Insect Farming Nutrition and Feedstock Economics - The Basics

[@BeyondEvolve]

Great job on making insect farming more accessible! Your focus on turning organic waste into sustainable insect protein and frass fertilizer is a game-changer for animal nutrition and waste management. Keep up the great work in transforming feedstock economics and promoting sustainability!!

[@flyboxbiosystems]

@BeyondEvolve thanks, stay tuned for more of course!

[@LizzyLeeds]

Always informative Larry, Thank you for taking the time to put these videos together, they are very insightful. Sometimes overwhelming and daunting when broken down like this however, very necessary if one is contemplating any scalability or longevity to their business. Keep the videos coming please. 👍

[@flyboxbiosystems]

Thanks Lizzy, appreciate the feedback, always feel free to tell us what kind of information you are looking for too!

[@Hornbogen85]

Thank you for the video! Very informative!, Yes please make a video about pre-processing

[@VincentA-b6s]

Very informative and useful. Please produce videos on Pre-Processing on BSFL Feedstock and Best Practices in BSFL Feeding too. Thanks

[@zenigiacomo6927]

brilliant !!

[@flyboxbiosystems]

@zenigiacomo6927 glad you enjoyed mate!

[@DuaneEseo-ul1bg]

Aside from vegetable trimmings and leftover food you can also use trimmings from grass or weeds in what way ? Like for instance you need to ferment first the grass or you can directly feed to the larvae...

[@flyboxbiosystems]

@@DuaneEseo-ul1bg Hey so this is not possible, if you Google this question or use chatGPT for free to search it for yourself you will get a comprehensive answer better than I can give here!

[@rabnawazawan99]

❤❤❤I love you sir

[@flyboxbiosystems]

@@rabnawazawan99 love makes the world go round, so right back at you!

[@katomulongo478]

I need help with waste processing machine to crush the waste

[@DuaneEseo-ul1bg]

How about the pooh pooh of black soldier fly larvae as a fertilizer have you tried? What's the advantages?

[@flyboxbiosystems]

Yes, of course! You’re referring to frass, a natural and potent fertiliser made from larvae sheddings, faeces, and leftover organic material. This nutrient-rich byproduct serves as an excellent soil amendment, supporting sustainable agricultural practices. Some of the key benefits of frass include boosting plant immunity through chitin, providing a high NPK value for natural fertilisation, increasing plant yield, and acting as a natural insect repellent. It also serves as a biostimulant rich in microorganisms and is both odour-free and dry, making it easy to handle and apply.

[@francknounamo6458]

Hi Larry Kotch, First of all, I would like to thank you for all the information provided in your video. I am very interested in starting an insect farming pilot project in Cameroon, my home country, in the next few years. I'm currently living in Italy where I work as a surgeon. First of all, I have to find out how to acquire enough land for farming and how to get some financial help to start. So I am not ready yet. But since this is not my field of interest and I have never done this before, I am looking for advice from experts like you who can give me some tips and tricks on how to start the project. When I am ready, can I contact you to set up a mentoring partnership? Thank you very much and please keep posting videos.

[@DuaneEseo-ul1bg]

Have you tried to use black soldier fly larvae as a fertilizer?

[@quinna8]

Love this come to South Africa please

[@flyboxbiosystems]

@quinna8 we have most our engineering team based in Cape Town and do our manufacturing in SA so we are there already! I'm also there often :)

[@quinna8]

@@flyboxbiosystems Thank you so if you in cape town I need a box please

[@flyboxbiosystems]

@@quinna8 in that case do you want to pop an email to [e-mail]? One of our colleagues in SA can give you a quick overview! Else do look at www.flybox.bio

[@azsunburns]

Why anyone would support this into yet another govt controlled mess is beyond me. Give the black soldier flies to the people and let them learn how to simply raise their own. Turning this into another stupid entity and industry to make money, with government telling you what you can feed flies is absolute absurdity.