How using insects and waste as animal feed can protect the planet

In a recent WWF publication, we highlight four solutions to transform how we produce animal feed to protect people and nature.

5 Ways That Insect Farming Contributes to Sustainable Food ...

Insect farming is a sustainable alternative to current animal feed production systems that can generate nutritious food while using ...

The Role of Insects in Sustainable Animal Feed Production for ...

A decade ago, the FAO called for increased use of forage insects in feed production to conserve the environment and resources and ensure food ...

INSECTS AS LIVESTOCK FEED - | Sustainable Development

FAO estimates that food production will have to increase by 70% to be able to feed the world in 2050, with meat outputs (beef, poultry and pork) ex- pected to ...

Would You Eat Bugs to Save the Planet? - Outrider Foundation

Adapting foods such as insect-based products into our diets could cut the environmental impacts of global food systems by up to 80%.

Insects for sustainable animal feed: inclusive business models ...

Farmers may use on-farm waste streams such as crop leftovers as input for BSF production and add the resulting fly larvae to the feed for their livestock. This ...

The Future of Animal Feed: Animal by-products and insects

In addition to this, insect meals provide livestock with important bioactive compounds and nutrients, such as iron, zinc, antimicrobial peptides ...

Special Collection: Insects as feed and fertilizer: Sustainable ...

Insects as feed ingredients can improve sustainability because of their lower greenhouse gas emissions and their potential to transform organic wastes into ...

Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards ...

One way to reduce this harm is by turning the food scraps into animal feed. This not only helps the environment but also makes livestock production cheaper.

The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

Livestock production is, moreover, a leading cause of anthropogenic-induced climate change. To mediate this, more sustainable diets are needed, ...

From food waste to animal feed: Entocycle uses agtech and insects ...

Food waste can be converted to high-protein animal feed by using it to feed insects and using those insects in animal feed.

Bugs to the rescue: using insects as animal feed could cut ...

Adopting insect protein in pig and poultry feed could reduce UK soya imports by a fifth by 2050, says WWF study.

Insects to feed the planet | IDRC

In this country of nearly 56 million people, where waste sorting and composting are still virtually non-existent, insects enable markets, ...

Feature: Why insects could be the ideal animal feed | Science | AAAS

Insects could provide much of the protein animals need at a much lower environmental cost; many insect species can feed on manure, like Grant's ...

Insects in farming — supporting economic and environmental ...

From serving as protein-rich feed ingredient for livestock to aiding waste management and energy production, insects are proving to be ...

Turning Food Waste into Feed: Benefits and Trade-offs for Nature

Feeding animals, particularly those on farms, with food scraps or waste is an age-old practice. In fact, 30% of what's fed to livestock ...

Why we need to give insects the role they deserve in our food systems

Insect dejections (excreted waste) are a natural fertilizer. Insect farm produced fertilizer has demonstrated its effectiveness on plants and ...

How Humans Eating Insects Could Help Save the Planet | TIME

Yet pound for pound they require less land, water and feed than traditional livestock. Insect farming and processing produces significantly ...

Insect Farming: A Sustainable Solution to Food Waste - Flybox

Economic and Environmental Benefits of Insect Farming. Insects are highly efficient at converting food waste into protein through what is known ...

The insects as animal feed report - WWF-UK

A new report published today [1 July] states using insect meal to feed fish and livestock could cut the UK's future soy footprint by a fifth.