Edible Insects Breeding
Is insects breeding economically convenient?
Recent studies suggest that the request of animal food will increase by 70-80% until 2050 (FAO 2013). Moreover climate change will have a negative impact in agriculture, livestock breeding and fishing. All this will bring a growing competition for natural resources which will become more and more limited in the next years. So it’s necessary a […]
AFFIA has its (italian) President
A short talk with Massimo Reverberi (Bugsolutely), recently elected as AFFIA President You were recently elected as AFFIA President. What are your priorities? There is a lot of work to be done. It is a new industry, and there is the need for recognition from government agencies (FDA, customs, Health Departments, Governments). Standards like the […]
Three girls fighting malnutrition in Guatemala
Interview with Gabrielle Wimer, MealFlour cofounder There’s an interesting story behind every relation between a westener and edible insects. Tell us yours All three of us co-founders are adventurous eaters and have tried insects in different places: Gabrielle ate crickets when she visited Vietnam, Elizabeth first ate insects in Arizona where she tried a scorpion […]
IPIFF: a task-force dedicated to insects as Novel Food
Interview with Antoine Hubert, Ceo of Ynsect and IPIFF President Tell us shortly about the vision you had and how that vision led to Ynsect Ynsect is an innovative company which is specialized in farming insects on a large scale and converting them into different compounds. These compounds, which are mainly proteins and lipids meet […]
Bühler: producing and processing larvae in China
A short talk with Andreas Baumann (Expert Protein Value Chain), Bühler AG Recently you’ve started an insect pilot-plant in China, can you tell us more about? We set up the pilot plant with a partner, who grows fly larvae. We installed equipment for processing the fully grown larvae on an industrial scale. The aim is […]
Farming crickets in Canada
Interview to Jarrod Goldin, Co-founder of Entomo Farms Yours is a family business. What inspired you and made you start this very particular activity? My two brothers, Darren and Ryan, have been farming insects for the reptile trade for 10 years; I was a chiropractor with a big interest in health. I’ve also always wanted […]
