We were in Bangkok last March and my husband challenged my sister's kids to sample the cooked insects being sold by the street vendor. The 3 kids (they are actually 20 to 25 years old) took the challenge and we bought a mix of fried cricket, tiny snails, caterpillar and small scorpions. We even took a video to capture how their faces looked like when they were chewing the insects. But after the excitement, the 3 kids admitted that the insects actually tasted good.
The vendor of the cooked insects said that he cooks the insects himself and gets his supply from a farm. But the information stops there. By the way, we were in Bangkok in 2012 and we had already spotted that same insect vendor. So that means his business is still surviving until now.
But the caveat in your planned business is the market. It is no use raising something for business when there will be no demand. Just my thoughts.
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