Edible Insects Breeding
Ethical issues in the edible insects industry
Interview with Dr. Mickey Gjerris, Associated Professor in Bioethics at Copenhagen University Can you tell us how did you get interested in the edible insects issues? I have been working on issues within animal ethics for many years. When I saw the reports coming out on the possibility to turn insects into a mass provider […]
Nick Rousseau (Woven): China mission for edible insects
As part of my work leading the Woven Network for insects in food and feed in the UK and my own international consultancy, Unconventional Connections, I have been paying particular interest in China recently. This has included a trip out, visiting three cities with a group of investors from the UK and meeting investors and […]
Caterina Peri joined our team at L’Entomofago!
Hello everybody! My name is Caterina and I’m graduating at the University of Bologna with a thesis on entomophagy and breeding techniques of Galleria mellonella, better known as honey’s moth. My big dream in life is to farm edible insects for food-use. Why not to do something more normal? Because I strongly believe that entomophagy […]
Black Soldier Fly industry: more enthusiasm than scientific know-how?
Interview with Dr. Terry Green, founder of DipTerra Can you tell us how did you get interested in edible insects? At different times as a scientist and businessman I have bumped up against very surprising discoveries with regard to insects and the remarkable traits and behaviors that they display. About 10 years ago while researching […]
Florian Nock: from EntoMove project to Livin Farms team
Interview with Florian Nock, Communication Manager at Livin Farms Let’s know about your passion for edible insects… I have this inside me, literally… This passion about edible insects is the connexion of all the things that makes who I am and what I believe, past, present and future: The effect of a healthy diet on […]
There is a huge potential global market for insect protein
Interview Dr. Elaine Fitches, researcher at Durham University and ProteInsect Project co-ordinator Very shortly: what’s ProteInsect Project? PROteINSECT is a European funded project investigating the potential use of fly larvae grown on organic wastes as a source of protein for incorporation into animal feed and as a means of reducing waste volumes. I can see […]
