![[Ynsect in Nature] Marubeni hopes Japan will snap up bug-based fish feed](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/nikkei-asia-1.png)
TOKYO — Are insects the answer to the Japanese fish farming industry’s worries about soaring food costs? Trading house Marubeni is on a quest to find out. The Japanese company has signed a basic agreement with Ynsect, a French startup that operates insect farms raising nutrient-rich mealworm larvae, to develop feed suited to fish commonly farmed in Japan like sea bream and yellowtail. Read more...
Read More![[Ynsect in Nature] How France became the unlikely home of the insect-farming industry](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/nature.jpg)
The country is known for its love of meat. Could the growing insect industry help to reduce agricultural carbon emissions? Read more...
Read More![[Ynsect on CNBC] Improving food distribution and insects as protein substitutes](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CNBC-1.jpg)
In a CNBC panel on food security, IFAD President Alvaro Lario and Ÿnsect CFO Isabelle Toledano-Koutsouris share alternative means to secure global food security. Bain Global Practice Head, Sustainability & Responsibility, Jenny Davis-Peccoud and Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development Chair H.E. Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi also join the panel. Watch the video...
Read More![[Ynsect in Study Finds] UAE President honours 10 winners of $3 million Zayed Sustainability Prize](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gulf-news.jpg)
Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented awards to the 10 winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize today. Read more...
Read More![[Ynsect in Study Finds] Beetleburgers could soon reach mass production — helping to feed the world](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Study-Finds.jpg)
PARIS — Beetleburgers could soon be helping to feed the world, according to new research. The creepy crawlers’ larvae — better known as mealworms — could act as a meat alternative to alleviate hunger worldwide. The process uses a fraction of the land and water and emits a smaller carbon footprint in comparison of traditional farming. Read more...
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