I am sorely in need of an immense variety of assistance. Not very much time has passed since I founded SLS. Though the general goals and the current projects described above are coming along, the demands of family and day-job mean that progress is slow. A detail-oriented approach to governmental approval (especially regarding the FDA, for example) is crucial to the success of this industry.

Beyond this, help from all kinds of folks would be wonderful. I need a funding angel; attorneys and accountants to help me finish establishing my business; researchers to gather and apply information already compiled on this subject; nutritionists and food chemists to help provide context regarding how specific insect-based foods compare with other sources of nutrition; chefs and cooks and bakers to lend their talents in the food preparation; journalists, film-makers, and possibly others to document the work; marketing gods in the mood for a challenge; pest control people with open minds regarding insect control; entomological clubs and societies interested in helping to gather the insects themselves; native and/or indigenous people with expertise and willingness to share traditional food practices; anyone with some extra fish tanks and space and willingness to start an insect farm; and anyone with overseas connections [particularly, but not necessarily, in the food and/or transportation industries] who could help expedite the acquisition of processed edible insects.

Indeed anyone interested in contributing to this brave new world of ecologically-sound and culturally-significant food production should feel free to step forward. There is much to be done.