Insects are a healthy and sustainable source of protein. It’s time foodies appreciated them too.
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Without insects the food chain would diminish and we would have very little fruit and vegetables to eat.
Protein is a shrinking part of the diets of humans and animals. The deficiency is spreading rapidly across the world, but is particularly pronounced in Africa, even though many sources of protein can be…
Edible insects are great alternatives to conventional sources of meat as they’re cheap, plentiful and excellent sources of protein and fat, as well as vitamins and minerals. In many countries, eating insects…
In the early 1980s, I was a member of a team of nutritionists who analysed bush food samples sent by “The Bush Tucker Man” (Major Les Hiddins) from northern Australia to the Defence Nutrition laboratory…
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Senior Lecturer in Insect Diversity, Stellenbosch University
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Head of Technology Transfer Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ICIPE, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
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Professor, School of BioSciences and Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, Andong National University
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Principal Scientist and Head of the Plant Health Theme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
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Tropical agronomist and manager, Research Center for Biodiversity Management, University d'Abomey-Calavi de Bénin
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Research Associate, Community Ecology, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Sociology of Consumption, Wageningen University
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Retired nutritionist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
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Associate Professor of Entomology, National Taiwan University
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Assistant Professor in Sustainable Innovation, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Entomology in the Department of Crop Science and Post-Harvest Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University