New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a patented breakthrough system that marks a major step forward in ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Can black soldier flies offset the impacts of food waste and overfishing? This Buffalo startup thinks so.

A Buffalo startup is commercializing a biotechnology that leverages the life cycle of the common black soldier fly to create a protein-rich, sustainable feedstock for fish- and animal-rearing. The New ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Composting Fly Could Significantly Reduce Organic Waste at the Smithsonian Institution

An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Often people kill flies or at ...
wnep

Tackling food waste with black soldier fly larvae

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A bin full of black soldier fly larvae are eating away at food waste inside the Full Circle Bioconversion barn in Old Lycoming Township. For owner Aubrey Fornwalt, getting into ...
Digital Journal

Fly larvae: Costa Rica’s sustainable protein for animal feed

A worker collects black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae at the production plant in Guapiles, Costa Rica - Copyright AFP Ezequiel BECERRA A worker collects ...