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200万吨豆粕作为动物饲料。波动的大宗商品价格和森林砍伐意味着，这在经济上和环境上都是不可持续的。人们对利用昆虫作为动物饲料的替代蛋白质来源的兴趣日益浓厚。然而，为了在价格上与大豆竞争，昆虫蛋白的生产规模需要比目前大得多。我们将开发一种中心辐射式模式，使用黑兵苍蝇经济高效地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的方法从农业废物(估计为12亿GB)中回收价值。

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.