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    Comments About Insect Rearing Infrastructure

    ByAllen November 26, 2016November 26, 2016

    I am currently writing a paper on infrastructure of insect rearing.  On this WeRearInsects.com site, I have already begun some of my discussion about rearing infrastructure and what our rearing profession needs to improve infrastructure. One of the prominent examples of large scale and HIGHLY successful insect rearing is to be found in the various…

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    Reliability of Online Information: Questions of Trust and Critical Thinking

    ByAllen November 25, 2016

    I have mentioned elsewhere on this site, that the purpose of the website, WeRearInsects.com, is to advance insect rearing through raising awareness of all rearing issues.  I have strived for the past 4 decades to contribute to science and entomology by doing research and teaching in insect rearing, and besides my writing books and book…

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    Basic and Applied Science in Insect Rearing: Part I on Screwworms

    ByAllen November 6, 2016

    One of the most heralded programs in entomology, possibly in science as a whole is the sterile insect technique (SIT) for suppressing or eradicating screwworms.  I present here a little background on the connection between insect rearing and application of SIT.  I start with a quotation from E. F. Knipling, who had long been a…

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    Insects as Human Food Part V: The Role of Mass-Rearing

    ByAllen October 16, 2016

    So far, I have discussed several aspects of feasibility and practicality of using insects as a significant source of human food.  I have cited several documents that treat this topic, some with optimism, others with reserve, and I have expressed an overall reserve about the prospects.  I had expressed my opinion that the cultural objections…

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    Insect Rearing vs. Insect Farming: Part I

    ByAllen October 5, 2016

    I           I have been trying to make useful distinctions between insect farming and insect rearing.  The differences that I suggest are that while farming is lower input and less controlled than rearing, rearing can usefully be distinguished with the incorporation of artificial diet.  While silkworms have been farmed for nearly…

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    Who’s Who in Rearing: Part I

    ByAllen October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

    Please note: these pages on who’s who in rearing are thematically related to the pages that I have been posting on eating insects.  I have taken a slight turn here to work into this website some background on the variety of people and programs where insect rearing is central.         http://www.tammachat.com/  …

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    Why process control is valuable in rearing

    ByAllen September 30, 2016

    Insect rearing is a process.  However large or small the rearing system is, the principles of process control can be made applicable.  As a result of controlling the rearing process, we have a more reliable, economic, and practical system.  The outcome of process control measures is almost certainly an improved product, which in this case…

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    Eating Insects Part IV: Insect Farming: Alchemy vs. Science

    ByAllen September 23, 2016September 24, 2016

    In the past several blog pages that I posted, I discussed issues that are of broad interest rearing using insects as human food.  The following paragraph presents the major issues, and so far, I have discussed 1) through 3).  In this blog I will treat item 4). Throughout this page, I am using the expression…

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    Eating Insects Part III: Gathered or harvested insects vs. farmed insects

    ByAllen September 19, 2016September 24, 2016

    In previous posts, I have discussed Questions 1) and 2) with the answers that 1) I think that getting people to eat insects will not be an insurmountable barrier and 2) there are specific concerns that must be addressed to assure people that the insects that they are eating are of proven (vetted) food value…

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    Eating Insects: Part II

    ByAllen September 10, 2016

    Sub-Title: Insects as food for humans: the role of insect rearing Part II     In the previous blog page on this topic, I gave an overview of the potential for using insects as human food to make a significant impact on the goal of meeting the growing need for food for a population of…

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