Together with The Insect Institue, we have recently written several critical reviews of insect farming in terms of economic, environmental, consumer acceptability and waste recycling aspects.
Although we are not providing new data with these articles, we are compiling data from both the academic and industrial worlds to provide a critical view, which is still fairly rare. TII have 6 papers under review or accepted with minor or major revision.
All six preprints are now up and publicly available.
I think we’ll wait until we’ve had at least one or two papers published before making the big announcement, which shouldn’t be too long. I’ll discuss it with the people at TII who will make the decision (I contributed to 5 of those 6 papers, but I’m not affiliated to TII).
Is this separate from Insect Institute? The title of the post made me think that Insect Institute was rebranding to Arthropoda Foundation.
Thanks for the question! This is a fully separate and unaffiliated group that only works on scientific research on insect welfare.
The Insect Institute, to my knowledge, doesn’t do any scientific research, nor fund it.
Together with The Insect Institue, we have recently written several critical reviews of insect farming in terms of economic, environmental, consumer acceptability and waste recycling aspects.
Although we are not providing new data with these articles, we are compiling data from both the academic and industrial worlds to provide a critical view, which is still fairly rare. TII have 6 papers under review or accepted with minor or major revision.
All six preprints are now up and publicly available.
Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review : https://doi.org/10.32942/X2W60R
Beyond the buzz: A review of the prospects of replacing meat consumption with insect-based foods : https://doi.org/10.32942/X2RG89
Is turning food waste into insect feed an uphill climb? A review of persistent challenges : https://doi.org/10.32942/X2NG8C
Insect-based livestock feeds are unlikely to become economically viable in the near future : https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/fdbwg
Bugs in the system: The logic of insect farming research is flawed by unfounded assumptions : https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/7nmzj
Offshoring insect farms may jeopardise Europe’s food sovereignty : https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6wq4f
Should this comment be a top-level Forum post?
I think we’ll wait until we’ve had at least one or two papers published before making the big announcement, which shouldn’t be too long. I’ll discuss it with the people at TII who will make the decision (I contributed to 5 of those 6 papers, but I’m not affiliated to TII).