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Tag Archives: microlivestock
Insects as Nutrition
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Mealworm Stir-fry Insects can be appreciated and investigated from many points of view. Interest in insects as a future food source is high because human population increases will require more production and new…
Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, food waste, insect, livestock, microlivestock, waste
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Why not feed insects to other livestock?
Here in Britain, our Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) coordinates PROteINSECT. This is about farming insects (entomoculture) as a source of protein for animal feed. FERA is part of our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). I’m … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture
Tagged aquaculture, arthropod, bird, black soldier fly, chicken, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, egg, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Environment Research Agency, food safety, food waste, housefly, insect, International Livestock Research Institute, invertebrate, larva, law, livestock, manure, meat, microlivestock, milk, poultry, research, technology, vertebrate, waste, welfare
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Why not eat insects?
Marcel Dicke asks us in this entertaining lecture, Why not eat insects? Good question. In fact, as he says, we’re already eating insects and we’re going to have to eat more of them. The posh word for eating insects is … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, food, knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, conservation, development, entomoculture, entomophagy, food, food safety, food security, foraging, hunting, insect, knowledge, microlivestock, research, sustainable, wild food
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Insects as Haute Cuisine
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Mealworm Stir-fry The BBC has an article about insect cuisine in upscale French Restaurants. Chef Elie Daviron specializes in insect snacks arranged for appealing combinations of textures tastes and colors. His high end…
Posted in food, knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, entomoculture, entomophagy, farm, feed, food, insect, livestock, microlivestock
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Living With Imported Pollinators
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Bumblebee Pollinating a Flower Honey bees are under stress in many areas and growers are evaluating alternatives to honey bee pollination. Bumblebees are a potential alternative and the worldwide trade in bumblebees for…
Posted in ecology, miniculture
Tagged alien species, arthropod, bumblebee, ecosystem, entomoculture, hymenopteran, insect, invasive species, microlivestock, parasite, pathogen, pollination, research, trade, vector
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In the United States, new pesticide labels will better protect bees and other pollinators
This week the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced ‘new pesticide labels that prohibit use of some neonicotinoid pesticide products where bees are present.’ You can see the new label design here. These new labels are supposed to stop people … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arthropod, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, conservation, dinotefuran, disease, entomoculture, farmer, gardener, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, microlivestock, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, thiamethoxam, wild bee, wild pollinator
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Living With Micro-livestock Production
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Feeding the future human population will require protein sources beyond traditional livestock. Insects, aka micro-livestock, are an edible source of protein that may augment future diets. Industrial farming has mechanized much of the…
Posted in knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, biological control, dipteran, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, fertiliser, food, insect, knowledge, microlivestock, pollination, research, soldier fly, technology
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Farmers and scientists learn from one another’s diverse knowledge
Climates are changing. Populations are growing. There are no simple solutions. Emile Frison and Jacob van Etten at Climate Change Policy and Practice say that it’s essential for farmers and scientists to learn from one another’s diverse knowledge. I like … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, miniculture, money and trade, weather and climate
Tagged biodiversity, climate, crop, crop diversity, crop variety, development, education, farmer, food, fungus, history, human, knowledge, livestock, local variety, microlivestock, neglected crop, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, research, scientist
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