And this year, home gardeners are turning to a new composting helper: black soldier fly larvae. Here’s everything you need to ...

This study involves the use of larvae of an insect known as Black Soldier Fly (BSF) which would potentially ... stored for long and be used as poultry feed in future. BSF production is more ...

Amid a growing waste crisis, Dr Frank Mnthambala is taking a groundbreaking initiative that could transform agriculture and waste management in Malawi. At the Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Department of ...

When will Westerners embrace the crispy taste of insects? It’s a question habitually pondered by articles and scientific ...

A Plastic Ocean Foundation has been selected as a finalist for Spirit of Hong Kong Awards 2024 in sustainability category A Hong Kong environmental group dedicated to combating plastic pollution has ...

Today, recombinant proteins are typically made by microbes. But could insects make smarter and more cost-effective hosts, ...

The greenhouse-like facility breeds a common species known as the black soldier fly, tens of millions of them at a time, to feed on tons of rubbish brought in from around the neighborhood that ...

BSF farming uses the larvae of the black soldier fly as essential decomposers in breaking down organic wastes and convert ...

he is in charge of 20 million black soldier fly larvae. Based at a small, indoor facility on the outskirts of Bangkok, the firm rears the insects to produce animal feed for the country's shrimp ...

the larvae are dried and sold as animal feed. Any excess waste created by these larvae are sold to neighboring farms to use in the soil. "The biggest difference is that the [black soldier fly ...

The black soldier fly larva (BSFL) can convert manure and organic feed into nutritional meal for animals. The fly resembles a skinny black wasp. The adult fly does not sting nor ‘buzz’ and is ...