Interviews 241
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
3D printing for edible insects-based snacks: an italian research (in Wageningen)
Interview with Domenico Azzollini, PhD candidate at the University of Foggia and currently guest PhD at the University of Wageningen What is your university education? I had an international education, since I had several times the chance to study abroad while remaining tied to the Italian Universitiy. In fact, I initially obtained a Master Degree […]
Florian Nock: from EntoMove project to Livin Farms team
Interview with Florian Nock, Communication Manager at Livin Farms Let’s know about your passion for edible insects… I have this inside me, literally… This passion about edible insects is the connexion of all the things that makes who I am and what I believe, past, present and future: The effect of a healthy diet on […]