insects

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to reduce food waste, farm insects

Can we use insects to convert food waste into animal feed?

Posted: March 13 2017
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how to feed 9 billion in 2050? eat insects

Scientists have suggested eating of insects as a way to address food shortage and improve nutrition. Many edible species of crickets, grasshoppers, caterpillars and termites are highly nutritious, according to scientists from the Lake Victoria region of Kenya. There are over 2,000 insect species being consumed by more than two billion people globally today. "We […]

Posted: March 5 2016
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eating insects for dinner could save the world

  Rachael Young has been getting a lot of attention for her culinary explorations. But the founder of the pro-entomophagy organization Eat Yummy Bugs is, more than anything, a conservationist. "It informs everything I do," she says. Much of what Young does these days is spread the word that not only are insects delicious, but […]

Posted: October 2 2014