Rwanda unveils guidebook for insect industryGlobally, insects are increasingly being valued as a green, more affordable and nutritious source of food for people.Read the Article
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Insect that ‘tastes like bacon’ could help save Madagascar from starvationA pilot project is being set up to farm the ‘bacon bug’.Read the Article
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PHS Researchers Go to National Finals With Bugs, Food Waste, Oil, and Soap | Town TopicsRead the Article
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IIT-Roorkee Alumni Use Insects to Upcycle a Ton of Food Waste/Week Into Animal FeedLoopworm, a Bengaluru-based agri-biotech startup, is engaged in the farming of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Larvae that converts food waste to produce premiumRead the Article
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People should eat bugs and use their poo to grow crops, scientists suggestInsect poo, that is - not human poo.Read the Article
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The 5 most exotic Mexican foods. Do you dare to try them?Satisfying the stomach is something simple… but not necessarily the palate, in fact, it is quite complex. Without the combination of sensations and flavors eating would be something flat, and…Read the Article
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High Consumption of Bugs May Have Positive Impacts on the EnvironmentThere are different species of bugs that are edible and have high nutritional value. But apart from the important nutrients gotten from these bugs, scientists have confirmed that feeding on these bugs could help the environment even more than expected.Read the Article
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Algae, insects and jellyfish could be key to ensuring food security - Spain’s NewsIn a report entitled “Thinking about the future of food security”, the FAO points out...Read the Article
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M-Food co-founder argues Europe’s insect food ingredients boom has “higher potential than plant-based”07 Mar 2022 --- Crunchy cricket fries or sausages and pasta made with mealworms could be next on the menu for European consumers following the approval of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) and yellow mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) as high-protein food ingredients in the EU.With [...]
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Here’s how to make fried grasshoppers in just 10 minutesThis easy, 10-minute recipe for fried grasshoppers will even make the most bug-skeptical eater want to try them.Read the Article
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Scientists say eating insects might be a way to help the planetIn an Opinion paper, entomologist Marcel Dicke and colleagues have advocated eating insects and using the waste from insect-as-food-and-feed production to promote sustainable crops.Read the Article
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Eating More Bugs Could Help The Environment Even More Than We ThoughtInsects have been touted as a food of the future, not least because of the sustainability benefits.Read the Article
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Edible Insects, Cockroach Races and Giant Spiders Make This No Ordinary Museum PartyWhat: Critter Crawl: A Butterfly Flutter & Bug Bash Where: The Houston Museum of Natural Science PC Moment: Cockroach races, edible insects, spidersRead the Article
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Want to save the world? Eat more bugsScientists say integrating insects into our diets could significantly benefit the planet.Read the Article
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Eating Insects: The History of the Human Hunger for BugsHave you ever thought about eating insects? Do cricket cookies, chocolate covered silkworms, or smoke cured mopper moth caterpillars make you froth at the mouth?Read the Article
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Montana State University’s “Bug Buffet” Highlights Native American CuisineBOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana State University’s 34th annual Bug Buffet kicked off Monday with a week of events and activities exploring the history of edible insects across western North AmericaRead the Article
Montana State University’s “Bug Buffet” Highlights Native American CuisineBOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana State University’s 34th annual Bug Buffet kicked off Monday with a week of events and activities exploring the history of edible insects across western North AmericaRead the Article
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Should Crickets Be on the Menu Now, or Just in the End Times?Respect the insects around you, they’re tomorrow’s nutrition.Read the Article
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Fried insect that tastes like bacon hailed as answer to hunger in MadagascarA small hopping insect that tastes like bacon when fried has been identified as a possible solution to a growing hunger crisis in Madagascar, where the crop calRead the Article
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Eating Worms: Nutrients, Safety, and MoreEating worms is usually avoided in the West, but numerous cultures around the world eat them. This article explains all you need to know about eating worms.Read the Article
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Catching the bug: are farmed insects about to take off in Africa?Tasty, cheap, but often difficult to catch in the wild, this source of protein is increasingly being seen as a possible answer to food insecurityRead the Article
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Crickets, ants and scorpions: MSU’s bug buffet set for Monday, with more events to followMontana State University’s annual bug buffet week will start Monday with an insect-filled line up of dishes to sample and speakers highlighting ties to Indigenous cuisine and culture.Read the Article
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Meet the beetles: Mealworms could be a food of the futureI have a special fondness for the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor.As a child, I fed the mealworm stage of this beetle to my pet chameleon.As a teen, I babysat for a family that owned a pet shop. The house was filled with animals, and I [...]
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Locusts join mealworms and crickets on EU list of approved insect foodLocusts haven’t achieved super-food status yet, but the insects are finding their way onto European plates and have now been approved for human consumption.Read the Article
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Don’t Eat the Bugs - The American ConservativeMaking you “eat the bugs” satisfies the liturgical dimension of liberalism—the shattering of long-held taboos and prejudices. The environment exists for man, not man for the environment.Read the Article
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Cookbook for edible insectsA cookbook wants to make edible insects more appealing to a wider audience. It has recipes for mopane worm samosas, stink bug ginger nuggets and even beetle fritters.Read the Article
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Princeton High Students Use Bugs To Combat Food Waste, Make Beauty ProductsStudents from Princeton High School work on a project to deal with food waste and in the process made soap from bug oil.Read the Article
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Edible Insect-Based Foods: how widespread are they in the West?Possibilities of the Development of Edible Insect-Based Foods in Europe is a study that dealt with a problem that will weigh on the planet’s near future: food, its sustainability and its developmentRead the Article
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Would you eat insects? Young Australians are hungry for them - but they’re hard to findMatthew Freidman is part of a growing trend of young Australians willing to see insects as a food source as a more sustainable option. The only issue is availability. He fixed that by farming his own.Read the Article
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Recent insect authorisation accelerate tailwinds for novel foodsNew Food gathers insight from experts about two new insect authorisations that the food industry need to know about.Read the Article