Live From Wageningen 6
An event to promote edible insects
In the Master program I am following, which is Organic Agriculture & Agroecology (Wageningen University, NL), we have one course called “Masterclass Organic Agriculture”. In this course, we have to form a group and organize an entire evening class regarding one subject of our interest. What a good occasion to talk about insects! So, as […]
Crickerita: buying and rearing crickets
This week I decided to start the Crickerita project. Crickerita is the idea that my work group had during the lectures of the course “insects as food and feed”. First thing to do: buy the crickets! In Wageningen there is one large pet-shop that also sells various insects as feed for reptiles and birds, so […]
A buggy dinner
About a month ago, my study group for the course “insects as food and feed” won a contest organized by the course staff with the idea of “Crickerita”, a pizza with cricket powder in the dough. The prize was a ten euro voucher per person, to spend in supermarkets or various shops in Wageningen. After […]
A special lecture on edible insects
Wednesday 22nd of february I attended a special lecture on edible insects. It is a lecture composing an evening course organized by Wageningen University only once every two years: “Insects and Society” The course can be followed not only by the students of Wageningen, but also by external public. Is is infact, a way to […]
And the winner is…
We were in the last minutes of the lecture of the course “ Insects as food and feed”. The course, managed by the Prof. Joop van Loon (Lab. of Entomology), together with many professors and researchers from different departments (Entomology, Aquaculture, Animal Production Systems, Food Technology, Food Safety, Animal Nutrition) addresses insects as human food […]
Alberto Zamprogna joined our team at L’Entomofago
I make my bachelor in “Animal Productions and Wildlife Management” at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Torino (IT). During my studies the passion for entomology increases until I decide to spend my free credits on the course “ Fundamental and Applied Entomology” at the faculty of Agronomic Science. During my internship I worked in […]
