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Michela Bertola joined our team at L’Entomofago
“No sensible person is interested in the flies, and above all, not the girls.” – Fredrik Sjöberg (swedish writer, biologist and entomologist), Flugfällan (The Fly-Trap) Nya Doxa, 2004 My name is Michela Bertola , I am attending the last year of Veterinary Medicine and I like insects. So I think to be the exception to Sjöberg’s steatment. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Caterina Peri joined our team at L’Entomofago!
Hello everybody! My name is Caterina and I’m graduating at the University of Bologna with a thesis on entomophagy and breeding techniques of Galleria mellonella, better known as honey’s moth. My big dream in life is to farm edible insects for food-use. Why not to do something more normal? Because I strongly believe that entomophagy […]
Black Soldier Fly industry: more enthusiasm than scientific know-how?
Interview with Dr. Terry Green, founder of DipTerra Can you tell us how did you get interested in edible insects? At different times as a scientist and businessman I have bumped up against very surprising discoveries with regard to insects and the remarkable traits and behaviors that they display. About 10 years ago while researching […]
