Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.

A farmer holds a handful of locusts in Pakistan. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg Raising animals intensively for food is the biggest source of animal cruelty on the planet. It also happens to be a ...

For insect protein start-ups catering to humans rather than animals, combatting this reluctance is a major goal. “To lead them to diversify their daily protein consumption and truly make insects a ...

How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

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Having closed a funding round worth €1.9m, a group of entrepreneurs are working to boost the efficiency of insect protein production in Thailand and grow demand for their cricket flour snacks in ...

The world's largest insect farm - a high-tech facility that sprawls across 35,000 square meters and will produce 15,000 metric tons of protein from fly larvae each year - opened in April in Nesle, ...

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