£10 million UK Government fund to support the development of sustainable feed using insects

The UK has its first large scale insect farm on the way following the recent announcement of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for £10 million, the intention is to facilitate the developed of sustainable food production.

Entocycle will be responsible for the build, a London based company dedicated to the farming of black soldier flies as a sustainable protein for animal feed.
 

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At its current London facility, Entocycle feed local waste such as surplus fruit and vegetables to the insects. Which is understood to have less of an environmental footprint than traditional feed ingredients such as soy or fishmeal.

According to reports, the planned factory, is set to be located outside London and with funding from (ISCF), will be able to process 33,000 tonnes of food waste a year.

Visit the Entocycle website, HERE.

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