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The Future of Food Conference
Amsterdam 3-4 May 2023 The conference is held in-person and the discussion is entirely off-the-record. This is to promote open, candid debate that drives genuine progress in these complex and critical issues. Some key agenda highlights include: – Supply chain resilience and food security: What does leadership look like in practice for food and drinks […]
Entotrust: insects you can trust
Interview with Mauro Bianchi co-founder of Entotrust Tell us briefly the idea behind Entotrust It all started with our founders, international citizens and sustainability activists. They realized that transparency on food origin, quality and environmental care are must. Who is valuing conscious producers? There was a need for an independent organization to promote good practices. […]
IPIFF Conference 2021
“Maximising the contribution of alternative sources of proteins towards sustainable food systems: opportunities and challenges at European level” is the title of 2021 IPIFF Conference. After several online events due to the Covid pandemic, IPIFF (the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed) is pleased to invite you to its upcoming annual conference. The […]
Plastic-eating insects
Interview with Nathalie Berenzina, Norbite founder Hi Nathalie, tell us how and when your interest in edible insects began Hi Lorenzo, after my PhD I started to work in the industrial biotechnology field, mainly focused on the production of bioplastics. After few years within the field, I got the conviction that we were using microorganisms […]
Efsa: green light for mealworms
Today is a great day! Efsa released the first positive opinion on the safety of mealworms as human food. Read the full text here: Efsa opinion on Yellow Mealworms
Insects to fight mycotoxins
If we want to describe our condition on Earth, we can say that we are “fugitives” who, as a result of the enormous population growth, no longer know where to flee – Danilo Mainardi This is the warning found on the last pages of “L’etologia caso per caso”, in which the author Danilo Mainardi compares […]