insect farming
How France became the unlikely home of the insect-farming industry
France is known for its love of meat. Could the growing insect industry help to reduce agricultural carbon emissions?
Insect farms are scaling up—and crossing the Atlantic—in a play for sustainable protein
Black soldier flies convert food waste into feed for pets, aquaculture, and livestock. But as agribusiness giants partner with European companies, concerns about high energy use hover over the fast-developing insect production industry.
Insect trash could be a farmer's treasure
Insect feces and exoskeletons can make agriculture more sustainable and produce less waste, scientists say.
For insect farming to work, scientists need to build a better bug
Faster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets.
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The cicadas are coming. Let’s eat them!
Why not embrace Brood X as the free-range, sustainable source of protein that it truly is?
www.biographic.com
Farming insects to save lemurs
An innovative approach to Madagascar's malnutrition crisis may be one of the best hopes for protecting the island nation's imperiled primates and the forests they call home.
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Could lab-grown insect meat be the future of food? These Tufts University researchers believe so
As livestock farming continues to raise complex questions about sustainability and climate change, some say the future of food is veggie burgers that “bleed” or lab-grown meat. But a group of researchers from Tufts University have proposed a different solution — if you get can get past the gross factor.
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