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AgriProtein: 17,5 mln dollars injected in the insects-feed industry
A short talk with Jason Drew, AgriProtein founder AgriProtein has just received a 17.5 mln dollars financing. What’s this funding for? This is to roll out support centers to help our clients, build an additional wholly-owned site and to expand and improve the engineering and capacity at our existing site. You’re planning to expand in […]
“An insect in the plate” available in the bookshops
As entomophagy popularizer, I feel encouraged when I’m in front of two equally-stimulated and willing-to-repropose persons as I am. You got it right: re-propose, because human entomophagy it’s just forgotten, but had lived in the same places in which we’re living now. Entomophagy as “knowledge” able to translate flavors of the past, as man/nature balance, […]
Insects as human food: the african case
24/11/2016: The first event of the project “Insects as human food, tradition, present and future”, organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies (ISA) of the University of Bologna. During the conference, insects-made snacks will be presented and the consumers will be asked to answer some questions for a survey on their attitude regarding this novel […]
EFSA’s guidance for Novel Food applications
Following the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods, the European Commission requested EFSA to update and develop scientific and technical guidance for the preparation and presentation of applications for authorization of novel foods. This guidance presents a common format for the organization of the information to be presented in […]
L’Entomofago: a year online!
It was November 2015 when L’Entomofago published its first article. Only twelve months, but we met so many people full of ideas, creativity and determination, we have seen the industry of edible insects evolving in every sense, our team has grown, many exciting things have happened and we are working on many other for the new year. So, […]
A bug in the plate: the new book from Entonote
“I have a bug in the plate!” For many this statement is disgusting, others are indifferent, but it makes the mouth water for almost 2 billion people. Through a journey into the world of edible insects we discover how they have been part of the human diet from ancient times to today. In which countries? How […]
