Copinet, BenjaminFlügge, FinnMargetich, Leonie ChristineVandepitte, MariePetrache, Paul-LuchianDuarte, Abel J.Malheiro, BeneditaRibeiro, Maria Cristina de CastroJusto, JorgeSilva, Manuel F.Ferreira, PauloGuedes, Pedro2023-05-082023-05Copinet, B. et al. (2023). Insect Farming – An EPS@ISEP 2022 Project. In: García-Peñalvo, F.J., García-Holgado, A. (eds) Proceedings TEEM 2022: Tenth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. TEEM 2022. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0942-1_97978-981-99-0941-4http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/22770Intensive cattle farming as a means of protein production contributes with the direct emission of greenhouse gases and the indirect contamination of soil and water. The public awareness towards this issue is growing in western cultures, leading to the stagnation of meat consumption and to the willingness to adopt alternative sustainable sources of protein. A solution is to farm insects as they present a reduced environmental impact and constitute a well-known source of protein. However, for westerners, eating insects implies a cultural change as they are still seen as dirty and disgusting. In 2022, a team of five EPS@ISEP students chose to design a solution for this problem followed by the assembly and test of the corresponding proof-of-concept prototype. They decided to design a home farming kit to grow mealworms driven by ethical, sustainable and the market needs. Exploring the insect life-cycle, the kit provides protein for humans and animals, chitin for soil bacteria and frass for plants. It can also be used as an educational tool for children to learn about sustainability, social responsibility and insect life-cycles, helping to overtake the cultural barrier against insect eating from a young age.engEngineering EducationEuropean Project SemesterInsect FarmingSustainable Food Productionbook part10.1007/978-981-99-0942-1_97