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
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Pets can help fight climate change with an insect-based diet. Owners just need to come around to the idea.Despite what scientists call the ‘yuck factor,’ bugs could be a sustainable secret ingredient for the booming pet food industry.Read the Article
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Insects. The revolutionary future of the human diet. | The Emory WheelJust imagine the next thing you spread on your toast might be a creamy peanut butter made with cricket powder: it will be revolutionary.Read the Article
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More people are eating bugs - but is it ethical to farm insects for food?(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...Read the Article
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How I learned to love maggotsIf you’re one of those people who composts everything you can think of because you want to build up your garden soil, you might — like me this summer —Read the Article
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Insects are vanishing from our planet at an alarming rate. But there are ways to help them | Dave GoulsonWe should be alarmed by this insect apocalypse – but there are ways we can each helpRead the Article
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Youth using insects to improve feeds – Kenya News AgencyThe future of feeds in Kenya has been bleak following concern over unprecedented increase in animal feed prices as well as shortage.Read the Article
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Columbia Room’s Tasting Room Will Return With $120 Insect, Algae, and Mushroom Cocktail MenuDerek Brown’s latest tasting will have both no- and low-alcohol options. Link to Ants: https://www.edibleinsects.com/product/edible-ants/Read the Article
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Insect protein has huge potential to reduce carbon footprint of European consumersWhen compared to feeding insects to farm animals, the direct human consumption of insects has the biggest potential to reduce our consumption-based carbon footprint.Read the Article
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Meet the fly that could help save the planet - ISRAEL21cBlack soldier fly larvae are chock full of protein, and they can clear greenhouse gases. One Israeli company is harnessing the insect’s diverse capabilities.Read the Article
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Project using black soldier flies to break down food waste set to expand in TampinesAn initiative in Tampines Park to convert food waste into nutrients for use in vegetable and fish farming is set to be extended to other parts of the town.. Read more at straitstimes.com.Read the Article
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Black soldier fly start-up Entoprotech closes first funding roundBugs can become big business. That is what Entoprotech, an Israeli biotech start-up that uses the black soldier fly (BSF) to process organic waste, ...Read the Article
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Decoding insect recipes from across the country - The Shillong TimesBy Sukant Deepak In 2018, while working at Rosie and Peter’s Food Forest in Goa, learning how to grow food using regenerative and resilient systems, she was walking around in the garden one day when she noticed that the cacao fruit was being taken over [...]
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Flying off the shelves? An Edinburgh shop is selling insect-topped doughnutLeith-based The Kilted Donut is trying to persuade customers to try a doughnut topped with roasted insects – a move it says is to help highlight sustainability in the food chain.Read the Article
Edible InsectsNOVA takes a tasty look at insect foods that could benefit our health and our warming planet.Read the Article