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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Eugene man sells cricket snacks BRIEFLY Klamath County backs sheriff in excessive force lawsuit By ALISHA ROEMELING The Register-Guard EUGENE — Some describe the taste as nutty or having the flavor of a sunflower seed. Austin Miller of Eugene says the crunchy brown morsels taste like popcorn. But Miller, a 33-year-old with an unusual new business, isn’t describing a typical snack. He’s talking about crickets. Eating crickets. “The primary way I eat them is on chips with salsa, maybe five or six per chip,” Miller said. “Sometimes I put a handful on a salad. They pair well with soft cheeses as well, but their appeal isn’t their unique awesome flavor. Really, they just provide a protein-rich crunch.” Miller breeds, raises, freezes, boils, bakes and packages the small insects for humans to buy — and eat. His business, Craft Crickets in west Eugene, started selling crickets last week through its website. The thought of eating crickets may be revolting to most Americans, but Miller and others contend that the insects are a nutritious and environ- mentally friendly food source that will play a larger role in the human diet as the world’s population explodes. “When the world has 9 billion people, we’re not going to be able to necessarily feed the population with our current agricultural practices,” Miller said. “I’m not sure if it will be in five years or 50, but we’ll all be eating insects eventually.” About 30 companies in the United States sell insect-based food items, he said, including a handful of cricket breeding, raising and processing firms. Cricket Flours, founded in Eugene in 2014 by two University of Oregon graduate students, started by making flour from ground crickets. The KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — Klamath County is supporting Sheriff Frank Skrah in an excessive force lawsuit filed by a former jail inmate. The Herald and News reports that in a response to the lawsuit filed Nov. 28, Klamath County denied claims of wrongdoing by the inmate, saying any force used against him was justified by the circumstances. Kenneth Ray Bragg has accused Skrah of illegally striking and choking him during his arrest last year. He filed lawsuit in September against Skrah, the county and 10 unidentified law enforcement officers who allegedly witnessed the incident. Skrah filed a response Nov. 8 saying any force used against Bragg was necessary to subdue an armed suspect. Kelly Lyon/The Register-Guard via AP In this Dec. 1 photo, Austin Miller poses with some of the crickets he raises inside a warehouse in Eugene, Ore. It takes six to eight weeks for the crickets to grow into adult bugs. Miller breeds, raises, freezes, boils, bakes and packages the small insects for humans to buy and eat. founders moved their firm to Portland. Earlier this year, they said they had developed the world’s first brownie mix with milled crickets. There’s a variety of ways people can consume the tiny, protein-packed bugs, according to Miller, who says he often adds crickets to tacos for extra texture. His life partner, Zoe Anton, 32, grinds them up in a food processor and puts them in shakes or bakes the remains into a cake for added protein. “It’s probably the most protein-rich cake that I’ve ever eaten,” Miller said. His company’s crickets are not seasoned with spices or salt. After being baked, they’re packaged — antennas, legs, eyes and all — into 2- and 4-ounce resealable bags. The 2-ounce bag costs $15 and contains about 650 to 750 crickets. The 4-ounce bags cost $20 each and have about twice the amount of baked bugs. At Craft Crickets, Miller raises about 500,000 crickets at a time in a 3,000-square-foot, rented warehouse on Conger Street, off West 11th Avenue. He and Anton became interested, and eventually passionate about, eating insects following a yearlong trip to such countries as Belize, Guate- mala, Honduras and Mexico. “We did some traveling in South America, where eating insects is very common,” Miller said. “In Oaxaca (Mexico) they sort of pan fry them and season them, and then sell them in large bags and people eat it like candy — they’re tasty.” It cost the couple about $25,000 to start the business. The Oregon Department of Agriculture recently approved Craft Crickets as the state’s first food grade producer of crickets, Miller said. It took awhile to find a place to raise half a million crickets, he said. Prosecutors say Hunt encouraged her boyfriend, 38-year-old Russell Courtier, to drive his Jeep into 19-year-old Larnell Bruce Jr. after the two men scuf- fled outside a 7-Eleven in Gresham. Race was a moti- vating factor in the attack, according to authorities, who have said the couple has ties to white supremacists. 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Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Student with guns on rooftop arrested during dance SEATTLE (AP) — Ride the Ducks International has agreed to pay up to $1 million in civil penalties under a consent order reached with federal transportation officials. The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis- tration said Tuesday the Branson, Missouri-based manufacturer of amphibious vehicles violated motor vehicle safety laws when it failed to report a defect in a front axle or initiate a full safety recall. The company manufac- tured the vehicle that was involved in a deadly crash on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge in 2015. Five college students were killed and dozens injured. A NHTSA investigation pending trial. Gresham Detective Aaron Turnage testified that the attack left Bruce with “an unsurvivable traumatic brain injury.” He died three days later. Defense attorney Jon Sarre told the judge that Hunt was in the Jeep and wouldn’t have been able to stop Courtier unless she had been able to reason with him or force the stick shift into a neutral gear. He also argued that the state witnesses are biased because they were friends with Bruce. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 found that vehicle had a defect that had been noted by Ride the Ducks International in 2013 but the company did not issue a safety recall as required. The consent order says the company will pay $480,000 in civil penalties and spend another $20,000 to ensure it complies with the order. It will also pay another $500,000 in fines if it continues to violate federal motor vehicle safety laws or the consent order. Duck boat company to pay up to $1M for violations Couple to remain in jail pending hit and run murder trial PORTLAND (AP) — A couple accused of intention- ally running down a black teenager will remain behind bars until the outcome of a murder trial. Colleen Hunt, 35, called for the hearing and asked Judge Jerry Hodson to allow her release from jail until the 2017 trial, reported The Oregonian/OregonLive. But Hodson sided with prosecu- tors, who on Monday played a surveillance video of the August incident — the first time the video was shown in public. Skrah 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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