Entomophagy 564
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 […]
Entomophagy: fighting disgust with education (media cooperation needed)
Interview with David Gracer, English teacher, writer and naturalist in Providence, RI. He teaches at the Community College of Rhode Island and has contributed to the Entomophagy movement What amount of psychological work is needed to change our food habits? This question and the next one present several problems. The field of entomophagy has seen […]
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 […]
