Civil Eats

Insect Farms are Scaling Up—and Crossing the Atlantic—in a Play for Sustainable Protein

When they’re raised in indoor farms, black soldier flies (BSF) will only mate with the lights on. Each female lays 500 eggs and, after they hatch, the larvae also have a bit of a Goldilocks complex, ...
AG Week

Insect farm + ethanol plant = high protein powder for animals

A corn-fed insect could provide North Dakota’s next value-added ag product. An investment firm is developing a plan to bring an insect farm to North Dakota, with protein-rich larvae supplying the ...
FoodNavigator

Upcycling food waste into alt protein: On-site insect farming developed for manufacturers and retailers

Modular insect farming technology has been developed for food businesses to upcycle organic waste on-site into a sustainable protein alternative. Far too much food intended for human consumption never ...
KOIN 6

Grubbly Farms raises Series A funding round to transform the pet food industry with sustainable insect protein from black soldier fly grubs

Funding will support efficient scaling & customer acquisition in the pet chicken market. ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Grubbly Farms, a specialty pet food company using black soldier fly grub ...
FoodNavigator

Better Origin’s AI-powered insect mini-farms are localising the food chain for protein sustainability and security

Its container insect farms recreate the conditions ‘found in nature’ where food is eaten by insects and upcycled into essential nutrients for animal feed. Using AI and automation to create the optimal ...
Yahoo

InnovaFeed nabs $250M to extend its vertical insect farms to the US

InnovaFeed, a vertical insect farm operator that's rearing insects for animal and plant nutrition, has raised $250 million in a series D round of funding led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar ...

Taxpayers’ cash being used to build insect farm – 2,300 miles away in Africa

Campaigners have criticised taxpayers' money being spent on building an insect farm in Tunisia. Bryant Research, which wants ...
The Telegraph

Huge insect farm planned in Decatur

DECATUR — InnovaFeed, a French biotechnology company, is building the world’s largest insect farm in Decatur next to ADM’s corn processing plant. Maye Walraven, business development director for ...
Nasdaq

London insect farm hatches plan for greener way to feed animals

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Buzzing underneath a set of railway arches in central London are hundreds of thousands of little flies, showcasing insect-farming technology that could help fight climate ...
Food

Edible insects in focus part III: Farming, from Mexico to Ontario to Israel… ‘At this point, if you're still in business, you definitely know what you're doing’

“We’ve seen people come and go in the edible insects space, but the people who are still around know what they’re doing,” observes Hector Jimenez at Nutrinsectos in Guadalajara Mexico, who – like many ...
techtimes

Entocycle’s New Funding Will Release Hardware Module for Insect Farms to Boost Productivity

Entocycle has raised another Series A funding that amounted to $5 million, as reported by TechCrunch. ARCADIA, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 15: Honeybees gather in a hive after they survived Hurricane Ian at ...