Facilitating production of insect protein feed through valorisation of ‘organic waste’ from UK farms, using an innovative "Hub and Spoke" model

英国每年进口200万吨大豆用于动物饲料。商品价格波动和森林砍伐意味着这在经济和环境上都是不可持续的。人们对使用昆虫作为动物饲料的替代蛋白质来源越来越感兴趣。然而，为了与大豆在价格上竞争，昆虫蛋白的生产规模需要比目前大得多。我们将开发一种使用黑兵蝇的轴辐模型，以经济高效的方式将农业废物原料加工成昆虫蛋白作为替代饲料，使农民能够通过营养循环方法从农业废物中回收价值（估计为12亿英镑）。

Every year the UK imports 2Mn tonnes of soyameal for animal feed. Fluctuating commodity prices and deforestation mean this is economically and environmentally unsustainable. There is growing interest in using insects as an alternative protein source for animal feed. However, to compete on price with soya, insect protein needs to be produced on a much larger scale than is currently.We will develop a Hub-and-Spoke model using Black Soldier Flies to economically and efficiently process agri-waste feedstocks into insect protein as an alternative feed, enabling farmers to recover value from farm waste (estimated at £1.2Bn) in a nutrient circularity approach.