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blog Fluker Farms Announces Classroom Contest WinnersApril 6, 2013 Fluker Farms, America’s top breeder of live crickets, reptile feeder insects, and reptile supplies is pleased to announce the 10 lucky winners of their 2013 Classroom Contest. Thousands of entries were submitted by both students and teachers in grades Kindergarten through K-12 for a chance to win a Reptile setup and free feeder insects from Fluker Farms for an entire year. David Fluker and the entire staff at Fluker Farms wish to congratulate the following classroom winners*: Triston Houch; School: Merritt Brown Middle School Grade: 8; Teacher: Christopher Wimmer Stacy Harkins; School: River Oaks Academy Grades: 9 – 12; Teacher: Self Jennifer Munoz; School: Carmel Del Mar Elementary Grade: 6; Teacher: Self Jacahri; School: Wesley Academy Grade: 3; Teacher: Kristine Ciesiulka Michael Parker; School: Jones Senior High School Grade: 10; Teacher: BJ Lewis DJ Ceizyk; School: Wilson K-8 Grade: 6; Teacher: Mrs. Kimberly Roy; School: Lura A White

La FAO recommande de manger des insectes - environnement Photo ci-dessus Des lézards, scorpions et insectes à déguster dans une rue commerçante de Pékin, le 17 janvier 2012. [Mark Ralston / AFP/Archives] "Mangez des insectes": afin de renforcer la sécurité alimentaire, la FAO a lancé lundi un programme pour encourager l'élevage à grande échelle des insectes, élément nutritionnel peu cher, écologique et de surcroît... Deux milliards d'êtres humains, dans les cultures traditionnelles, en consomment déjà, mais le potentiel de consommation est bien plus vaste , juge l'agence l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture. "Notre message est : mangez des insectes, les insectes sont en abondance, ils sont une source riche en protéines et en minéraux ", a plaidé Eva Ursula Müller, directrice du département des politiques économiques des forêts, en présentant ce rapport à Rome. Selon leurs calculs, quelque 900 espèces d'insectes sont comestibles. Nutrition et écologie Une pratique courante dans certains pays

Energy-efficient food production to reduce global warming and ecodegradation: The use of edible insects Centre for Pollution Control & Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University, Chinakalapet, Puducherry 605 014, India Received 14 April 2011, Accepted 21 July 2011, Available online 14 October 2011 Choose an option to locate/access this article: Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Check access doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.115 Get rights and content Abstract As the global population continues to rise, and attempts to increase arable land area come in sharp conflict with the necessity to retain forests on one hand and pressures of urbanization on the other, the wave of global food shortage that has hit the world recently is likely to hit us again and again. The increasing pressure on land is making meat production from macro-livestock less sustainable than ever before. The present review brings home the fact that one of the possible ways to get around this problem is to extend the practice of entomophagy – use of insects as human food. Keywords

les insectes pour prévenir les famines Criquet pèlerin (Niger). Crédit : Christiaan Kooyman Manger des insectes pour prévenir les famines - 4 Photos Parmi les conclusions d'une récente conférence de l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), qui réunissait une trentaine de scientifiques de 15 pays à Chiang Mai (Thaïlande) figure... la pertinence de l’utilisation des insectes comme ressource alimentaire. D'ailleurs, font remarquer les scientifiques, ceux-ci font déjà partie intégrante de l’ordinaire de nombreuses populations, et ce depuis des millénaires. Selon l’entomologiste néerlandais Arnold van Huis, seuls les préjugés occidentaux écartent les insectes de l’aide humanitaire. « Les Occidentaux doivent vraiment changer, clame-t-il. Bouchées d’insectes. De fait, l’entomophagie – ou la consommation des insectes à des fins alimentaires – est très répandue dans le monde. Combien avez-vous mangé d'insectes cette semaine ? Selon le biologiste allemand V.B. Des insectes au menu ? Sur le même sujet

