FoodNavigator

Better Origin’s AI-powered insect mini-farms are localising the food chain for protein sustainability and security

Ag-tech start-up Better Origin wants to fix the broken food chain through its AI-powered insect ‘mini-farms’. The group has just completed a Series A funding round. FoodNavigator catches up with CEO ...
Diginomica

Earth Day 2023 - tackling food sustainability through greening the supply chain and AI-enabled insect farms

Although 2.3 billion people around the world experience moderate or severe food insecurity, around 40% of all food produced globally goes to waste, according to a study conducted by the World Wildlife ...
NPR

Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds

Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline, with climate change as a likely culprit. That's the finding of new research from the University of North ...
FoodNavigator

‘It has the potential to improve sustainability across the supply chain’: UK mulls regulatory changes to allow insects to eat your food waste

Food companies can potentially cut their volumes of waste up to 75% using insect bioconversion, whilst at the same time creating valuable new revenue streams, FoodNavigator hears. Regulatory change is ...
Nanowerk

Nanoplastics can move up the food chain from plants to insects and from insects to fish

(Nanowerk News) A new study (Nano Today, "Quantifying the trophic transfer of sub-micron plastics in an assembled food chain") from the University of Eastern Finland shows that lettuce can take up ...