Biggest insect protein plant in southern hemisphere raises seed funding
$5.3m raised in South Africa’s biggest ever startup seed funding round.
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$5.3m raised in South Africa’s biggest ever startup seed funding round.
Inseco operates a 10 000 square meter plant in Cape Town that converts the larvae of the black soldier fly into 100 tons of insect oil and meal a month.
For some context Enterra Feed was the first company in Canada to obtain regulatory approval to use flies in animal feed ingredients. The feeding of flies seems rather sci-fi in nature, but the process is really a rather environmentally interesting one which creates a steady supply of protein while dealing with something we humans produce a lot of -- waste. The Alberta plant uses 130 tonnes of food waste per day to make 10 tonnes of ingredients, reports a story at www.producer.com The story noted company Chief executive officer Keith Driver said the flies convert pre-consumer food waste an...
iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Jan 19, 2021 11:44am Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics) Here’s today’s agriculture news. The Lead The federal government has told its provincial counterparts they have until the end of January to respond to Ottawa’s proposed changes to the AgriStability risk-management program, which farmers say is in desperate need of reform. As Real Agriculture reports, Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia are on board with the proposal, while Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have not yet indicated their su...
CALGARY - A British Columbia company that feeds food waste to insects to produce pet food has received $6 million from the federal government for a new plan