The Asian Reporter Pacific Northwest News q Volume 29 Number 21 q November 4, 2019 q www.asianreporter.com Thai entrepreneur pushing insects as the snack of the future CRUNCHY CRITTERS. Employees sort crickets for size at the Smile cricket farm in Ratchaburi province, southwest of Bangkok, Thailand. Insects have long been part of the diet of poor rural Thais, but entrepreneur Thatnat Chanthatham — inspired by studies showing bugs are high in protein and raising them does minimal damage to the environment — hopes to broaden the market for baked bugs by packaging them like potato chips and selling them in convenience stores and supermarkets. See story on page 4. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Go paperless! Read The Asian Reporter – exactly as it’s printed here – online! Visit and click the “Online Paper (PDF)” link to download our last two issues. The Asian Reporter 922 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 USA SPiLt ink Gallery Acrylic Colour Pencil Graphite Oil Pen & Ink Watercolour Pets w Holidays w Special Occasions w Just for Fun www.spiltinkgallery.com (503) 442-6427