The Ento Podcast

23/10/2024

Here's what's on for English October Half Term at The Bug Farm this week.

St Davids

21/10/2024

Great work guys

20/10/2024

It is a great honor to announce that I’ve been selected as a 2024 Thoreau Planetary Solutions Fellow at Cornell University. The Thoreau program at Cornell recognizes visionary leaders working at the intersection of business and the environment, while training undergraduate students as catalysts for change in the green workforce.

As a guest lecturer in the Cornell Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, I pondered what would be the best subject for me to share with the students. Instead of lecturing on my work with edible insects or insect agriculture (something that is already covered quite extensively in the media), or even share my founder story (a lecture I’ve given at numerous colleges), I wanted to challenge myself and think of an entirely new lecture that could potentially inspire the students to discover meaningful exploration, find their purpose, have conviction, work fearlessly, and dream the impossible.

I look forward to sharing my new lecture, “Conquering Fear,” at Cornell tomorrow.

In addition, we’re continuing our third semester of work with Dyson Grand Challenges to provide experiential learning opportunities for undergraduates to apply their business skills to the most pressing societal challenges of our time using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework.

The program seeks to build awareness among students of the broader impacts of business on society and, through the process of public engagement, to strengthen their leadership and professional skills. Our goal is to have every student complete a community-engaged learning business experience where the goals and impacts of a hands-on project are critically assessed for their opportunity to build a better world.

A very special thanks to my incredible colleagues at Cornell - Adam Brumberg, Trent Preszler, Lisa Ge**er, and Sarah Wolfolds.

15/10/2024

Could this be you?

01/07/2024

Worth a trip if you are in the area

We had a visit last week from the lovely Laurie Stevenson, who is putting on this fabulous insect-based tasting menu at the Dyfi Wildlife Centre, Cors Dyfi Reserve & Observatory on July 5th. It looks like a really great event!

12/06/2024

We’ve been very fortunate to receive a lot of media around our work with cicadas and edible insects, but this one on ’s is particularly special for us as it is “A Podcast for Curious Kids”! We love reaching the younger audience, and particularly loved hearing from our younger friends about hearing this episode recently. Please enjoy!

https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/but-why-a-podcast-for-curious-kids/2024-06-07/do-people-eat-bugs

12/06/2024

What should we do with insect poo?
What’s a mealworm’s favourite meal?
How do crickets stay warm in a British winter?

No, these are not jokes.

In fact, they are just some of the serious questions considered at UKEIA's first Farmed Insect Protein Research Workshop back in February 2024. Funded by the Food Safety Research Network, we hosted 44 entomologically-minded guests from academia, research, retail, hospitality and farming sectors alongside the Institute for Sustainable Food at University Sheffield and Northumbria University to discuss all things insect.

01/06/2024

Could be a great opportunity for someone here.

26/05/2024

**EVENT** Pre-Concert Talk: Dr Sarah Beynon & Emma Johnson & The Orchestra of the Environment.

Join Dr Sarah Beynon at Twr-y-Felin Hotel as she gives a talk on her project to bring the locally extinct marsh fritillary butterfly back to St Davids, for which a retiring collection will be taken at the night's concert. Following this, join Emma Johnson in conversation with Simon Pearce about her life in music and her ‘Tree of Life’ composition, written to convey her thoughts about the ongoing Climate Crisis. Admission includes a soft drink and a Welsh cake.

Location: Twr Y Felin Hotel
Date: 28th June
Time: 4:45pm
Admission: Over 18s £5, under 18s free
Booking: https://stdavidscathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173655338

For more info on the project, see: https://www.thebugfarm.co.uk/research-farm/common-connections/

St Davids Cathedral Festival

Illustration: Nikki Pontin

06/05/2024

A South Australian winery is turning the tables on wine tastings by pairing gourmet crunchy critters with cabernet to celebrate its focus on sustainability.

26/04/2024

Calling all Pembrokeshire secondary schools - sign up to send student reps along to our Schools for Species Pembrokeshire conference. We are partnering with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to bring you this activity filled day where your students will learn about our wonderful native Welsh species and stand together to support nature. Book your free spaces through [email protected]

It's open to any year groups in secondary school.