Když ochutnáte červa, pak sníte cokoli, říká 'hmyzí' kuchař Petr Ocknecht | Dobrá chuť Lidovky.cz: Kdo nejvíce chodí na degustační akce? Máte o tom přehled? Nejvíce se o hmyz zajímají lidé, kteří cestují. V Klubu cestovatelů v Brně, což je odnož pražské restaurace, jsem měl během půl roku pátou přednášku s ochutnávkou a pokaždé přišlo 50 až 60 lidí. V Brně je největší zájem, přijíždějí i lidé z Prahy. Jenže Praha je v tomto jaksi začarovaná. Lidovky.cz: Myslíte si, že Pražáci jsou v jídle konzervativnější? Lidovky.cz: Přistupují lidé ke všem druhům hmyzu stejně? Lidovky.cz: A jak se cvrček připravuje? Lidovky.cz: Jak vymýšlíte recepty? Lidovky.cz: Kde kupujete hmyz? Lidovky.cz: Od loňska pracujete jako cukrář v brněnské restauraci..Jenom hmyz by mě neuživil a tak musím dělat cukráře. Lidovky.cz: Jak často pořádáte degustační akce? Lidovky.cz: Takže hmyz si můžete i správně vykrmit?

entomologie en Thaïlande Hmyz na talíři - Entomofágie Autoři: Ing. Marie Borkovcová, Ph.D., Ing. Martina Bednářová, Ing. Vladimír Fišer, Petr Ocknecht Ilustrace: Lenka Novotná Fota: Jindřich Pachta První vydání: Nakladatelství LYNX Kuchařka jakou jste ještě nečetli, plná dobrot, psaná s humorem a vtipem, s barevnou přílohou pokrmů, ilustrovaná kreslenými vtipy. Pojem entomofágie se od přelomu století rozšířil do povědomí mnoha lidí, zájem o recepty a konzumaci hmyzu neustále roste a přání potenciálních konzumentů hmyzu vyústilo v sepsání předkládané kuchařky. Najdete v ní odpovědi na otázky proč jíme, trochu teorie o tom, jak pracuje lidské tělo, povídání o hmyzu, provedeme vás cestou kolem světa za 80 kilokalorií, dozvíte se, jak připravovat hmyz k vaření a mnoho zajímavých a chutných vyzkoušených receptů. Líbí se vám recepty a hmyz zatím neradi? Vítejte ve světě, kde entomofágie je věda, umění i zábava. Celý autorský kolektiv přeje pěkné počtení a dobrou chuť. Cena 252 Kč, formát 155 x 210, 136 stran, brožovaná vazba V2 s laminováním

l'entomo-phagie pour bientôt - vu sur Arte Global Mag "Moins chers que la viande, mais presque aussi riches en protéines, les insectes pourraient bientôt se trouver dans nos assiettes. Au Laos, ils sont très faciles à trouver pendant la saison des pluies, la FAO recommande leur consommation face à la malnutrition endémique. Aux Pays-Bas, on se penche aussi sur cette alternative au bétail, qui consomme et pollue trop. Même le pâtissier de la reine, Robert van Beckhoven, s’y est intéressé…Que va devenir la vache des polders ?" Voir les liens associés: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Les insectes sont nombreux à l’état naturel. Et en France ? bein je suis en train de me renseigner... ---> ---> c'est encore interdit d'en manger apparement (et on peut le combrendre)... Remarque: Aux vues de ce manque législatif française je suis tombé sur l'aventure de trois jeunes diplômés d'une école de commerce ... iseg et pas isseg... chapeau les gars, il faut que le net fasse parler de vous ... cela fera avancer les choses

Entomofagie Než Vám předložím několik originálních receptů, které jsou převzaty z knihy Creeply Crawly Cruisin od Juliet Ramos-Elorduy. Recepty, které jsem sám odzkoušel a případně vymyslel, jsou ke konci stránky. Několik zásadních pravidel: 1.) Jestliže budete chtít hmyz získat svépomocí, sbírejte ho v prostředí bez chemického hnojení (určitě ne na českém poli!) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) Tady je několik originálních, převážně mexických receptů, které jsem vybral tak, aby se dali připravit ze surovin dostupných i u nás. Předkrmy: KOKTEJL ACACHAPOLI (ze sarančat) 250g sarančí, šťáva ze 2 citronů, sůl, pepř, 1 lžička krájených čili papriček Saranče uvařte v osolené vodě. JEZINKY NA GRILU (Jezinky mají tučné larvy, stejným způsobem se jedí i larvy bource - u nás podle mého dostupnější) 250g housenek bource (sušených), vymačkaná citronová šťáva, čili papričky, paprika sůl Housenky ogrilujte na středním až silném ohni, pak pokapejte citronem, posypejte čili papričkami, paprikou a osolte. Hlavní jídla: Zákusky:

