Bugeater, a start-up in Lincoln, Nebraska, uses Entomo crickets and cricket powder to make pastas, ramen noodles and rice thanks in part to a $100,000 grant from the Department of Agriculture in 2016.

For Nemerson, it all started with a cricket tortilla chip. She went to a sustainability conference in May 2017 where Chirps Chips passed out samples of their tortilla chips made with cricket flour.