Student committee members and the University Co-op collaborated to hold Entomophagy Consignment Sale (cricket snacks sale).

2023年6月26日更新

Report on the Cricket Fair: the University Co-op Consignment Sale
devised by OCHA-SDGs Student Committee Food Group

OCHA-SDGs Student Committee (Food Group) collaborated with the Co-op purchasing department to sell snacks made with cricket powder on consignment for a limited time.
OCHA-SDGs Student Committee Planning: Entomophagy Consignment Sale | お茶の水女子大学

We were able to conduct this event under the guidance of Professor Kei Yura (Faculty of Science), who promotes entomophagy through a project supported by the Moonshot-type Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research and Development Project, and with the generous cooperation of the Co-op purchasing department.

Aiming to offer cricket food as one of the food options of the future, we sold on consignment snacks familiar to consumers for the following two weeks. Each contains cricket powder.

This project received a great response from students, faculty, staff, and parents. We have confirmed that it was well received, with 100 of the prepared items sold out within the first half of the sales period, requiring additional orders.

Sales Outline

Period	Monday, June 12 - Friday, June 23 *weekdays only
Time	10：30～17：00
Venue	Co-op Purchasing Department (1st floor)
Products handled*	C.TRIA Protein Bar Coconut/Bitter Chocolate 175 yen/bar C.TRIA Corn Snacks Umami Salt, Takoyaki 98 yen/bag (Courtesy of Gryllus Inc.)

*We warned crustacean allergy sufferers to refrain from consuming this product.

In conjunction with this limited sale, OCHA-SDGs Student Committee Food Group produced a promotional video and conducted publicity activities through the institute's SNS.

Created video thumbnail
*Click to view on the institute's YouTube site.

Once this video was introduced in a home economics class at the affiliated high school, these products were purchased by high school students and their parents as well, which we could confirm the cross-generational curiosity about entomophagy.

Future sales are also being planned by OCHA-SDGs Student Committee. Please look forward to further publicity by student committee members. Thank you for your continued support

・This consignment sale was concudcted again by students at the campus festival in November 2023.
Tokyo Cable Network's TV show "Let's! SDGs!!" featured OCHA-SDGs Student Committee's performing Entomophagy Consignment Sale and Campus Festival. | お茶の水女子大学

・We were also interviewed by Tokyo Cable Network (The TV Program “Iikoto! SDGs!!”). The program was aired on YouTube on December 25. (Click here to see the program)

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