Using insects as an alternative source of protein has increased in popularity over the years. While not for everyone, these ...

How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

Going to the grocery store these days can be a painful experience, with record-high price hikes biting into Canadian food ...

Eating insects is considered as disgusting or even primitive in Western societies but elsewhere, 2 billion people consume insects on a regularly basis. Now, according to a report released by the UN ...

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

Some foods are rather blunt about what is included while other foods hide it in the ingredients label. However, these are ...

Technologies such as molecular farming are at an early stage, while reverse food manufacturing and 3D ...

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization wants to be clear about its new report released today. “We are not saying that people should be eating bugs,” said Eva Muller, Director of FAO’s ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

In the midst of a food allergy epidemic, it is important to be aware of all of the possible allergens that people eat, knowingly or unknowingly. Even in the Western world, we each unwittingly eat ...