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Simone Zucchi joined our team at L’Entomofago
Hi everyone, my name is Simone, I was born in Milan and I am living in Sicily since 10 years now, I have a degree in agrarian engineering with a real passion for entomophagy, since I developed a thesis about edible insects. My all studies have been encouraged by a great pioneer on entomophagy Vincent […]
Metabolic: urban metabolism and edible insects
Interview with Oscar Sabag, Metabolic Tell us about Metabolic and its activities Metabolic is an agency for societal transformation working with all types of partners to shift the global economy to a more sustainable state. In all of our work, we use systems thinking as the fundamental approach to analysis and strategy. This means we […]
ThailandUnique: Asia’s largest selection of edible insects
Interview with Grame Lee Rose, CEO of ThailandUnique Tell us shortly the story of ThailandUnique ThailandUnique was stablished in 2003 by Graeme Lee Rose and his wife Warunee Rose, and now offers Asia’s largest selection of edible insects and bug-related products for both the retail and wholesale markets. Together, they run the business from their […]
Meeting: insects as food and feed in South-East Asia
One for all and all for one! From Alexandre Dumas in the 19th century to the entomoculture actors in the 21st, the motto applies: the power of the group is the most powerful to defend a cause. A main barrier limiting the development of a sustainable and innovative protein source i.e Insects, relies on education […]
Ethical issues in the edible insects industry
Interview with Dr. Mickey Gjerris, Associated Professor in Bioethics at Copenhagen University Can you tell us how did you get interested in the edible insects issues? I have been working on issues within animal ethics for many years. When I saw the reports coming out on the possibility to turn insects into a mass provider […]
Nick Rousseau (Woven): China mission for edible insects
As part of my work leading the Woven Network for insects in food and feed in the UK and my own international consultancy, Unconventional Connections, I have been paying particular interest in China recently. This has included a trip out, visiting three cities with a group of investors from the UK and meeting investors and […]
EntoCall: connecting the edible insects community
What is EntoCall all about? The whole project started out of a frustration at not being able to attend the entomophagy conferences in Europe. At EntoCall we connect members of the edible insect community on a global scale. On the last five editions of the Entocall we always had participants attending from at least 3 […]