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Promoting edible insects in Japan
Interview with Shoichi Uchiyama, founder of Insect Cuisine How did you get interested in edible insects issues? I was born in Nagano Prefecture, where entomophagy is popular even now. When I was a child, insects were used to cook. In autumn, rice grasshopper is a very popular seasonal food for us. I have not had […]
A special lecture on edible insects
Wednesday 22nd of february I attended a special lecture on edible insects. It is a lecture composing an evening course organized by Wageningen University only once every two years: “Insects and Society” The course can be followed not only by the students of Wageningen, but also by external public. Is is infact, a way to […]
LagunaLab: insects in an integrated farming system
Interview with Alberto Franco, founder of LagunaLab Tell us about LagunaLab and how you got involved in the edible insects world LagunaLab is a project from Cimi S.r.l., a company born in order to rear freshwater shrimps (astropotamobius pallipes). After 2014 all the production died because of the arrive of the Louisiana Red Shrimp (Procambarus […]
Master Bug: muffin with crickets and white choco
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Future Proteins Summit
Concern over future food and nutritional security is rapidly rising on the global agenda amidst studies showing crop yields are far from increasing at the rates needed to meet projected demands for 2050. It is estimated 60% more food will be required by mid-century to feed a projected 9.6 or so billion people, assuming a […]
