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We are proud to announce that the Achmea Foundation supports the Flying Food project by a donation and a loan as well as with an in-kind contribution on risk assessment. The focus of the support is rearing in Kenya. Training and support of starting farmers is realized and a microfinancing system will be set-up. Furthermore,…

Within the Flying Food project, cricket rearing is set up in Kenya and Uganda. For successful rearing, conditions have to be just right. Temperature, housing, feed, egg laying and many other parameters have to be optimized for local conditions. To investigate the rearing parameters under local conditions and speed up the rearing process, Uganda Martyrs…

Flying Food is attracting more and more attention. This March a reporter from the Dutch public radio interviewed several partners and farmers rearing crickets in Akado and Kabondo (both Kenya). On 3rd and 4th of May part of these interviews will be broadcasted in the programme ‘De Ochtend’ (‘The Morning’) on channel NPO Radio 1.…

At the beginning of March, a workshop was organised in Kisumu to enhance the legislation and policy in the use of insect as food and feed. Monica Ayieko of JOOUST was part of the organising committee. In the two day conference, many aspects of the legislation were discussed. Both Monica and Erwin , Beckers (TNO)…

As Flying Food is an innovative project measuring the results of our activities and sharing data with all partners is key to learn and further develop the project. Project staff in Kenya and Uganda makes use of tablets to collect data and images from farmers who manage a cricket knowledge center and to submit it…

Within the Flying Food Project, not only rearing but also sales of crickets and cricket deriverd products is very important. Elske Janssens, student at HAS University and supervised by Wendy van der Klein from BoPInc looked into the question whether local consumers will accept food products with this new protein source and in what form. From December…