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andcanigettahottub t1_iqlf3x5 wrote

Reply to comment by StonerJake22727 in Livin Farms’ investors are betting $5.8M on powdered fly larvae by vpuetf

You could read the article and figure it out for yourself!

Here’s the just of it: “With our proprietary technology and biological know-how, our customers turn substantial losses on organic waste into highly attractive, additional income,” says founder and CEO Katharina Unger. “At the same time, our customers contribute massively to fixing the broken food system and therefore saving the planet.” She adds in a comment to TechCrunch, that the process takes around 11 days, at which point the larvae “will become half a ton of biomass plus half a ton of fertilizer.”

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StonerJake22727 t1_iqlfbem wrote

Cool can we feed the bugs to chickens and eat the chickens… cuz I’m not eat bugs

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andcanigettahottub t1_iqnary3 wrote

About 6 billion people in developing countries will eat the chicken flavored bugs. You can have your real chicken. Win win.

Source: I worked in agricultural commodities for 3 years covering corn, soybean, sugar, and special ingredient markets; both for the US and internationally.

I also went to the world largest food show (the Anuga) in 2017, where bug protein was a featured ingredient in the future of food expo and continues to be as per the posted article.

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argv_minus_one t1_irjnjw1 wrote

No matter how fancy the technology, it's still rich people trying to make poor people eat bugs. Goodness knows the rich aren't going to eat this stuff.

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