On a sprawling site an hour north of Paris in the French city of Amiens, a new vertical farm now under construction won’t be growing lettuce or vegetables. Instead, it will soon begin raising hundreds ...

Insect farming startup Ynsect has secured more funding as it expands globally and looks to prioritize higher-value food for pets and humans. The French company closed a €160 million, or $175 million, ...

Zimbabwean farmer Brighton Zambezi rears chicken at his backyard farm in Harare's Sunningdale. (Photo by Farai Shawn Matiashe) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But just as we are starting to understand insect senses, something is shifting in the ...

French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the “Late Show” during Super Bowl weekend 2021. Now, nearly four years later, the insect ...

Evolving views on food are challenging traditional diets — and not just for humans. Innovative dining options are also being added to the menus of our pets. Startups have proposed numerous new ways to ...

Antoine Hubert, CEO and co-founder of Ynsect. (To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) Global food production accounts for ...

In a warehouse not far from Paris, 60 million black soldier flies give birth to larvae that are scalded, ground up and used to feed salmon and shrimp. The place doesn’t smell great. Innovafeed SAS is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover women social entrepreneurs, peace builders and change agents. When in 2017, Mante Sidlauskaite, founded her ...

World Bank report shows benefits for Africa and countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence in terms of nutrition, environment, jobs, and hard currency reserves WASHINGTON, December 8, ...

When Francine Mashimango fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with her nine children in 2018, she never imagined that a few years later, she would be supporting her family by ...

Lincy Osore farm manager at Bugslife demonstrates how to collect Grillus bimaculatus crickets eggs to agro - tourist at Bugslife farm in Machakos County. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] When Eric Shem ...