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Oils from insects: the research in Wageningen
The world of entomophagy isn’t just business, but research and development as well. And the main “shrine” of this research surely is the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands: here worked the main authors of the renowned dossier from FAO, where the ONU agency recommended the adoption of entomophagy to European and North American countries, and […]
Insects are not food for the poor
When we talk about food it’s not just about survival, but also about justice, social equity, distribution, and use of the planetary resources. A planet that belongs to none of us and to everyone at the same time. But once again it seems that this “everyone” is not homogeneous, that there are at least two […]
Giacomo Nieri joined our team at L’Entomofago
My name is Giacomo Nieri, I have a Master’s Degree in Food Management and today I will start my collaboration with “L’Entomofago”, dealing with China. My passion for edible insects started when I was reading books on Chinese medicine several years ago, then I really got into Entomophagy. Actually, China has 20% of the globe’s […]
The new Insects Cookbook from Essento
The German edible insect cookbook “Grillen, Heuschrecken & Co.” published with AT Verlag, combines roughly 50 recipes with essays of renowned experts in the field, such as Paul Vantomme (FAO), Jürgen Dollase, Hanni Rützler, Dominik Flammer, Patrick Zbinden and Jürg Grunder. Besides the forty recipes created by Essento Chef Adrian Kessler, the book gives also […]
Grimiam: from a non-profit association into a business structure
Interview with Jürgen Vogel, President of Grimiam Tell us shortly about Grimiam and its activities This interview comes at the time of an important “metamorphose” for our association. We will move from a non-profit association into a business structure. After years of successful advocacy, the swiss law will endorse finally three insects as food for human […]