This week’s guest is Shelby Smith, owner and originator of GYM-N-EAT Crickets. Shelby operates her cricket business from her family’s farm NE of Ames, Iowa. After attending Saint Joseph University in Philadelphia and playing basketball for them, she moved to Ireland for 4 and ½ years. She played professional BB with Sports Changes Life and worked for National Bank of Canada. Persuaded to move back to the farm by her family and encouraged by them to find a niche, she found ‘cricket farming’ appealing. As a serious athlete, the high protein “livestock” intrigued her. Shelby also liked the simple (not easy) breeding and harvesting process as well as the minimal environmental impact of raising crickets (minimal water, space and inputs required).