Read About It

Reading Materials

Edible Insects and Human Evolution by Julie Lesnik. Published by University Press of Florida, 2018

Abstracts from the Second International Conference “Insects to Feed the World” in Wuhan, China, May 15-18, 2018. Download the full report, which was published as a supplement in the Journal of Insects for Food and Feed, here.

Edible Insects in Sustainable Food Systems
Editors: A. Halloran, R. Flore, P. Vantomme, N. Roos. Published by Springer, 2018

Insects as food and feed: from production to consumption
Editors: Arnold van Huis and Jeffery K. Tomberlin Published by Wageningen Academic, 2017

Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients, 1st Edition Edited by Aaron T. Dossey, Juan Morales-Ramos and M. Guadalupe Rojas. Published by Academic Press, 2016

Abstracts from the First International Conference “Insects to Feed the World” in Ede, Wageningen, The Netherlands, May 14-17, 2014.
Download the full report including abstracts here.

The Insect Cookbook
Food for a Sustainable Planet
by Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke.
Published by Columbia University Press, 2014

The Insect Cookbook
Food for a Sustainable Planet
by Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke.
Published by Columbia University Press, 2014

The Insect Cookbook
Food for a Sustainable Planet
by Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke.
Published by Columbia University Press, 2014

The Insect Cookbook
Food for a Sustainable Planet
by Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke.
Published by Columbia University Press, 2014

Seminars, Classes and Events

Biology 196: Edible Insects Seminar

Tufts University offered a course in Edible Insects in the Spring of 2019. See what they covered using this syllabus.

Biology 196: Edible Insects Seminar by Dr. Sarah Lewis of Tufts University

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Webinar/Seminar on Insects as feed – a sustainable solution for animal nutrition?

WEBINAR/SEMINAR: Insects as feed – a sustainable solution for animal nutrition?

Insects are increasingly being introduced in food systems, either directly or through animal nutrition. This seminar/webinar provides the opportunity to learn more about insect production processes and use, the implication for sustainability, feed/food security, feed/food safety, animal health and welfare, and containment of antimicrobial resistance.