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 […]
Italbugs: the first Panettone in the world with silkworms flour
When: December, 12/2015 at 10:00 a.m. Where: Willy Wonka Cooking Lab Who: Italbugs “Food Before Christmas” What: the first Panettone in the world made with silkworms flour Nov 30, 2015Entomofago
L’Entomofago on Facebook
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International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed
IPIFF is the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed. The goal of IPIFF is to help the insect industry prosper in Europe and worldwide, which means that: – The European insect industry will be composed of a collaborative network of local partner companies that will share sustainability as a common value and promote […]
The Insect CookBook
In The Insect Cookbook, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part of our future diet. They provide consumers and chefs with the essential facts about insects for culinary use, with recipes simple enough to make at home yet boasting the […]
Two children and the idea of eating insects
We live in the countryside, where relationship with insects is very close and children experience it daily through direct observation and contact. But we live in a place where culinary tradition is very strong (as everywhere in Italy) and survives through the presence of the elderly -especially-grandmothers- in families living under the same roof. I […]
Interview with Marco Ceriani, CEO and founder of Italbugs
Interview with Marco Ceriani, founder and CEO of Italbugs and author of the book “Si fa presto a dire insetto“. How and when did you first come in contact with the idea of insects as food and alternative source of proteins? In Thailand in 2008. I was in Bangkok as head of nutrition of the […]
