A research blog at SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Nu har Merko Vaga börjat arbetet som Post Doc i projektet! Merko skall i första hand arbeta med de studier som rör utfodring, vattenbehov och uppfödningssystemet.
Post Doc Merko Vaga has now joined the project! Merko will work mainly with the studies on feeding, water requirements and housing of the crickets.
Phalla, our PhD student has been here for two months now and we are about to submit a new manuscript about field crickets as a nutrient source!
Phalla, vÄr doktorand frÄn Kambodja har varit hÀr i tvÄ mÄnader nu och vi bland annat arbetat med ett manuskript om fÀltsyrsans nÀringsvÀrde!
Se inslag om vÄra projekt pÄ SVTs Vetenskapens vÀrld!
https://www.svtplay.se/video/13621147/vetenskapens-varld/vetenskapens-varld-sasong-26-vad-ar-bra-mat
Swedish television reported about our projects recently. Unfortunately the program can only be seen from Sweden.
VeterinÀrstudent Gabriella HÄkansson arbetar just nu med sitt examensarbete som handlar om fÀltsyrsors nÀringsinnehÄll och om det skiljer om man skalar dem eller inte. PreliminÀra resultaten ser spÀnnande ut och vi fÄr sÀkert all anledning att Äterkomma!
Den hÀr veckan har vi fÄtt besked om att vi fÄtt tvÄ abstrakt accepterade till den största djuruppfödningskonferensen i Europa (EAAP, i Estland 2017). Rubrikerna Àr:
1) Amino acid contents of field crickets fed chicken feed, cassava tops and a weed and
2) Growth of reared Cambodian field crickets (Teleogryllus testaceus) fed weeds, agricultural and food industry by-products
This week we have got 2 abstracts accepted for the biggest European conference on animal production (EAAP, in Estonia 2017). The abstracts are entitled:
1) Amino acid contents of field crickets fed chicken feed, cassava tops and a weed and
2) Growth of reared Cambodian field crickets (Teleogryllus testaceus) fed weeds, agricultural and food industry by-products
The time is now due for the Post Doc application.  We  will announce our new co-worker within a short time!
Come join our team đ
16 november 2016
à sa Berggren talks about the project on the radioprogramme P1 morning (in swedish).
11 november 2016
Anna Jansson talks to the Swedish cattle farmers association (meat producers) about insects as food in general and also about our project, at their annual meeting (this time in Visby on the island of Gotland).
6 oktober 2016
The project is getting attention from media! Anna Jansson is interviewed in Swedish television (Vetenskapsstudion).
http://www.svtplay.se/video/10574093/vetenskapsstudion/vetenskapsstudion-sasong-1-avsnitt-2 (in swedish)