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Report on the edible insects market in Thailand
FAO has published an interesting report on edible insects farming, collection and marketing in Thailand. You can downoload the Report here (pdf format, english text).
Interview with Dr. T. Goumperis – EFSA
We made some questions to Dr. Tilemachos Goumperis -an expert of the Emerging Risks Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)- about the hypothetical risks related to the rearing and consumption of edible insects and his personal experience with Entomophagy. What are the real risks concerning food security arising from the production and […]
Interview with Romain Fessard, Insectescomestibles
Interview with Romain Fessard, Ceo at Insectescomestibles How did you first came in contact with the edible insects issue? It was 10 years ago. I was in Thailand for a trip. When I travel, I like to follow the old saying “When in Rome, do as Romans do” which means you have to try the […]
Treccani on edible insects
Treccani, the famous italian encyclopedia, hosts on its Magazine an interesting article on edible insects by Carlo Passera (text in italian).
Arnold Van Huis (FAO) talks about edible insects
Arnold Van Huis (FAO) talks about edible insects. Interview by Daniel Ambuhl – Skyfood.
Entomophagy: an evolving terminology in need of review
There is growing interest in insects as human food in academia, food and agricultural industries, public Institutions and the public at large. Yet many of the words and concepts used to describe these organisms and the human practices surrounding them are still rudimentary, compared to the diversity of the organisms themselves and the existing complexity […]
Interview with Dr. F. Gai, National Research Council
We interviewed Dr. Francesco Gai, researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA) at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) As for edible insects and entomophagy, can you tell us exactly on which studies and trials are based ISPA activities? Starting from 2012, in cooperation with many other colleagues coming from different […]
