New antifungal compound from ant farmsAttine ants are farmers, and they grow fungus as food. Pseudonocardia and Streptomyces bacteria are their farmhands, producing metabolites that protect the crop from pathogens. Surprisingly, these metabolites lack common structural features across bacteria from different geographic locations, even t…Read the Article
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Future Foods: 5 Ways to Eat a Low Carbon Diet That Might Surprise YouFrom getting over the ickiness of eating insects, to embracing unusual plants in our cooking — here are some sustainable food trends to look out for.Read the Article
Common pesticides stop bees and flies from getting a good night’s sleepJust like us, many insects need a decent night’s sleep to function properly, but this might not be possible if they have been exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides, the most common form of insecticide used worldwide, suggests research by academics at the University of Bristol.Read [...]
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It’s official! Worms allowed in pizzas, pastas and cakesMealworms may soon find their way into Europe’s pasta bowls and dinner dishes, after becoming the first insect approved in the region as a human food.Wednesday’s decision by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) paves the way for the yellow grubs to be used whole and dried [...]
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Move over soy? Fava, hybrid formats and insects trend in alternative proteins27 Jan 2021 --- With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting daily choices, more consumers are turning to plant-derived proteins, hailed as better for the planet and better for personal health. With this in mind, the protein space has been propelled even further into the spotlight.Read [...]
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Edible Insects - An Ancient Food Trending Today with Bill Broadbent. Interviewed by Adam Met of Planet Reimagined.Insects are an ancient food that billions of people still enjoy today. Adam Met interviews Bill Broadbent on why he thinks insects will become part of the daily diet of North Americans in the near future.Read the Article
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Cafe, croissant, worms? EU agency says worms safe to eatROME (AP) — The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: The European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat...Read the Article
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Mariners’ famed park food: Grasshoppers?SEATTLE -- When it comes to ballpark cuisine, hot dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jack are so last generation. Dried insects have become the frontrunner in culinary-savvy Seattle. Yes, since 2017, one of the best-selling concession items at T-Mobile Park has been the chapulines, toasted grasshoppers serve…Read the Article
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Insect Market To Explode: EU Gives Green Light To Eating MealwormThe EU approved the insect, yellow mealworm, as safe for human consumption; the implications will be a huge surge in investment as well as insect burgers on menus across Europe.Read the Article
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Edible insects: A food alternative for the sustainable development of the planetCurrently, the livestock industry occupies a large percentage of the planet’s ice-free surface. In addition, it is considered one of the main factors …Read the Article
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It’s Hoppin’: Food Startup Hargol Serves Up New Line Of Grasshopper ProteinHargol FoodTech is hoping to bring the advantages of grasshoppers proteins to more markets in the edible insects industry.Read the Article
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ICA invests $200,000 to Accelerate Insect Snack Maker/PRNewswire/ -- Fast-growing San Francisco food business, Don Bugito, purveyor of planet-friendly protein snacks, is the latest high-growth small business to...Read the Article
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Insects: The future of food?A thriving industry looks promising if consumer aversion can be overcome.Read the Article
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Villagers Barricade Roads, Demand ‘Tollgate’ Fees From Amacimbi Hunters - NewZimbabwe.comSpread This NewsBy Bulawayo Correspondent SOME farm owners in Mopane worm rich Solusi area in Matabeleland South province are now barricading roads leading into their properties demanding entry fees from outsiders visiting the area to harvest the protein rich insects. Scores of people from Bulawayo [...]
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Taste and luxury ‘key’ to promoting insect-based foods, research findsFresh research suggests that, for insect-based foods to catch on in western markets, manufacturers should focus on promoting them as ‘pleasurable’ rather than healthy or environmentally friendly.Read the Article
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Indigenous Knowledge about Consumption of Edible Insects in South AfricaConsumption of edible insects is an indigenous practice that has played an essential role in human nutrition across Africa. The traditional use of insects forms an important part of food culture in Africa, and insects are consumed either as a delicacy, emergency, or staple source of [...]
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How eating insects can help save the planet from climate changeThere’s still a novelty value in eating insects, but bugs can be a tasty alternative meat,” says Dr Sarah Beynon, an expert on invertebrates. Six years ago theRead the Article
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The new vegan pet food that can save the planet — maggotsFeeding the world’s pets is big business, using surprisingly large amounts of land and resources, and producing significant levels of greenhouse gases.Read the Article
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Why aren’t we all eating insects?For years, edible insects have been billed as the next sustainable food revolution. Daisy Dunne explores why we still haven’t developed a taste for grubRead the Article
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Marcus Samuelsson Makes Fried Chicken With Crickets‘No Passport Required’ chef/host Marcus Samuelsson takes fried chicken and adds a summer twist. Or, rather, a summer insect.Subscribe To “The Late Show” Chan...Read the Article
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Japanese student creating bug-eating buzz on YouTubeA university student in western Japan is hoping his YouTube cooking shows and cricket powder coffee will help people swat away their aversion to eating insects.Read the Article
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Mexico restaurant sells ‘grasshopper meals’ as wholesome, protein-rich dietMexico restaurant ‘Chapi’ sold edible-grasshopper dishes as firm owners advocated the nutritional benefits of eating insects in several posts on Instagram.Read the Article
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Companies Make Money from Fighting Food WasteCompanies are preventing food from going to waste by turning it into renewable energy or animal feed, among others. Read how.Read the Article
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Let Them Eat Bugs! The Great Reset of Your DietWould you like some ketchup with your beetles? As the globalists’ fatal conceit compels them to micromanage your lives and […]Read the Article
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Edible Insects: an Industry in the MakingEdible insects are now considered to be an alternative source of protein for a human population set to increase by 2 billion by 2050. Yet a competitive production method still needs to be found. We ask researchers and future manufacturers how they are trying to overcome the challenges involved [...]
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Companies Make Money from Fighting Food WasteCompanies are preventing food from going to waste by turning it into renewable energy or animal feed, among others. Read how.Read the Article
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Young entrepreneur ventures into edible snails and insects farmingXavio Dominico Imbabazi, is a 29-year old young owner of a company dubbed “Golden Insects Ltd” which has invested in farming different edible insects aiming at reaping big from edible giant land snails and exporting them.Read the Article
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480 bugs per bottle: Aichi miso maker creates cricket soy sauce | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and AnalysisTOYOTA, Aichi Prefecture--Following the success of its bug-based miso seasoning, a company here released soy sauce created from crickets.Read the Article
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Living Planet: Cataloguing South Africa’s edible insects | DW | 17.12.2020In many parts of Africa, insects such as termites and grasshoppers are an important source of protein in people’s diets. But in South Africa, edible bugs are facing increasing threats due to changes in their environment. Now, scientists are racing to log the DNA barcode [...]
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The Future of Food – do we need to re-engineer food?Dr Julian McClements has an impressive resumé. He is a distinguished professor at Department of Food Science at the UniversityRead the Article