L’Entomofago: a year online!
It was November 2015 when L’Entomofago published its first article. Only twelve months, but we met so many people full of ideas, creativity and determination, we have seen the industry of edible insects evolving in every sense, our team has grown, many exciting things have happened and we are working on many other for the new year. So, […]
IPIFF: a task-force dedicated to insects as Novel Food
Interview with Antoine Hubert, Ceo of Ynsect and IPIFF President Tell us shortly about the vision you had and how that vision led to Ynsect Ynsect is an innovative company which is specialized in farming insects on a large scale and converting them into different compounds. These compounds, which are mainly proteins and lipids meet […]
Insects are not food for the poor
When we talk about food it’s not just about survival, but also about justice, social equity, distribution, and use of the planetary resources. A planet that belongs to none of us and to everyone at the same time. But once again it seems that this “everyone” is not homogeneous, that there are at least two […]
Grimiam: from a non-profit association into a business structure
Interview with Jürgen Vogel, President of Grimiam Tell us shortly about Grimiam and its activities This interview comes at the time of an important “metamorphose” for our association. We will move from a non-profit association into a business structure. After years of successful advocacy, the swiss law will endorse finally three insects as food for human […]
AFFIA (Asean Food and Feed Insects Association): the first meeting
We talked with Massimo Reverberi, founder of Bugsolutely and one of the promoters of the newborn AFFIA (Asean Food and Feed Insects Association), to get an impression on the work of the first Meeting held in Bangkok. “We had a difficult project start-up, because in Thailand it didn’t take off. So, also to “increase the […]
Protix: ingredients market is picking up fast
Interview with Kees Aarts, founder and CEO of Protix Tell us shortly about how you get involved in the edible insects world and how the Protix project began When I was young I was already breeding insect and feeder animals for my reptiles and birds. I even did a ‘backyard safari’ several times to collect […]
