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Scorpions and grasshoppers can now be found on the menus of top-notch French restaurants, which are making it cool to eat insects. Insects are a good source of protein and relatively easy to harvest, top chefs told BBC.
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Authors: Zhou, Fen; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Zheng, Longyu; Yu, Ziniu; Zhang, Jibin
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 50, Number 6, November 2013 , pp. 1224-1230(7)
Publisher: Entomological Society of America
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A European Union funded project PROteINSECT aims to change our views about using flies as a source of protein feed for pigs and poultry, but also for human consumption, which is prohibited in Europe.
& "A young French company Ynsect, has also identified a cheap, nourishing and locally sourced alternative to soybeans as a vital source of protein in animal feed. Black soldier flies, common housefly larvae, silkworms and yellow mealworms were named as among the most promising species for industrial feed output in a report earlier this year by the FAO, the United Nations food agency. According to the FAO, protein such as meat meal, fishmeal and soymeal make up 60 to 70% of the price of feed."
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Great video
Ento-Protein
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Biotech projects spurring the country’s bioeconomy are a game-changer for Malaysia to become a high-income developed nation.
"Entofood Sdn Bhd CEO Franck Ducharne assures that insects are the solution to the pressing food problem globally.
“We today have a permanent food crisis due to global warming and natural disasters affecting the production, supply and cost of food,” he explains.
“With more than seven billion people in the world, we already have difficulty providing food for everybody and we have a forecast of another two billion mouths to feed by 2016.”
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EU – The EU-funded project PROteINSECT co-ordinated in the UK by FERA (The Food and Environment Research Agency) with partners in China and Africa as well as mainland Europe is working to drive changes to current legislation.
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ImpactIQ.org — Within a few years, most of the fish we eat will be farmed, not caught.
Alternative sources of proteins, from insects to microbes, can substitute for fish meal.
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A European Union (EU)-funded project aims to change Europeans’ reserve about using flies as a source of protein feed for pigs and poultry, but also for human consumption, which is not currently allowed in Europe.
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by
Christopher Münke and Paul Vantomme
FAO Forestry Department,
Forest Economic, Policy and Products Division (FOE), Non Wood Forestry Division, Edible Insect Programme
Email: christopher.muenke@fao.org
Website: http://www.fao.org/forestry/edibleinsects/en/
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