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DL Novel Food on Kickstarter
DL Novel Food is the “made in Italy” startup founded by Luca Costamagna and Davide Storino who deals with the intensive production of crickets for the production of flours for animal and human food. Luca and Davide immediately realized that something in the traditional method of insect breeding did not work and that it would […]
A peculiar dinner
Entomophagy is currently a hot topic on newspapers and the media, especially after January 1st 2018, when the European Parliament approved the Regulation 2015/2283, in which the entire category of insects (“food consisting of, isolated from or produced from animals or their parts”) was formally included among Novel foods. After one year of research about […]
Insects as food and feed Conference
This conference will draw together the multidisciplinary aspects of this emerging industry and will provide a forum for participants to discuss the progress that has been made over the previous year, exchange ideas and expand their existing networks. The conference will take place at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, on 2nd and 3rd April 2019 […]
Entomophagy at Terra Madre
Every other year, the nonprofit organization Slow Food hosts the single largest food event in the world— the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto at the Lingotto Fiere, an enormous exhibition and trade center in Turin, Italy. However, this year’s gathering was different than previous ones in that its five-day program featured panel discussions and workshops […]
Maria Clemente joined our team
I am Maria, I’m 26 and I am an evolutionary biologist with the passion for insects’ world; and I talk about “world” thinking of the incredible variety of ecological niches that insects can colonize. At the beginning, I got interested into the use of insects as food and feed because of their key potential in […]
Convegno sugli insetti commestibili
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Les Criquets Migrateurs
Interview with Sebastien Collin and Annie Ruelle-Sanguine, founders of Les Criquets Migrateurs Tell us about how you firts became interested in edible insects Everything started in 2011, when the french news broadcasted a short documentary about edible insects in Laos. Sébastien was studying biology, and he was in the middle of deciding where his studies […]
