{"id":405,"date":"2017-06-02T07:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T12:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/urban-ipm\/?p=405"},"modified":"2017-06-01T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T14:46:00","slug":"austins-10th-annual-bugfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/urban-ipm\/2017\/06\/02\/austins-10th-annual-bugfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin\u2019s 10th Annual BugFest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Event<\/b>: Austin\u2019s 10th\u00a0Annual BugFest
\nWhen:\u00a0<\/b>Saturday, June 10th\u00a0at 4-8:00 PM
\nWhere<\/b>: At in.gredients<\/a> 2610 Manor Rd, Austin, Texas 78722<\/p>\n

Tickets:<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/10th-annual-austin-bug-eating-festival-tickets-34667068134<\/a><\/p>\n

What:\u00a0<\/b>Open to the public and free for kids, BugFest is your chance to learn about insects as food for people, pets and livestock. Taste food made with insects, see Chef Josh Jones, Co-Founder of Salt & Time<\/a> and Chef PV do bug cooking demonstrations, enjoy SPUN ice cream<\/a>, kids activity tables hosted by ATX urban farm, Green Gate Farm<\/a> and GirlsEmpowerment Network<\/a>. Hear the Austin premier of BugFest theme song by Fragile Rock, an emo puppet band kicking off their NPR, \u201cTiny Desk Concert Series\u201d<\/p>\n

Activities: 4-8pm:<\/b><\/p>\n

Live Music by puppet emo-rock band\u00a0Fragile Rock\u00a0\u2022 Bug Cooking Demos by Chef Josh Jones, Co-Founder of Salt & Time and Chef PV of \u201cBuggin\u2019 Out\u201d kids\u2019 video education series \u2022 Table-to-Farm demos by GrubTubs<\/a> \u2022 Ento Raffle \u2022 Enjoy SPUN cricket crunch ice cream<\/p>\n

Booths:<\/b><\/p>\n

SPUN Ice Cream \u2022 Aketta<\/a>, Austin\u2019s own cricket farm & maker of cricket snacks \u2022 Sway Water<\/a> \u2022 Green Gate Farm, ATX urban farm<\/a> \u2022 Girls Empowerment Network \u2022\u00a0GrubTubs\u00a0\u2022 FullFridge<\/a>, an ATX meal delivery startup\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Slow Food Austin<\/a> \u2022 Delysia Chocolatier<\/a> \u2022 Kids activities table with\u00a0Little Herds\u00a0\u2022 P.E.A.S.<\/a>, partners for education agriculture and sustainability \u2022\u00a0Ento Raffle<\/p>\n

Sponsors:<\/b><\/p>\n

Mercado Mio<\/a>, gourmet Oaxaca crickets products & imports \u2022 Aketta, ATX cricket farm & maker of cricket snacks \u2022 Entomo Farms<\/a>, North America\u2019s largest Edible Insect farm \u2022 Delysia Chocolatier \u2022 Chirps<\/a>, cricket chips \u2022 Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch<\/a>, Denver based edible Insects farm \u2022 Slow Food \u2022 P.E.A.S. \u2022 GrubTubs \u2022 Lithic Nutrition<\/a>, cricket protein bars \u2022\u00a0SeedsOf Action<\/a> #BugsEndHunger Awareness Campaign \u2022 SPUN Ice Cream<\/p>\n

4:15- 8:00 pm Kids Activity Tables & Bug Tasting table & Ento Raffle
\n4:55 pm Bug Cooking Demos by Chef Josh Jones, Co-Founder of Salt & Time, SPUN Ice Cream and Chef PV\u00a0of \u201cBuggin\u2019 Out\u201d kids\u2019 video education series
\n5:00-8:00 pm Live music \u2013 Fragile Rock, an emo puppet band<\/p>\n

9:00-10:45pm Film Screening – Stick around afterwards, in.gredients will be staying open late to host a screening of the documentary film “Bugs On The Menu.” Entry is free for anybody with a BugFest ticket!<\/p>\n

Connect With Us on Social<\/b><\/p>\n

Facebook Event Page\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/291577991255943\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter hashtag:\u00a0#ATXBugFest, @LittleHerds<\/p>\n

About Us<\/b><\/p>\n

Little Herds educates and empowers local and global communities to use insects for food and feed. Locally,\u00a0Little Herds has hosted over 100 insect education events, feeding over 10,000 people. Internationally, Little Herds is partnering with Farms for Orphans and Entomo Farms to build cricket farms in orphanages in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the U.S., Little Herds is working on GrubTubs, a Black Soldier Fly Larvae Up-cycling Pilot Project in Austin, Texas. Austin\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>BugFest is fundraising for #BugsEndHunger Awareness Campaign \u2013\u2013 founded by Little Herds and Seeds Of Action\u2013\u2013 to build an \u201cOpen Source Farming Insects Guide\u201d, an education tool for small and family insect farms. \u2022\u00a0<\/i>https:\/\/www.littleherds.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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