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Marking five years since Lac-Mégantic tragedy

Published: 26 June 2018

­­­­­Five years since the train derailment that destroyed the downtown of Lac-Mégantic, Bernard d’Arche, 91˿Ƶ Dobson Cup winner and Director of the region’s entrepreneurship centre, reflects on...

Are budget-friendly flights and business longevity mutually exclusive?

Published: 26 June 2018

Calling all summer vacationers, WestJet’s ultra-low-cost carrier Swoop has officially launched. This news, however, has some questioning its viability over the long-term....

These entrepreneurs want you to eat bugs

Published: 13 June 2018

The edible bug business is expected to grow to a whopping $720 million by 2024....

Former Cisco CEO sees big promise in crickets as food

Published: 7 March 2018

The former Cisco Systems CEO, John Chambers, has emerged as a public advocate for the Aspire Food Group’s edible cricket foods....

Are crickets the meal staple of the future?

Published: 2 October 2017

Mohammed Ashour, co-founder of Aspire Food Group, received the Highly Commended Award at FoodBytes, a startup competition that supports innovative ideas in food and agriculture. The Aspire Group...

Future food now: how insects will solve world hunger

Published: 7 April 2017

In an interview on Fox Business Network, Aspire CEO and former MBA student Mohammed Ashour makes the case for eating bugs as a way to meet the world’s growing protein requirements. His company, the...

Desautels alumnus bets on bugs to solve world hunger

Published: 3 April 2017

As the world’s population increases, the pressure to find an ecologically-feasible protein source is mounting, so former MBA student Mohammed Ashour of the Aspire Food Group is bringing a foreign...

Crickets: a healthy food choice that’s tasty too

Published: 16 October 2017

Former MBA student Mohammed Ashour and the Aspire Group have come a long way since winning the Hult Prize in 2013 for their vision of creating a high-tech cricket farm to produce foods for human...

A great milestone for Aspire Food Group

Published: 8 March 2018

Aspire Food Group, a manufacturer of food products made from crickets co-founded by former MBA student Mohammed Ashour, announced that it has acquired Exo, a producer of protein bars made from...

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