MiniEines - Food and Feed from Insect Business

The MiniEines project promotes primary production and processing of edible insects in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The main target group consists of the region’s rural (agricultural/horticultural) and food businesses. The project is implemented between October 2018 and December 2020. 

Our objectives

• To produce information for the needs of rural and food businesses.
• To raise awareness of emerging, developing and expanding rural businesses on the opportunities of insect production as a business.
• To raise awareness of food businesses on the opportunities of edible insects as raw materials.
• To promote networking and cooperation between stakeholders involved in the insect value chain.

Our activities

• We look into the present state and future plans of rural and food businesses in relation to insect production and processing. In addition, we survey their related competence and information needs.
• We gather and publish information produced elsewhere on insect production and processing.
• We benchmark national and international insect businesses and other operators in order to identify success factors and best practices.
• We organise information and discussion events.
• We plan for further steps towards thriving insect business.

Contact information

• Project Manager Marja-Liisa Järvelä, marja-liisa.jarvela@oamk.fi, +358 40 674 8344
• Food Expert Kaisa Myllykangas, kaisa.myllykangas@maajakotitalousnaiset.fi, +358 400 399 865
• Senior Scientist Anna-Liisa Välimaa, anna-liisa.valimaa@luke.fi, +358 295 326 655

Here you can find the project leaflet.