Insect Farming Is Booming. But Is It Cruel?More than a trillion insects are raised each year as high-protein, low-carbon animal feed, but the practice might have an ethical blind spot.Read the Article
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Insects are Vanishing Worldwide. Now it’s Making it Harder to Grow Food.Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based on sightings by [...]
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‘Insects are environmentally friendly when compared to farming for beef’ – Teagasc researcherEdible insects are “a more” environmentally friendly and sustainable way to meet increased demands for animal protein, science event hears.Read the Article
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Insect farmingThe Marine Institute is collaborating with a pair of global companies to develop a new, sustainable source of processing discards that can be converted into high-value compounds for the agriculture, medical and nutraceutical industries.Read the Article
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New Bad News About HoneybeesMSNBC’s Alex Witt spoke with Anthony Nearman, who ran a study at the University of Maryland.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc Republ...Read the Article
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Ants as Model FarmersAnts – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques – could inspire solutions for some human problems. From The Conversation, by Scott Solomon, Associate Teaching Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice UniversityRead the Article
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LCA points to environmental benefits of insect mealThe result of a new life cycle assessment (LCA) suggest that insect-based feed ingredients have a considerably lower environmental footprint compared with common alternatives.Read the Article
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Barriers preventing global growth of insect farming - Poultry WorldAcademics at a UK poultry university are looking to increase work around insect production to try to overcome barriers preventing large-scale take-upRead the Article
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From backyard farming to commercial farmingFrom backyard farming to commercial farming, a commercial farmer in Mpumalanga that started a farming business in his backyard.Read the Article
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Insect Engineers to launch online fly farming communityOn 1 November, Insect Engineers will be launching its Insect School website in a bid to revolutionise the insect farming industry.Read the Article
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Black Soldier Fly Farming, Venture Slashing Animal Feed Cost - The Bharat Express NewsFarmers in Ndenderu Kiambu Province have turned to Black Soldier Fly (BSF) to provide their livestock with protein.In what has become a lucrativeRead the Article
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Oct
Oct
Tapping Into Insect Farming To Clear Zimbabwe’s Urban WasteFarmers are turning to vermiculture farming to deal with Harare’s uncollected garbage problem and to produce affordable livestock feed.Read the Article
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Oct
Oct
Why Insects Could be Ideal for the Future of Animal Feed and FoodBy 2050, the world would need 70 per cent more protein than what it requires today; this shall happen primarily due to increasing population in the recent years, growing awareness regarding the benefits of a protein-rich diet, and other socio-demographical changes. But our [...]
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How insect farming could save the world’s broken food chainThe sustainability of the human race has often been questioned - and never more so than now. But the answer many be right under our nosesRead the Article
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UK urges hunger-stricken African nations to farm insectsAid projects in DRC and Zimbabwe encourage rural inhabitants to eat insects rich in vitamins and mineralsRead the Article
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The Composting Importance of Maggots - The Corvallis AdvocateMost people shudder when they see maggots in their bin composter or compost pile. They may be startling in their appearance and movement, but they won’t hurt you or the compost. In fact, they play a role in breaking down plant and animal tissues. Often, these maggots [...]
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High-Stakes Insect Farming: How to Breed a Better BugFaster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets.Read the Article
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Aug
Aug
CREEPY CRAWLY CRISIS: Insects are marching towards extinction — and why we should be mightily buggedA study by researchers from Australia, Vietnam and China shows that the rates of decline in insect populations may lead to a staggering 40% of the world’s insect species going extinct over the next few decades.Read the Article
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ARS scientists studying use of insect pests as poultry feedAn ARS research project to use insect pests as poultry feed offers many potential benefits.Read the Article
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Beneficial insects can help farmers control pestsThe most important pollinators are bees, beetles, butterflies and other useful flies. Insects therefore contribute to plant diversity and affects animal biodiversity through pollination indirectlyRead the Article
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Feeding insects to cattle could make meat and milk production more sustainableFeeding insects instead of grain to animals is an inexpensive, sustainable way to increase the world food supply. An animal scientist explains what’s involved in developing insect feed for cattle.Read the Article
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Beneficial insects help cropping systemsInsects are a primary part of the biome.Read the Article
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Scientists to turn mosquitoes, flies, pests to poultry feedsA team of enterprising Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and researchers are currently working on turning pests and insects such as mosquitoes and flies into lunch for the animals. A report by ARS Office of Communications, Kathryn Markham, said the project which is one of three winning…Read [...]
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‘Biblical’ Mormon cricket swarms descend on West from Montana to NevadaMormon crickets can grow over 2 inches long and are cannibalistic and will feast on each other, dead or alive.Read the Article
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Jun
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to nix Roundup weedkiller suitsThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Bayer AG’s bid to dismiss legal claims by customers who contend its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German company seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.Read the Article
The environmental impact of insect productions The last day of the conference started strong with the keynote of Dr Sergiy Smetana, from the Food Data Group, on the environmental impact of insect production for food, feed and beyond. The Food Data Group investigated edible insects’ producers and measured their ecological production impact to present this […]
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Opinion: Look after beneficial insects and they’ll look after you - Farmers WeeklySquishing insects, as any schoolboy will tell you, is oddly satisfying. Not an activity for a grown-up environmentalist, of course, but Kent WildlifeRead the Article
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Building an insect farming business in South AfricaInseco uses black soldier flies to convert organic waste into insect protein, oil and fertiliser.Read the Article
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May
Grasshoppers: Africa’s untapped food source - Alliance for ScienceEdible grasshoppers could help alleviate hunger and malnutrition in Africa while providing farmers with a new source of income, say scientists in Uganda and Finland who have studied the ecology of the insects for close to a decade. “Our research shows that we can actually tame these [...]
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Insects: They Are Allies, Not Enemies - El Sol de MéxicoFor many people, the idea of encountering an insect and immediately crushing it is quite...Read the Article