Our Mission

We Didn't Set Out to Start a Farm.

We Set Out to Feed Our Family Better.

Hola! We're Montse and Henry, and we're The Green Leap: Michigan's only urban farm sustainably raising crickets for human consumption.

For Montse, the entrepreneurial “seed” was planted early. By the age of six, she was already running her first business, selling candy to neighbors outside her apartment building in Mexico. For Henry, the connection to the land was even more literal—he was raised amidst the blooms of a beautiful wildflower farm right here in Michigan.

For the last decade, we have both navigated the corporate world. But it turns out that our combined upbringing, our professional grit, and our shared love for the natural world provide the exact recipe needed to build a cricket farm from scratch.

But the real reason we started? Our family.

With dietary restrictions, a deep commitment to clean eating, and roots in Mexican culture where edible insects have always had a place at the table, we were already open to thinking differently about food. What we weren't prepared for was how hard it would be to find quality alternative protein options after moving to the U.S.

So we did what felt natural: we started looking into it ourselves.

An article published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stopped us in our tracks. The health benefits were compelling. The environmental case was undeniable. And the potential to bring something genuinely meaningful to our community here in West Michigan felt like something we couldn't ignore.

We started with 500 crickets and a basement. We learned a lot. We failed some. We kept going.

Today we operate out of a dedicated barn facility, raising 300,000 crickets per cycle, overseeing every step from farm to pouch so we can stand behind every single bag we sell. Because we know you care where your food comes from and how it's made. So do we.