Sammendrag
The growing global population and awareness of the unsustainability of livestock production have led consumers,
companies, organizations, and governments to consider entomophagy (eating insects) as a more sustainable
option. Minilivestock offers advantages over traditional livestock production: with greater diversity, higher
nutritional levels, higher energy efficiency, higher reproductive rates, lower environmental footprint, and lower
costs. This article aims to demonstrate how the successful implementation of entomophagy in the West can
positively contribute to the bioeconomy. The article does this by exploring entomophagy, presenting novel
research on entrepreneurs in insect farming, and introducing food waste as a free, plentiful, and sustainable feed
resource for insect farms. Although none of the insect farms included in this research showed any links between
insect farms and food waste reduction, this is expected to change as the industry matures.
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