I was honored to take part in a very interesting Black Soldier Fly Expert Panel Discussion as part of the Ento Nation podcasts series. I will not write any further details so I would give you the chance to hear all about it via the link below ☺️ I promise, it will be super fun to …
Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ), one of Germany’s leading newspapers wrote an article on ZEF and my research on the black soldier fly. After grabbing a copy of the newspaper from the supermarket next door, I had a quick through the piece. The article’s author, the German journalist Dr. Jan Grossrath wrote, that he had seen some …
Colombia is a case in point for investigating environmental conflicts related to different development models in the global south. New president endangering peace agreement in Colombia? The conservative candidate and favorite of Alvaro Uribe, Iván Duque Marqués was elected for president on 17th of June. During the election campaign he announced in accordance with his …
Little did I know when I decided to work with Black Soldier Flies that they will take me on this breathtaking journey. Seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official presidential palace and even more seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official …
I am back again with an update and a new link this time 😃 You will not only read about my research but rather get to hear my voice talking all about our research with the Black Soldier Flies. I was the Ento Nation’s podcast guest this week and I enjoyed conversing with the Cricket Man. …
The 11th „Science Night“ of the University of Bonn took place at the Münsterplatz and the Central Building of the University of Bonn. Tailored to the common topic “Cycles”, there were exhibitions, presentations and performances by universities and research institutes of the local area “Bonn-Rhein Sieg”. The event that takes places every other year offers …
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland We did experience a long harsh winter this year, but at the end, spring did not skipp us and it did arrive in a full swing. The arrival of spring means being able to walk around our beautiful 200 years old university campus …
by Jochen Duerr
The question of how to best put science into practice is not new but still subject of public and experts’ debate. In reality it is not that easy to accomplish. An amazingly successful approach to put theory into practice was taken by ZEF’s NutriHAF project, a German-Ethiopian participatory research and capacity building project. It is …
March 2018. Team members of the project “Implementation of food security criteria within biomass sustainability standards” (FSS I Project) with its partners ZEF, Welthungerhilfe and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) traveled together with the consulting firm “Meo Carbon Solutions” to Malaysia. Aim of the trip was to learn how food security aspects can be addressed …
University of Cambridge researcher Charlotte LR Payne wrote an article for the independent on edible insects & food security with an accompanying supplementary list on blogs related to edible insects including my ZEF blog section 🙋🏽♀️☺ Here is a link to Charlotte LR Payne’s blog http://www.libertyruth.com/blog/an-article-for-the-independent-and-a-list-of-great-blogs