There is some good news for livestock farmers. A top international research centre in Kenya has been conducting a study on an insect that may change the fortunes of fish and poultry farmers by ...

The insects could offer a more environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional feed ingredients such as soy and fishmeal, the researchers said, especially as global demand for animal products ...

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 ...

The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) isn’t particularly glamorous, sometimes described as wasp-like without the sting. But whole factories are being built around the insect to produce a ...

Zimbabwean farmer Brighton Zambezi rears chicken at his backyard farm in Harare's Sunningdale. (Photo by Farai Shawn Matiashe) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming has been found to protect the environment by converting organic waste into valuable resources, reducing landfill methane emissions, and removing the need for synthetic ...

For most urban dwellers, flies are a nuisance to be kept in check with screens, swatters and traps. But in the Mukuru area of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, they are being cultivated for a surprising ...

DENVER, May 12 (UPI) --A California company aims to provide pets and livestock with a new protein source -- freeze-dried black soldier fly maggots that grow on restaurant food waste. Grubbets, made in ...

If you’re one of those people who composts everything you can think of because you want to build up your garden soil, you might – like me this summer – learn to love the maggots of black soldier flies ...

BHARDEV, Nepal (Reuters) - In a village a little over an hour's drive from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, six women wearing yellow rubber gloves and surgical masks work in a shed, gently squeezing the ...