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As a result, it is not only tasty,
ENTO: CRICKET IS THE NEW but extremely healthy and
sustainable without using any
PROTEIN HOW DID ENTO BEGIN? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT processed ingredients. We have
also adapted Entomeat into
After leaving my corporate legal career, I spent two FOR YOU TO DO WHAT other meat forms, such as
months travelling North and South America and Kevin Wu, YOU DO? meatballs, sausages, and more.
came across a street stall in Mexico City with fried Ento Founder and CEO It is necessary that we begin to We are extremely proud of our
cricket tacos on the menu. It is a traditional delicacy transform insects into a more products as it places Malaysia
in the Oaxaca region of Mexico. Much to my common protein source to on the map for being an
delight, the tacos tasted like shrimps! I was so provide healthier and more alternative protein producer.
inspired that I started reading on insect-protein sustainable protein for the planet.
consumption as soon as I got back to my hotel room Trivia: cricket protein contains
and was extremely surprised to discover its three times more protein than
Hand in hand with Sunway iLabs, a nutritional and environmental benefits. Much of chicken, beef, lamb, and other
veritable army of changemakers is the research is backed by scientists and traditional livestock, seven times
transforming today’s farming and
NEW GEN RISING food production discourse so they will about sustainable products and services, this felt like more iron than kale, and four
world-leading institutions. Having been passionate
times more fibre than oatmeal. At
no longer remain detrimental to
the right fit for my next venture. at very same
Ento, we are striving to remove
ecology, community, and the local
year, I travelled across Asia to learn more about
the stigma attached to insect
economies they once served.
insect-eating culture before starting Ento.
protein by creating familiar, tasty,
and healthy products.
Sustainable food system is a vision that many individuals in a variety of capacities share and have been SHARE WITH US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IS ENTOMEAT
contributing to. Among them are promising start-ups like Tanalink and Ento who – with the help of HOW TANALINK’S TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING LIVES?
technology and creative solutions – have taken bold steps toward rejuvenating our nation’s ecosystems TRANSFORMING LIVES?
while fostering long-term food and financial security. We spoke to them about the pleasure and good Unlike traditional beef burgers,
conscience of this new-age narrative and how they started this road to conviction. Pre-Tanalink, many harvesters on oil palm Entomeat burgers have the
plantations have no way of finding out how much superpower to save the planet.
they would get paid until the mill released the Insect farming requires 2,000x
number of fruit bunches received. Given the WE ARE CURIOUS TO less water, 12x less feed, 20x less
TANALINK: MONITORING obscurity of their income and the discrepancy that HEAR HOW YOUR land and emit 2,000x fewer
PLANTATIONS IN REAL TIME may arise as the fruit bunches had to pass through PRODUCTS ARE greenhouse gases compared to
many hands on the way to the mill, they were
beef production. We are hoping
naturally anxious. Our solution enables workers to CHANGING THE GAME. to make changes on a more
TANALINK IS STRIVING TO automatically record the exact amount of fruit TELL US MORE. meaningful scale as we drive
CHANGE THE GAME IN THE Patrick Martinent, bunches they cut throughout the day, know how We have developed one of the more awareness to our burger
TROPICAL PLANTATION Tanalink CEO much they will receive, and shorten payment world’s first Entomeat burger patty over time.
INDUSTRY. WHAT ARE THE delays, improving their work satisfaction patty, made of plant-based
BIGGEST ISSUES AFFLICTING TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SOLUTION. eventually. ingredients and powered by Ento Shop Ento at ento.my
THESE ESTATES RIGHT NOW? HOW DOES IT WORK? cricket protein.
e more I learn about tropical Because of their out-of-network locations, it was previously
plantations, the more I am impossible for managers of most tropical plantations to SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS
convinced of the severity of the monitor their operations throughout the day. At Tanalink,
problem Tanalink is trying to solve. we are changing this through a precision agriculture data Also check out these Sunway iLabs’ collaborators furthering the conversation of farm and food.
e yield from these estates – palm collection and management platform, built to capture
oil, rubber, coffee, etc – are found in operations in near real time. In doing so, we are giving
most food and products in the off-grid plantations the data they need to optimise their Spargoeats prides itself as a different Even the best ideas can stumble if they are not
world. Yet, there are so many gaps operations, reduce crop loss, avert human-animal conflict, kind of kitchen: one that is building a accompanied by a foundation of industry
on the ground that cause preventable and improve worker conditions. We are currently working to greater transparency and tech-enabled knowledge or experience, which is what
crop losses, unnecessary soil tailor our platform for cooperatives and organisations who WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT efficiency in how it is serving food to non-profit ought for Food (TFF) aims to
degradation, and ultimately the support smallholder farmers, which will help to minimise the WHAT YOU DO? customers – and not just any food but “real” food. Opened to reveal provide. Incubator and accelerator such as TFF
broadening of the industry’s climate risk and chances of these farmers encroaching on conserved a generous pile of arrestingly beautiful fresh, seasonal ingredients – are part of a growing worldwide movement that is
footprint. Globally, inefficient forest land when planting new crops. We are on a mission to alleviate the anxiety of some of them sourced directly from Sunway XFarms – rice and salad catalysing change at the local scale. From strategic workshops to
operations have incurred annual plantation workers and management alike, pushing the bowls are a highlight of Spargoeats’ menu. e wholesome offerings mentorship and networking, TFF amplifies small-scale entrepreneurial
crop losses of over USD1 billion. boundaries of technologies to solve huge problems and nudge people towards not only good health but food sovereignty solutions specific to food insecurity and agricultural predicaments laid
With our solution, we are addressing achieve what has never been done before. Pushing too, that is the ability to grow one’s own food or at least understand bare by rapid urbanisation. Cultivating a global community of more than
so much more than the industry’s through rounds of prototypes to deliver a solution that where it comes from, laying out a simple charter of actions for the 30,000 young leaders from over 175 countries, it allows small businesses
bottom line: by restoring a new serves the needs of customers could be frustrating ecological eaters and empowering all to eat well. and ventures to connect and collaborate for greater change. So far, TFF
intimacy between planters and their sometimes, but seeing the aha moments as that anxiety has helped launch more than 60 ventures that have collectively raised
land, we are giving them the power disappears at the end of the day is extremely rewarding. Order Spargoeats on AirAsia Food, Foodpanda or Grab. RM200 million in funding since its founding.
to reduce yield gap with lesser
resources and lowering their carbon Learn more about Tanalink at tanalink.com. Learn more about TFF at thoughtforfood.org.
footprint in the process.
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