Art meets science in the Agricultura exhibition in Malmö, Sweden. Here you can see artworks, installations and talk to the artists. It is focused on food and agriculture (in new ways) and will run until 27th of August. We have been in discussion with one of the artists Erik Sanner about insects as a future food source for the development of his installation. See about the exhibition here
A master thesis on the market formation for edible insects
This is a master thesis by two students at Stockholm school of economics, Sweden who have focused their work on the market formation of insects as a new food source in Sweden. We participated with information and discussions about the biology of insects and our current work. The work “What’s bugging Sweden? A qualitative study on the market formation for edible insects in Sweden” is in english. Norell & Runnö 170607.pdf
Student work comparing insects and soy as food source
A part of our work is communicating with students that are on different levels in school. Many young people are interested in insects as a potential food source and have lots of interesting questions and ideas. Its great to see their energy and drive! This report is from 6 students at Globala Gymnasiet (a highschool) in Stockholm, Sweden that that did a study where they compared insects and soy as human food. The work is based on literature, interviews and questionnaires, is in Swedish with an english abstract. GyA- Framtidens proteinkÀlla Ylva Palmgren Na14a.pdf
New co-worker!
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.
Our PhD student
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!
Our project on swedish television!
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.
The edible insect seminar & workshop
We will attend this seminar in Holland in the beginning of June http://www.insectcentre.com/en/edible-insect-seminar-workshop, focused on rearing and business if insect rearing
New group member starting in June – welcome Helena!
We welcome Helena Johansson our new insect rearing hands-on capacity, great to have you with us!
Examensarbete kopplat till projektet!
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!
2 abstracts accepted
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