Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other livestock combined. Each year, ...

How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

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 ...

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, ...

A corn-fed insect could provide North Dakota’s next value-added ag product. An investment firm is developing a plan to bring an insect farm to North Dakota, with protein-rich larvae supplying the ...

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 ...

Going to the grocery store these days can be a painful experience, with record-high price hikes biting into Canadian food ...

A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial insects that play a critical role in pollination and wider ecosystems. New ...

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 ...