Abstract

In its current form, food production adds pressure to climate change, biodiversity loss, antibiotic resistance, the emergence of zoonotic diseases, and other threats to human health. An alternative towards a more sustainable food system is the use of insects to replace vertebrate animal products. Insects are nutritious, can be fed crop residue, and their by-product—frass—can be used as organic fertilizer. In this essay I discuss and outline challenges and opportunities for scaling up insect farming.

Keywords

sustainable food systems; circular food systems; insect production; frass; organic fertilizer

Published in

Introductory research essay (Department of Ecology, SLU)
2022,
Publisher: Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

SLU Authors

• Capitán, Sara

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Food Science


Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/119067