Edible Insects
Goterra: insects feed made in Australia
Interview with Olympia Yarger, Goterra founder Tell us a little about you and your project Goterra Goterra is an insect farm-feed company based in Canberra Australia. We are developing commercial Black Soldier Fly farming practices. What are the products you are working on? Currently we’re focusing on artificial lighting and have developed a prototype lighting […]
Food allergies are growing in the West
Interview with Antonio De Gennaro, founder of FoodAllergeni Tell us about your background and the activities of FoodAllergeni I am an entrepreneur, graduated in Communication at the University La Sapienza of Rome. I worked for several years with a known communications company as a trainer for retail. In the last three years I worked as […]
A sensory analysis for edible insects
An edible insects sensory analysis (in italian) for Insetticommestibili.it made by Sensorytrip:
Alberto Zamprogna joined our team at L’Entomofago
I make my bachelor in “Animal Productions and Wildlife Management” at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Torino (IT). During my studies the passion for entomology increases until I decide to spend my free credits on the course “ Fundamental and Applied Entomology” at the faculty of Agronomic Science. During my internship I worked in […]
The FAO book on edible insects translated in italian
The FAO book “Edible insects – Future prospects for food and feed security” is finally available also in italian. The volume is the great result of the efforts by Prof. Laura Gasco and a group of other scientists, with the support of Chirotti Editore. The book is now for sale (€ 36).
Legal status of edible insects in western countries
Entomophagy is a new phenomenon in the West, and as a result, rarely regulated. Public institutions such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), customs and health agencies that oversee the health of people often find themselves helpless in the face of new products based on processed insects. From a geographical point of view, there […]