Roasted crickets and toasted ants – coming to you courtesy of EU research millions According to one study, small grasshoppers offer 20 per cent protein and just six per cent fat, to lean ground beef's 24 per cent protein and 18 per cent fat. Crickets are also said to be high in calcium, termites rich in iron, and a helping of giant silkworm moth larvae apparently provides all the daily copper and riboflavin requirements. There are even claims that bees boost the libido. Insects emit less greenhouse gases than cattle and require less feed, supposedly making them environmentally-friendly. The European Commission is offering the money to the research institute with the best proposal for investigating "Insects as novel sources of proteins". It has asked for research into quality and safety, including potential allergic reactions and the precise sort of proteins consumed. Professor Marcel Dicke, leading a team at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, which is applying for the research grant, said: "By 2020, you will be buying insects in supermarkets.

Eating Bugs!! Manataka™ American Indian Council Presents By Aletheia Price Also Read: Buggy Recipes Indian Use of Insects for Food Edible insects; you may feel that these two words do not even belong in the same sentence. Your insect consumption adds up. There are a number of points that I would like to make: Some insects are edible. O.k., I admit the slight possibility of disadvantages... Is there a better name than insect eating? Other Random Entomophagy Factoids In case you need a little more persuasion: There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. Compare this with ground beef, which, although it contains more protein (23.5 g.), also has 288.2 calories and a whopping 21.2 grams of fat! Catching insects in the wild, unless you're fortunate enough to live in a rural area, is a laborious and potentially dangerous task. Buying insects is the easiest way to get edible insects, but it is also the most expensive (ain't it always the way?). Mealworm Chocolate Chip Cookies

Grub's up: can insects feed the world? From the high windows of a warehouse in southern Spain a shaft of light falls on the white-gloved hand of insect farmer Laetitia Giroud. She is holding a large cricket, which sits perfectly still above the plastic box that is home to hundreds of its relatives. They're chirping to each other, giving the industrial unit a gently bucolic air. Nearby are another 30 or so boxes, filled with mealworms, black soldier flies and grasshoppers. "They have a great life," says Giroud, smiling at the elegantly poised insect. "They just eat and make love, eat and make love." Paris-born Giroud unabashedly romanticises her charges, cooing over how "beautiful" the mealworms are and how they smell like honey. While the world has been fascinated by Mark Post and his team's €250,000 attempt to make a stem cell burger at Maastricht University, there are many experts who think insects are a more likely protein source for a hungry world. The FSA appears to think "Yo!

Insects on a Global Food Agenda In 2013, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a report proposing edible insects as a viable alternative for food and feed security both in developed and developing countries. The idea of eating insects may be a challenging idea for many. Nutritionally, insects can be good source of protein, minerals, vitamins, fatty acids and fiber, especially in relation to conventional livestock. Many public and private sectors across the globe are harnessing these opportunities. As human food, insects present versatile applications; insects can be processed into a range of items such as energy bars, meat substitutes, and enriched flours. In many developing countries where insects already have a respected place in the local market, entomophagy presents many opportunities.

UK consumers willing to try eating insects if marketed well, Canadean | Australian Food News August 4, 2014 Sophie Langley UK consumers willing to try eating insects if marketed well, Canadean Insects are being touted as the healthy, sustainable food source of the future, but will consumers willingly dine on bugs? Global market research organisation Canadean asked 2000 UK consumers and found that marketing will be crucial in convincing consumers. EU and FAO push for edible insects Insects are predicted by many to be the superfood of tomorrow and are already popular in fine dining or as a novelty among more adventurous consumers. But will they be able to move beyond a foodie fad and be embraced by the average consumer? With 40 tonnes of insects for every human on earth, Canadean said insects were “an abundant, sustainable food source that is rich in protein, iron and calcium and low in fat and cholesterol”. However, they may prove a hard sell among more squeamish consumers. Marketing will be key in convincing consumers A major obstacle to insect eating is palatability.

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