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Passionate Dror Tamir is a serial food and nutrition entrepreneur and the co-founder & CEO of Hargol FoodTech and Plate My Meal. He is revolutionizing food tech with a “biblical” protein; grasshoppers. Dror has won 21 international innovation competitions with his ideas, and he provides a new and unique perspective on farming, veganism, and the importance of insects in general. Dror’s farm feeds their grasshoppers with fresh grass that they do not treat with any pesticides or fertilizers, which they use to create products that are a great source of nutrients. Dror explains that the solution to the global protein challenge we are facing is in the amazing grasshoppers and how they could help sustainably feed the planet. This conversation changed our perspective on so many things, especially sustainability.

Show Notes

🦗 How does an entrepreneur look at swarms of grasshoppers descending upon him? 02:16
🔇 Grasshoppers are super quiet. 03:43
🍀 Conditions for free-range grasshoppers. 04:25
🥧 Grasshoppers have an umami flavor. 05:29
🤯 Killing insects with pesticides in the production of vegetables and fruits. 06:32
☘️ Growing grasshoppers humanely. 07:11
🌾 Efficient production of animal-based protein and how it can feed the world. 09:00
🤓 Food consumption has to be sustainable, but new technologies are not good at covering that. 11:08
🚀 “When we go to Mars, insects will join us.” 12:44
👦 Born in Israel in an entrepreneurial and industry-driven family, he discovered many people use grasshoppers as food sources. 13:30
💡 A huge market and high demand equaled learning to grow grasshoppers on a commercial scale. 15:06 
🍬 Orange and strawberry-flavored grasshopper gummies. 17:16
😎 The name Hargol in Hebrew means long-horned grasshopper. 19:15
📜 History of eating grasshoppers: The only kosher and halal insects. 20:08
🐦 The danger is not in grasshoppers escaping the farm, but other animals getting in to eat them. 23:07
😇 Leaving his corporate position and changing people's minds that grasshoppers are a fantastic food source. 26:58
🙂 Dror’s favorite F word. 30:45
🍔 How many grasshoppers go in an eight-ounce Hopper hamburger? 31:31

🤓 Connect with us: www.resonateengine.com
Connect with Dror: www.hargol.com and www.biblicalprotein.com


What is BFE?

BFE, where unicorns run free. Well, no, it's not a fairy tale podcast; we actually talk about the things that matter most to startups and VCs. We ask the tough questions of VCs and Founders, getting to the bottom of the real issues that surround money, financing, startups, and much more. Jessica King Bernstein joins her partners Randy "Took-a-Company-to-Wall-Street" Baker and Dr. Kent "Pull-Out-Your-Beating-Heart" Gustavson to roast and worship real ballers on every episode.