Mighty Cricket's plans for newly awarded federal grant: An urban cricket farm

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Startup Mighty Cricket, which has developed consumer food products using protein sourced from crickets, has been awarded federal funds it plans to use to establish a local cricket farm.

St. Louis-based Mighty Cricket said it received a $131,500 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a pilot cricket farm it plans to operate in St. Louis. The project will also involve turning food waste into feed for crickets at the farm, the startup said.

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