Edible ants from Colombia
Interview with Vladimir Cardenas Galeano, Marketing Manager at Export Colombia Tell us how you guys get involved in the edible insects world 500 years ago the edible ant is part of our gastronomy, a custom inherited from our indigenous ancestors. Since that time, every morning, for nine weeks a year, men stand guard at the […]
Edible insects and human evolution
Interview with Julie Lesnik, authoress of “Edible insects and human evolution” Hi Julie, tell us a little about yourself and your interest in edible insects I am a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, USA. I totally stumbled into studying edible insects! While working on my PhD […]
Bugs for beginners
Interview with Michela Dai Zovi, authoress of Bugs for Beginners Our usual first question: how did you get interested in edible insects? I went to Thailand and I found out insects are delicious! I love reading about food and I want to taste everything at least once, so by the time I went to Thailand […]
Edible insects in Portugal
Interview with Guilherme Pereira, founder of Portugal Bugs Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world and how the project Portugal Bugs started Well, my journey in the world of edible insects started when I was finishing my graduation in Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto back in 2016, and I […]
Do you dare?
Interview with Malena and Jessica, Dare-to-eat/Wholi foods cofounders We begin our interviews with this usual question: how did you get involved in the edible insects world? Co-founder Malena has always been fascinated by the potential of edible insects in terms of nutrition and sustainability and early on began to focus her studies on entomophagy. She […]
Ihou: from farming to distribution
Interview with Déborah Schäfer, CEO of Ihou Tell us about how you get involved in the edible insects sector Initially, we were 3 founders, involved in the agri-food sector (food safety consultant, agri-food engineer). We reviewed with interest FAO’s opinion (among others) regarding environmental impact of traditional way of producing and consuming proteins, mainly in […]
Eat Small: for dogs and cats
Interview with Véronique Glorieux, cofounder at Eat Small Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world In January 2017 Gema – second cofounder of Eat Small – and I read an article about Canadiens that were farming edible crickets.. It was telling how incredibly nutritious and environment-friendly these crickets were, and how […]
