Entomics are lord of the flies at AgriGate
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One industry’s food waste is a raw material for another. Cambridge start-up Entomics thinks it has found an interesting and innovative way to convert waste into valuable compounds using black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens).
Supported by the Agri-TechE network it has secured a trial site at the new AgriGate Research Hub managed by Niab at Hasse Fen to scale-up its technology. (more…)
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