Driving Innovation in Insect FarmingWhat benefits can insect protein offer? How are regulatory frameworks impacting innovation in this field? And what can be done to drive further advances? Technology Networks had the pleasure of speaking with Thomas Farrugia, chief executive officer of Beta Bugs Limited, to answer these questions and…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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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
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
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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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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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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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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Want To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Insect Proteins May Have the AnswerWhen 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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Inseact founders see promise for insect-based feed in vast Asian market. In an interview with SeafoodSource, Inseact CEO Tim Van Vliet and COO Michael Badeski explained their business model.Read the Article
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Securing Our Future Food Economy And Sustainability With Insect FarmingWhen in 2017, Mante Sidlauskaite, founded her Lithuania-based Cogastro–the leading software solution for managing and optimizing insect farms–she banked on the country’s reputation as a center for “Fintech and digital innovation.”Read the Article
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Addressing Food Shortages by Farming InsectsScientists at IUPUI, the IU School of Medicine, and two other universities, will explore the use of insects as food and agricultural feed.Read the Article
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Bee extinction: Why we’re saving the wrong beesThink honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? Think again. Here’s why they’re the bad boys of the bee world, and what we shou...Read the Article
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Food systems: seven priorities to end hunger and protect the planetAlternative sources of healthy protein need to be advanced, such as plant-based and insect-derived proteins.Read the Article
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PROteINSECT Laboratory studies to rear insects for animal feed using waste materialsLaboratory studies to rear insects for animal feed using waste materialsRead the Article
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Insects show ‘huge’ potential as protein feed ingredientThe potential for using insect protein as a source of animal feed for pigs, poultry and fish in the European Union was described as “huge” at a recent conference organized by PROteINSECT in Brussels.Read the Article
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Swapping Grass For Grasshoppers? This Researcher Wants Bugs To Be On The Menu For Livestock Feed.A Texas A&M University entomologist says insects can be much more efficient and environmentally friendly sources of food for livestock than traditional feed.Read the Article
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Australia: Black soldier flies to upcycle food wasteAn Australian consortium proposes using black soldier flies to tackle the country’s food waste problem by 2030.Read the Article
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Impact of pesticides on bees underestimated, finds studyThe impact of agrochemicals on bees may have been underestimated, a new scientific study has revealed, as calls come to ban pesticides in UK gardens.Read the Article
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Sustainability Agenda: This Bengaluru startup is addressing environmental concerns caused by animal feed productionIn this week’s Sustainability Agenda series, SocialStory features Insectfii, a commercial-scale insect farming startup that is replacing resource-intensive animal feed with high-protein insect larvae.Read the Article
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Tesco and WWF claim “great potential” for insect feed | News - Illinois News TodayFeeding livestock and fish with insects could reduce the UK’s future soybean footprint by a factor of five, according to a new report commissioned by Tesco and WWF. This study highlights what it calls “the great potential of insect farming” in [...]
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What Happens When All the Bugs Die?Bee ecologist Dave Goulson imagines a world without creeping things.Read the Article
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Opinion | We need to figure out what’s happening to the bugs — before it’s too lateInsect populations appear to be experiencing sharp declines — and we still don’t know precisely why.Read the Article
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Solution-focused innovation the future of agricultureFCC supports projectsRead the Article
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Insect feed could tackle climate and nature crisis -...Insect feed could tackle climate and nature crisis -... | Sustainable Responsible BusinessRead the Article
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Using bugs as animal feed can cut down deforestation: ReportAccording to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, insect protein could replace 20 per cent of the UK’s imports of soya by 2050. It found that just under half of the demand for insect protein can be met by British producers. The study outlines a plan for [...]
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Without Bugs, We Might All Be DeadThere are 1.4 billion insects per person on this planet and we need (almost) every one of them.Read the Article