Livin Farms on Kickstarter
Livin Farms is on Kickstarter withe the project “Desktop hive for edible insects”. It’s possibile to make a preorder directly from their website. Nov 11, 2015Entomofago
EFSA’s Scientific Opinion on the risks of edible insects as food and feed
Interest is growing in the potential benefits of using insects in food and animal feed, but what would be the risks from production, processing and consumption of this alternative source of protein? EFSA has addressed this question with a risk profile that identifies the potential biological and chemical hazards as well as allergenicity and […]
Interview: Dr. Giovanni Sogari
Giovanni Sogari, after attending the Graduate School for the Food System – Agrisystem at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Piacenza, is currently a research at the Food Science Department of the University of Parma. Passionate and curious about entomophagy, specialist in food communication and consumers’ behavioral dynamics, it deals with international projects in […]
L’Entomofago: a new voice
There is a whole universe we are still basically unaware of. A part of this is all around us, bigger in numbers and varieties on this planet, it lives in our homes and gardens. But we ignore it, it desgusts us, we study all kinds of products to keep it away from us. But insects […]
FAO Edible Insects Stakeholder Directory
FAO has produced a very useful tool for promotion, information and possibility of cross-contact among subjects involved in edible insects industry. It’s a directory that contains references to those involved at various levels -private, institutional, academic, non-governmental, communication- in entomophagy world, in breeding insects or producing insects for livestock feeding. Very intuitive to use, you […]