The aim of the day is to empower students to stand together for nature. It will give them the resources, knowledge and hopefully the motivation they need to support our native Welsh species in their schools and local communities. They will come away having had a fun, educational day and knowing what to do next in order to be a voice for nature.

25/04/2024

** New Issue **

Two research articles, two review articles, and much, much more, in the latest issue of the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed (Vol. 10, No. 5). Out now! brill.ws/JIFF10-5

Table of Contents
Research articles
Conversion of mycotoxin-contaminated maize by black soldier fly larvae into feed and fertilizer
M. Gold, K. Niermans, F. Jooste, L. Stanford, F. Uwamahoro, M. Wanja, T. Veldkamp, A. Sanderson, V. Dos Santos Nunes, A. Mathys, H.J. van der Fels-Klerx, E.F. Hoek-van den Hil, and K. Nishimwe

( ) Safety of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae reared on waste streams of animal and vegetal origin and manure
E.F. Hoek-van den Hil, N.P. Meijer, K. Van Rozen, H. Elissen, P.G. van Wikselaar, H. Brust, N.A.J.M. Te Loeke, T. de Rijk, M. Tienstra, M.G.M. van de Schans, J. Wanrooij, R. Van der Weide, T. Veldkamp, and H.J. van der Fels-Klerx

Nursery diet exclusion during the development of Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in restaurant food waste
S.M. dos Santos, F.G. da Silva, H.R. Bavosa, I.P. Martins, J.C.S. Nascimento, P.G. Lemes, W.C.L. Nogueira, and D.V. da Costa

Ability of black soldier fly larvae to bioaccumulate tocopherols from different substrates and measurement of larval tocopherol bioavailability in vitro
L. Morand-Laffargue, D. Vairo, C. Halimi, E. Chiarello, B. Creton, D. Sabatier, and P. Borel

Dietary replacement of soybean meal with black soldier fly larvae meal improves growth and disease resistance in juvenile Pangasius bocourti
S. Fatima, A. Afzal, K. Aziz, and C.G. Carter

Heritability of fat accumulation in the house fly and its implication for the selection of nutritionally tailored phenotypes
F. Boatta, J.A.H. Smit, M.A.W.M. Lautenschutz, E.D. Ellen, and J. Ellers

( ) Heat stress has immediate and persistent effects on immunity and development of Tenebrio molitor
P. Herren, H. Hesketh, A.M. Dunn, and N.V. Meyling

Cross-breeding of Tenebrio molitor strains from a large-scale perspective
C. Adamaki-Sotiraki, D. Deruytter, C.I. Rumbos, and C.G. Athanassiou

Review articles
( ) Scarabaeidae as human food – A comprehensive review
S.A. Siddiqui, K.A. Ampofo, E.K. Dery, A.M. Eddy-Doh, R. Castro-Muñoz, M. Pushpalatha, and I. Fernando

( ) Positioning earthworms in the future foods debate: a systematic review of earthworm nutritional composition in comparison to edible insects
E. Sonntag, A. Vidal, D. Grimm, G. Rahmann, J.W. van Groenigen, H. van Zanten, and A. Parodi

Optimization models for sustainable insect production chains
N. Mouhrim, D.A. Peguero, A. Green, B. Silva, A. Bhatia, D. Ristic, A. Tonda, A. Mathys, and S. Smetana

Short Communication
( ) Evaluating the ability of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) to grow when feeding on tomato leaves (Solanum lycopersicum) versus wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum)
W. Yakti, E. Widjaja, N. Förster, I. Mewis, and C. Ulrichs

05/04/2024

Enjoying a cricket beer in

12/02/2024

The new Grub Kitchen main menu is live, all ready for re-opening tomorrow for the 2024 season. Specials and kids menu coming tomorrow (in time for lunch service at 12 🙂). St Davids Visit Pembrokeshire IVisit Wales

07/01/2024

Beautiful magazine featuring Joseph Yoon. Order your copy here https://seismamag.com/store/447082l5pj391ahy9pyvj3azg1no3b