Immersion Circulator for Home-cooks
    4. 26:29Exo: A Cricket Based Protein BarYou’re reading this
    5. 34:16The Huckleberry Cookbook
    6. 44:59Jonathan Gold Reviews Superba Food and Bread
    7. 51:19Market Report
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