Bug Food 513
Master Bug: ricetta Cupcakes con locuste
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Tom Cooks: if a bug come to change things
Interview with Tommaso Gagliardi, aka Tom Cooks Tell us who you are and what you do I was tired of the life I had as a programmer in Amsterdam and I decided to leave everything to go to Lisbon on foot across Spain and Portugal, along the road to Santiago de Compostela and Fatima. I […]
Master Bug: gnocchi con farina di grillo
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Edible insects. South Italy. Fools.
It’s a paradox that the most advanced european countries in edible insects breeding are the ones in the north of the continent. Everyone knows that the mild climates are those that best meet the needs of this kind of activity, also from an economic point of view, just think about costs related to the environmental […]
Is insects breeding economically convenient?
Recent studies suggest that the request of animal food will increase by 70-80% until 2050 (FAO 2013). Moreover climate change will have a negative impact in agriculture, livestock breeding and fishing. All this will bring a growing competition for natural resources which will become more and more limited in the next years. So it’s necessary a […]
AFFIA has its (italian) President
A short talk with Massimo Reverberi (Bugsolutely), recently elected as AFFIA President You were recently elected as AFFIA President. What are your priorities? There is a lot of work to be done. It is a new industry, and there is the need for recognition from government agencies (FDA, customs, Health Departments, Governments). Standards like the […]
Three girls fighting malnutrition in Guatemala
Interview with Gabrielle Wimer, MealFlour cofounder There’s an interesting story behind every relation between a westener and edible insects. Tell us yours All three of us co-founders are adventurous eaters and have tried insects in different places: Gabrielle ate crickets when she visited Vietnam, Elizabeth first ate insects in Arizona where she tried a scorpion […]
