Christine Picard’s search for a better bug to feed the world starts with dead bodies. Well, not the corpses themselves, but the blow flies, flesh flies, and other squirmy, wriggly things that wing ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But just as we are starting to understand insect senses, something is shifting in the ...

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 ...

An agricultural startup in France wants to leverage insect-based protein to tackle food waste and strengthen the food chain, but not in the way you might expect, according to The Washington Post. A ...

But the past decade has shown that even if you build an insect farm, the global market may not come. Of the 20 or so largest insect farming startups, almost a quarter have gone belly up in recent ...

Farmers in western France are doubling down on an unusual crop: breeding millions of tiny predatory bugs and wasps to protect tomato plants without resorting to the insecticides that consumers are ...

A team of students from McGill University had the idea that if you improved insect based meals in the developing world, you can improve nutrition. The Clinton Global Initiative awarded the group of ...

Ÿnsect, the startup building the world’s most high-tech bug colony, has added $224 million in equity and debt to an already impressive $148 million cash haul as it looks to commercialize its business.

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 ...

Millions of predatory macrolophus keep tomatoes free from pests — and pesticides – Copyright DAWEI WATCH/AFP/File Handout Farmers in western France are doubling ...