French insect farming company Ÿnsect was recently placed into judicial liquidation for insolvency, despite raising over $600 ...

Did you know your lipstick might be made from beetles? Or that some cat food may soon be made from flies? All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other ...

Insect farming startup Ynsect has secured more funding as it expands globally and looks to prioritize higher-value food for pets and humans. The French company closed a €160 million, or $175 million, ...

What is the life of a cricket worth? Besides being big business, insect farms also provide important sources of protein and income for rural households. They can be established cheaply, with little ...

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) Global food production accounts for one-third of all greenhouse-gas emissions, according ...

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In a warehouse not far from Paris, 60 million black soldier flies give birth to larvae that are scalded, ground up and used to feed salmon and shrimp. The place doesn’t smell great. Innovafeed SAS is ...

Evolving views on food are challenging traditional diets — and not just for humans. Innovative dining options are also being added to the menus of our pets. Startups have proposed numerous new ways to ...

The Government has invested millions of taxpayer cash in a French company to build a massive insect farm in Tunisia.

Zimbabwean farmer Brighton Zambezi rears chicken at his backyard farm in Harare's Sunningdale. (Photo by Farai Shawn Matiashe) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The schools face up to $30 million in cuts to staff and programs in the upcoming ...