Aspire Food Group Canada Ltd

About Aspire Food Group Canada Ltd

Aspire Food Group Canada Ltd is an agri-food manufacturing company located on Innovation Drive in the Hamilton Road area of London, Ontario. The company serves the global food and raw materials market by pioneering the insect agriculture industry to provide sustainable and scalable protein solutions. The company specializes in cricket protein farming and the production of cricket powder. They offer crickets as a high-quality, natural superfood ingredient for pets, highlighting its balance of protein and fiber. Additionally, they produce frass, an all-natural agricultural product made from cricket excrements, exoskeletons, and residual feed. This frass is marketed as an organic supplement for plants to boost natural defenses and yields, as well as a nutritional supplement for aquaculture and livestock, including cattle, poultry, and swine. Aspire describes its approach as integrating cutting-edge technologies, including robotics, automation, and machine learning, to operate a self-optimizing indoor production system. The company emphasizes environmental stewardship, claiming that third-party audits show their modular vertical farming uses a fraction of the land, water, and energy required by traditional livestock operations. The business was launched in 2013 after winning the Hult Prize and has since expanded its reach through various funding rounds and the construction of its large-scale production facility in London.