Thursday, July 6, 2017

A Seattle Startup, Beta Hatch, Thinks Growing Bugs For Animal Feed Is A Billion-Dollar Opportunity

Entomologist Virginia Emery is raising meal worms indoors. The critters grow to maturity within 90 days. They eat waste products and need no light to survive. Emery and her team freeze dry the bugs and sell them as feed for fish and chickens, and package their waste as organic fertilizer.

from Forbes Real Time http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestreptalks/2017/07/06/a-seattle-startup-beta-hatch-thinks-growing-bugs-for-animal-feed-is-a-billion-dollar-opportunity/
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