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 ...

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

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

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

Insect-based animal-feed solutions producer Maltento has grown its production capacity and is now expanding into the EU and ...

The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens ... "healthier" proteins for animals and with less environmental impact than feed based on animal (beef or fish) or vegetable (soy) protein, the 52 ...

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 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 ...