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The plastic-eating worms
Consider the plastic foam cup. Every year, Americans throw away 2.5 billion of them. And yet, that waste is just a fraction of the 33 million tons of plastic Americans discard every year. Less than 10 percent of that total gets recycled, and the remainder presents challenges ranging from water contamination to animal poisoning. Enter […]
The role of edible insects in Mars colonization
Interview with the bioMars Team Tell us about the Epic Challenge Program. Epic Challenge is a learning program that was first developed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA. The main idea of the program is to help students to develop their scientific understanding and skills by coming up with creative […]
The future of edible insects in the petfood industry
Interview with Dr. Ken Tudor, veterinary and pet nutrition expert Three reasons to feed our pets with edible insects-based products? First is the increased world consumption of protein. Added to this is the worldwide increased desire to feed pets the same protein that their human owners are also eating. This dramatically puts international supply/demand pressure on […]
Allergies to edible insects? There’s nothing to fear
Interview with Prof. Cristoforo Incorvaia, Allergology specialist at the Centro Specialistico G. Pini/CTO of Milan Products made from edible insects have recently appeared on the market; which could be the consumers’ risks related to a potential allergic reaction? Obviously the problem is quite complex because there are many types of edible insects. We can divide […]
Meeting “Edible insects: technical-scientific and regulatory aspects”
When: February, 5 – 2016 Where: Brescia, Auditorium Angelo Pecorelli Organized by: Fondazione Iniziative Zooprofilattiche e Zootecniche di Brescia With: Paul Vantomme (FAO), Goumperis Tilemachos (EFSA), Arnold Van Huis (Università di Wageninghen), Francesco Defilippo (Ist. Zooprofiltattico della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna)
Insects rearing: interview with Prof. N. Leppla
Interview with Dr. Norman Leppla, professor at Entomology and Nematology Department of the University of Florida, insects rearing expert What are the difficulties to face when rearing insects in laboratory? Recongition of insect rearing as a profession. The next generation of leaders in the field. More scientists conducting research on rearing insects. High quality publications, […]
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).
