How do you feed 9 and half billion people without destroying the planet? According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, part of the answer lies with crickets, maggots, bees, and grasshoppers: ...

The world has a poop problem. A big one. By 2030, it will be a 3.7 billion-tonnes-a-year problem, and that’s just accounting for faeces produced by farmed animals. This, by any measure, is a lot of ...

More pet owners are feeding their companions insect-based foods to offset the large amount of carbon emissions produced by the meat industry. According to preliminary research, even when insects are ...

Insects are naturally eaten by many animals such as carnivorous fish, poultry and pigs. Insects are 50% to 82% protein and can be added to animal feed – with up to 40% insect content for fish feed and ...

Annapolis, MD; September 11, 2019--As the global food supply faces the dual challenge of climate change and a growing human population, innovative minds are turning to a novel source for potential ...

Insects are increasing used as a source of protein and other minerals for people, poultry and livestock. SPOKANE, Wash. — In a commercial kitchen near downtown, Joanna Newcomb delicately stirs a ...

Researchers in the Netherlands have come up with a new, more sustainable way to feed salmon that are grown in aquaculture environments: insects. Most of the salmon that consumers eat is raised in pens ...

LANGLEY, British Columbia (Reuters) - Layers of squirming black soldier fly larvae fill large aluminium bins stacked 10-high in a warehouse outside of Vancouver. They are feeding on stale bread, ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current ...