Edible Insects: New book looks to history, potential of insects as foodDr. Gina Hunter’s new book, Edible Insects, delves into the historical role of insects as human food.Read the Article
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Bug Grub - The MancunionThe Mancunion explores the exciting world of insect-based protein as an alternative to unsustainable, industrial meat.Read the Article
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From crunchy cricket chips to nutty black soldier fly grubs, Edible Insects leaps across cultural and culinary boundaries to explore the insect food industry and how it could benefit our health and our warming planet.Yummo!Read the Article
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Bees face a barrage of chemical and environmental burdensBetter understanding of the combined effects of multiple stress factors could help reduce pollinator declineRead the Article
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Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Saving the Bees“Save the bees!“You’ve heard this call to action before, but what’s the buzz really about? Turns out, bees are incredibly important in nature and in human food production.According to an EarthDay.Org report, there are more than 20,000 distinct bee species worldwide. In the U.S., there are [...]
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Bug nutrition boost: South Korea adds locusts to approved edible insects list in alternative protein driveSouth Korea has made locusts the nation’s tenth approved edible insect, as well as publishing a new set of guidelines for the manufacturing of relevant products.Read the Article
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Chefs! Add This Ancient Food to the Menu & Positively Affect Food Security Issues Worldwide.I’m claiming that adding one type of food to your menu will make the world a better place.Read the Article
Marketing Strategies and Acceptance of Edible Insects Among Thai and Chinese Young Adult Consumers(2021). Marketing Strategies and Acceptance of Edible Insects Among Thai and Chinese Young Adult Consumers. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. Ahead of Print.Read the Article
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JICA invests $2.5 mil. in fly-based sanitation startup in NairobiThe Japan International Cooperation Agency has invested $2.5 million in a U.S. startup in Nairobi that uses flies to process biowaste in an initiative to help address the city’s growing sanitation needs and also help farmers across Kenya produce more crops with fertilizer produced as a [...]
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I learned to love maggots. You should, too, if you care about the environmentI left two composting bins with kitchen scraps unattended and returned to find soldier fly larvae in the rotting pile. Turns out, it’s a good thing.Read the Article
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New cross-value-chain project accelerating innovation in salmon aquacultureThe Millennial Salmon Project is aiming to accelerate innovation in the salmon aquaculture sector through introduction of novel feed ingredients.Read the Article
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PODCAST: Fear, Fascination and Food...from InsectsAs a child, Christine Picard would get the jitters about critters. But as an adult, her insight into insects has led to significant discoveries. But first, she had to overcome that fear. Her fear-turnRead the Article
Eating Ants: Nutrition, Benefits, DownsidesWhether eating insects is a new concept or a part of your cultural background, you may wonder whether eating ants is healthy. This article explores the benefits and downsides of eating ants.Read the Article
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The Entrepreneurs Betting on MaggotsMeet the Zimbabweans who think the future of farming lies in flies and trash. Part 1 of 2: Lessons From Insects. Click here to read Part 2.Read the Article
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BBC World Service - The Food Chain, The bug businessHow do you convince more people to eat insects?Read the Article
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10 Insects that are popular delicacies around the world | The Times of IndiaFor most of us eating insects and bugs as a meal may seem like the grossest thing ever, but around the world insects and bugs are some of the tastiest and most popular delicacies. Here’s a glimpse of some of the popular [...]
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Insects as food vs feed to better combat global warming - All About FeedResearch has shown that when compared to feeding insects to farm animals, the direct human consumption of insects has the largest potential to reduce ourRead the Article
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Syngenta explores insect scanner technology in agriculture - Future FarmingSyngenta’s Diopsis insect scanner to give growers insight into the balance between pests and beneficial insects in their crop. Syngenta Benelux (Belgium,Read the Article
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Alternative proteins: cultured meat versus insectsCultured meat is attracting substantial financial, industry, and even celebrity, backing and media coverage, but can commercial production levels be achieved and how do insects compare as an alternative protein source?Read the Article
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Three Amazonian palms as underestimated and little-known sources of nutrients, bioactive compounds and edible insectsMauritia flexuosa, Bactris gasipaes, and Oenocarpus bataua are among the main palms in the Amazon used for food and medicinal purposes. The food most …Read the Article
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Habitat-centric versus species-centric approaches to edible insects for food and feedThe current paradigm of the edible insects for food and feed industry uses a species-centric approach in which an insect species is chosen first and d…Read the Article
David Suzuki: Changing animal food could solve big problemsA 2017 Dutch review found insect farming requires much less land and water than livestock and is useful as animal feed.Read the Article
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How an MBA grad raised US$1.3m for his aquaculture startupTim van Vliet, CEO of INSEACT, isn’t just running a profitable startup, but a sustainable one in aquaculture too.Read the Article
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Are you set up to take consumers out of their comfort zone with climate smart snacking?Promoting consumption of insects has the potential to combat climate change – more so than turning them into animal feed, says a new study. There is also a wider acceptance by Westerners for insect-enriched products like breads, cakes and energy [...]
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Virtual Book Launch with Mary BooneHelp us celebrate the launch of author Mary Boone’s latest middle-grade nonfiction book, Bugs for Breakfast.Read the Article
Feeding 9bn people will mean reimagining the edible worldMore insects are likely to be on the menu | Technology QuarterlyRead the Article
Insect farm uses artificial intelligence to promote food securityUK-based insect mini-farm innovator, Better Origin, uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to convert local food waste into high-quality animal feed in the form of insect larvae. It aims to help the food industry achieve its net-zero targets, create a sustainable food chain, and improve food s…Read the [...]
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Edible insects ‘more sustainable as food rather than animal feed’Insects fed from industrial side-stream waste and then directly consumed as food have the ‘greatest potential to reduce the carbon footprints of European consumers’, claims a new study.Read the Article
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CEO of Insect-Farming Company Ynsect on Mealworms as MealsYnsect’s powdered protein is currently used in pet food, fish meal and even as an ingredient in burger patties and pasta in parts of EuropeRead the Article
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Crickets are Kosher according to Israeli company HargolCrickets are Kosher according to Israeli company Hargol as well as Halal and have opened the first commercial grasshopper factory breeding these edible insects.Read the Article