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 […]
Entosense: an App dedicated to entomophagy
Entosense is the App dedicated to entomophagy. You can downaload from ITunes or GooglePlay. Dec 7, 2015Entomofago
Eating Insects Conference – Detroit, May 2016
On May 26-28, 2016, Detroit will be hosting a three-day, international, interdisciplinary conference on the topic of insects as food and feed. This will be the first conference dedicated solely to edible insects to be held in the U.S.! Info and reservations: www.eatinginsectsdetroit.org Dec 6, 2015Entomofago
Workshop on Edible Insect: second edition
The second edition of the Edible Insect Workshop, by Wageningen University. Dec 5, 2015Entomofago
Ferm-ento nel settore degli insetti commestibili
Dec 3, 2015Lorenzo Pezzato
Crickets are not a free lunch
It has been suggested that the ecological impact of crickets as a source of dietary protein is less than conventional forms of livestock due to their comparatively efficient feed conversion and ability to consume organic side-streams. This study measured the biomass output and feed conversion ratios of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) reared on diets that […]
