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Insetti commestibili: il caso Italia
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Edible insects: source of Vitamin D
Interview with Dr. Dennis Oonincx, researcher at the Animal Nutrition Group of the Wageningen University Our usual first question: how did you get interested in insects? I started keeping reptiles when I was a ten year old and hence came into contact with insects used as feed. In the years that followed I started to […]
Podcast: automation in insects farming
Another great podcast from EntoNation! The Crickeman interviewied the co-founders of Ovipost, Trina Chiasson and James Ricci, who are working on cutting edge automation in insect farming plus a whole lot more. Check this out
Edible insects as food in Africa
Interview with Dr. Segenet Kelemu, General Director and CEO of the International Centre of Insects Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Give us a brief panoramic on what you do at ICIPE Icipe was established in 1970, with the mission to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the […]
Report from Wuhan Conference
If you’re interested in the insects as feed and food industry, you must be aware that from the 15 to 18 of May 2018 was held the 2nd world’s conference on edible insects. The conference “Insects to feed the world 2” took place in Wuhan, China. It was the continuation of the conference which took […]
Submitted Novel Food Applications
Probably you’re wondering who has already submitted an application for the novel food authorization. Well, you can satisfy your curiosity visiting the EU “Summary of ongoing applications and notifications” site section. At the moment you can find three submission regarding edible insects: 1 from ProtiFarm (Lesser mealworms) and 2 for Micronutris (Tenebrio molitor and Gryllodes […]
Edible insects in South Italy
How many times have we heard about the differences between North and South Italy? The gap between the north and the south of Italy it is such an ancient question that has been going on since the time of the Unification of the country in 1861. Many aspects differ between these two regions: history, geography, […]
