Cisco CEO John Chambers has expressed hope that a combination of automation, the internet of things (IoT) and cricket farming will help to solve future world hunger. Speaking at the Techonomy conference, Chambers outlined his own investment in the Aspire Food Group, which claims to run the world's first automated cricket farm. “The primary source of protein you'll be having within 20 years will be insects,” he said. The idea is not new.
Cisco CEO John Chambers has expressed hope that a combination of automation, the internet of things (IoT) and cricket farming will help to solve future world hunger. Speaking at the Techonomy conference, Chambers outlined his own investment in the Aspire Food Group, which claims to run the world's first automated cricket farm. “The primary source of protein you'll be having within 20 years will be insects,” he said. Chambers argues that IoT, robotic farming and cloud data capability are all key to growing insect farming “faster and safer than we have done before”.