{"id":406,"date":"2025-04-16T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/?p=406"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:59:04","slug":"eu-insect-farming-market-is-growing-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/eu-insect-farming-market-is-growing-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0EU insect farming market is growing fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"406\" class=\"elementor elementor-406\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6feaa3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6feaa3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d59c310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d59c310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The EU insect farming market is growing fast \u2014 expected to reach 235,000 tonnes\/year by 2026. <br \/><br \/>But what if we didn\u2019t just grow insects for food\u2026 <br \/>What if we used them to grow jobs, skills and second chances? <br \/><br \/>That\u2019s exactly what Social Bugs is doing. <br \/><br \/>We\u2019re: <br \/>\ud83d\udd27 Training 120+ vulnerable people in insect rearing <br \/>\ud83d\udcbc Upskilling 36 social entrepreneurs to build insect-based businesses <br \/>\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f Setting up 3 demo farms (yes, including one inside a youth prison!) <br \/>\ud83e\udd1d Connecting entrepreneurs, researchers, educators and social workers in a new innovation ecosystem <br \/><br \/>This is the green economy with a social heart.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8d707 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e8d707\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a5c01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4a5c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1744810534758-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-407\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1744810534758-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1744810534758-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1744810534758-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1744810534758-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1744810534758.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU insect farming market is growing fast \u2014 expected to reach 235,000 tonnes\/year by 2026. 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