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Insects à la carte? - Producing environmentally friendly food while reducing our carbon footprint

Cricket à la king? How about a yellow mealworm burger? Foods that may previously have evoked a ‘yuck’ response are now firmly on the menu. Research into edible insects by the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP) is exploring how to rear and harvest this food of the future.

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University of Pretoria study reveals hand sanitisers in Gauteng and Tshwane to be substandard

A scientist from the University of Pretoria (UP) has found that commercial, off-the-shelf hand sanitisers used by the public in Gauteng and Tshwane do not contain the recommended alcohol content, and are mostly incorrectly labelled according to local and international standards.

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Insects as an alternative food source

According to the World Bank, land, biodiversity, oceans, forests and many other forms of natural capital are being depleted at an unprecedented rate and, unless we change how we grow our food and manage our natural capital, food security will be at risk, especially for the poorest people of the world.

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Living Land - Episode 13: Alternative sources of Nutrition

According to the World Bank, land, biodiversity, oceans, forests and many other forms of natural capital are being depleted at an unprecedented rate and, unless we change how we grow our food and manage our natural capital, food security will be at risk, especially for the poorest people of the world.

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Conserving African honey bees

Have you ever thought what would happen if honey bees disappeared? A world without honey bees and their pollination services also means a world without many of our food sources.