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Workshop on Edible Insect: second edition
The second edition of the Edible Insect Workshop, by Wageningen University.
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 […]
Edible insects: greenhouse gases production
Greenhouse gas (GHG) production, as a cause of climate change, is considered as one of the biggest problems society is currently facing. The livestock sector is one of the large contributors of anthropogenic GHG emissions. Also, large amounts of ammonia (NH3), leading to soil nitrification and acidification, are produced by livestock. Therefore other sources of […]
Paul Vantomme speaks about edible insects
Paul Vantomme, FAO Edible Insects Project coordinator, talks about the history and the future of entomophagy as alternative source of proteins. Interview by Daniel Ambuhl – Skyfood.
