Robert Nemlander | Entocube
Co-founder
Robert Nemlander is a serial entrepreneur, civil engineer, public speaker and a former astronaut candidate. He is co-founder of EntoCube, the award-winning Nordic leader in insect farming technologies and insect foods.
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How can we create sustainable nutrition in the Future?
In this Futurebuilders podcast together with Robert Nemlander and our daring host Teemu Uotila we will find out:
- How can we create sustainable nutrition in the Future?
- How to feed Earth and Mars?
- How to be the change you want to see in the world?
Podcast highlights
- 0:55 What are the key challenges on colonizing planet Mars? How is eating insects connected to colonizing Mars?
- 4:12 How can we make insects a main street culinary phenomenon on Western world?
- 5:20 How the crickets are actually farmed? Could insect farming be the answer to the problems agriculture will face because of the climate change?
- 8:55 What does it take to become a insect farmer? Could I farm edible crickets at home?
- 12:24 What are the nutritional values of crickets and how do you make food from insects? What is the vegetarian and vegan perspective on eating insects?
- 15:07 ”My goal is to feed two planets, nothing less.”
- 19:57 What does it take to create a stable food source to feed two planets?
- 24:24 How many times do you have to fail to get something done right?
- 27:39 Are venture capitalists interested about the alternative protein industry?
- 29:09 ”Alternative proteins are a megatrend and inevitable part of our future.”
- 30:59 ”Fundamental difference between US and Europe is that in US things are allowed until they are not and in Europe things are not allowed until they are.”
- 34:07 ”Eating insects is forward looking opportunity, not a backward looking necessity.”
- 35:50 How to get people try something they are afraid of?
- 40:05 What would be the good consumer price that would encourage people to adapt insects on their diets?
- 44:00 Could we battle the world hunger with new insect farming technology?
- 50:15 What are the next edible insect products on market shelfs? Are we going to eat cricket candies soon?
- 53:07 How much space does cricket farm need in Mars to feed for example 10 people?
- 56:02 ”Edible insects are the missing piece to make Mars inhabitable.”
- 1:03:20 ”You can not expect everyone to like everything, we all have our different favourite foods. We just want to provide this opportunity to have insects as a part of the diet.”
- 1:07:18 What should people understand about insect farming for the sake of the future of humanity?
The future is here tomorrow. Listen to Futurebuilders’ podcast with Robert Nemlander today.