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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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