Essento 6
The Coop case
Recently you had a delay in the distribution of your products in the Coop supermarkets across Switzerland. Can you better explain the reason? With the opening of the Swiss market all actors (breeders, local and foreign authorities, processors like us and supermarkets) entered in an unknown territory. When pioneering, things can go a bit differently […]
Essento: how partnering with Coop
A short talk with Christian Bartsch, Essento founder You’re partnering with the giant of supermarkets Coop, that starting from March will sell your ento-products on its shelves in Switzerland. I think many are wondering: how did you do it? Working with a big partner requires a lot of patience and good work. Important for us […]
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 […]
EntoCall: connecting the edible insects community
What is EntoCall all about? The whole project started out of a frustration at not being able to attend the entomophagy conferences in Europe. At EntoCall we connect members of the edible insect community on a global scale. On the last five editions of the Entocall we always had participants attending from at least 3 […]