Interviews 241
Bugsolutely: Pasta with cricket flour
We interviewed Massimo Reverberi, founder of Bugsolutely Did you decide to become an entrepreneur in the field of edible insects when you were in Thailand? Or did you come up with this idea in Italy and then you moved for other reasons? It’s something I’ve decided to do in Thailand. The idea arose long before, […]
Insects rearing: interview with Prof. N. Leppla
Interview with Dr. Norman Leppla, professor at Entomology and Nematology Department of the University of Florida, insects rearing expert What are the difficulties to face when rearing insects in laboratory? Recongition of insect rearing as a profession. The next generation of leaders in the field. More scientists conducting research on rearing insects. High quality publications, […]
Interview with Dr. T. Goumperis – EFSA
We made some questions to Dr. Tilemachos Goumperis -an expert of the Emerging Risks Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)- about the hypothetical risks related to the rearing and consumption of edible insects and his personal experience with Entomophagy. What are the real risks concerning food security arising from the production and […]
Interview with Romain Fessard, Insectescomestibles
Interview with Romain Fessard, Ceo at Insectescomestibles How did you first came in contact with the edible insects issue? It was 10 years ago. I was in Thailand for a trip. When I travel, I like to follow the old saying “When in Rome, do as Romans do” which means you have to try the […]
Interview with Dr. F. Gai, National Research Council
We interviewed Dr. Francesco Gai, researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA) at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) As for edible insects and entomophagy, can you tell us exactly on which studies and trials are based ISPA activities? Starting from 2012, in cooperation with many other colleagues coming from different […]
Edible insects in Tokyo
Interview with Tomohito Nakayama, Administrator of the Entomophagy Facebook Group. How were you involved in edible insects world? It was due to my curiosity: I found informations about entomophagy communities on the web and I decided to join one of them. What is the relation between japenese people and insects? Some love insects and others […]
InBioProFeed Project: insects bioconversion of organic waste
We interviewed Prof. Gianluca Tettamanti, associate Professor in the department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences at the University of Insubria, and project manager InBioProFeed for bioconversion of vegetable waste by insects. Can you explain what’s the project InBioProFeed exactly? The project examines the feasibility of raising the black soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens) on vegetable waste […]
