{"id":125714,"date":"2024-02-28T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/solving-food-waste-with-insects-and-the-circular-economy-of-insect-farming\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T06:00:25","slug":"solving-food-waste-with-insects-and-the-circular-economy-of-insect-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/solving-food-waste-with-insects-and-the-circular-economy-of-insect-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving Food Waste with Insects and the Circular Economy of Insect Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125714\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>In recent years, insect farming has emerged as a promising solution to tackle food waste and foster a circular economy, gaining momentum as a sustainable practice with diverse applications. Insects are nature\u2019s scavengers and contribute significantly to ecosystem health and functioning through their scavenging behaviours. Insects like black soldier flies and mealworms play a crucial role in this system by efficiently converting organic waste into protein-rich biomass, encompassing food scraps, agricultural residues, and even industrial by-products. By consuming these materials, insects divert organic waste from landfills, thereby curbing methane emissions and mitigating environmental pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to traditional livestock farming, insect farming boasts several advantages. It requires significantly less land, water, and feed inputs, while boasting a higher feed conversion efficiency. Additionally, insect farming generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions and produces less waste, making it a more environmentally sustainable option.<\/p>\n<p>Insects can be processed into various products, ranging from insect protein powder and insect-based oils to whole or ground insect products for human consumption. They also find application as feed for livestock, poultry, and aquaculture, thereby diversifying their utility within the food system. Furthermore, insect-based ingredients, such as cricket powder or mealworm powder, are rich sources of protein, vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds. These nutrients offer various health benefits, including muscle repair, immune support, and improved metabolic function, leading to the rising popularity of insect-based nutraceuticals.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/farmersreviewafrica.com\/solving-food-waste-with-insects-and-the-circular-economy-of-insect-farming\/\">Farmers Review Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/1-485\/\">Solving Food Waste with Insects and the Circular Economy of Insect Farming<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,1589,13572],"class_list":["post-125714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-food-waste","tag-insect-farming"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}