Insect Feed Technologies

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Just knew about it

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

I only knew that insects had protein/some nutritional value.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

well, insects too die and thus decay, thus naturally becomes fertiliser. Just that it takes a while.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

I do not know much.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Insect can grow at a faster pace and it can become nutritious food for animals.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

I do not know much.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

i know it exists but i don\'t now much

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

none

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

none

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

I know insects like crickets have been used to make cricket flour for baking purposes.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Insects has been used in food production for humans, so production for pets would be fine as well!

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Not knowledgeable at all. Only know the insect itself can be used for food or compost.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Insect farming is more energy efficient than conventional animal farmers as insects are better at utilising calories

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Not much. I do not know if there are existing market products.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Ecologically, insects are the natural decomposers that breakdown dead matter to recycle nutrients in the soil.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

I heard so much about it through documentaries.youtube videos,mainstream media.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

I know a lot from the therough the various media platforms.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

I know so much from the information I garner from the web.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Zilch

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Surface level

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

This is new and this is good

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Limited, not too sure how insect farming can reduce food waste. Does it (1) decompose food waste or (2) replace the need for conventional meat options?

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Limited, I thought insects are already part of fishes/birds diet?

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Limited, is this conventional wisdom?

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Not much

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Slightly

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Not much

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Yeah, I\'ve heard about it and would like to learn/experience more. Not surprisingly, insects farming is getting more recognized, from pollination to maintaining the health of soil!

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

It probably started off with using insect protein to feed human beings! However, I\'ve been contributing to Black soldier fly facility - it\'s cool that the larvae can break down food waste to use as a fertilizer at the vegetable farm at Tampines! While the larvae then is food to the fish! Such interesting ecosystem.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Not entirely sure but i believed they must be organic, natural and highly nutritious.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

black soldier fly larvae to consume our human food waste, while producing useful biomatter

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

not exposed to the idea at all!

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

moderate knowledge, volunteered at the eco farm to help sort out black soldier fly larvae

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Don\'t know anything.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Don\'t know anything.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Don\'t know anything.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Nothing.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

I only know that people do this but nothing more than that.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

I only know that animal and even human excrement is used. I only knew of this fact now through this question.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Close to nothing but would really love to know more

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Nothing as well. We are not educated on such stuff in our educational curriculum .

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

I did know that animal excrements were used as fertilizers but definitely not insects.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

never heard of it

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

never heard of it

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

never heard of it

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

A little

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

A little - that it\'s in vogue

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Not at all - this is new to me!

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

I did not know anything!

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

I also know nothing about this, unfortunately.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

No knowledge, unfortunately.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Not much

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Not much

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Not much

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Only in terms of the use of black soldier flies to compost food.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

Not at all

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Not at all

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

Not much.

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

None at all.

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

Somewhat a little. Like our local plantation sometimes uses cow feces to mix with the fertilisers for plants.

In response to "How much do you know about insect farming to reduce food waste?"

I did a project calculating the bioconversion of food waste to biomass and frass in black soldier fly larvae

In response to "How much do you know about using insect protein to feed animals such as pets, shrimp or fish meant for human consumption?"

I am aware of the uses of insect protein

In response to "How much do you know about insect excrement as an all-natural, highly enriched, sustainable fertiliser for plants?"

I am aware of the uses of insect frass

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Think of ways on how to promote human consumption, especially since many would be repulsed by insects.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Can share more with public about how insects can be a solution for sustainable food sources.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

need to think about the speed to market given that it is an area that has low barriers of entry

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

This is a great idea by the team and excited to see how it can complement and strengthen our food supply chain. Apart from solely focusing on launching the insect production line for food supply, we need to educate the public on this new food source in order to increase demand. If the team comes up with an alternative supply of food by successfully launching this idea, demand must complement in order to make this solution work. As such, I propose 3 suggestions for the team to consider: 1. Educational Campaign to raise public awareness on Edible insects - Have roadshows/online talks in Tertiary institutions to share on this emerging edible insect idea to infuse into food - Engage Key Opinion Leaders (e.g. Micro Food Bloggers) and sponsor them insect-infused food to feature on their social media, to reach out to public 2. Partnerships with Cafe - Pitch to cafe to use insect-infused products in their menu offers by selling them at a discounted rate - Launch exclusive-dishes using insect-infused products to incentivise public to try 3. Engage Animal Owner Community - Pitch to Pet cafes to feed their in-house pets with insect-infused pet treats or give free treats to pet owners that visit - Engage Animal Key Opinion leaders to feature these treats

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Conduct a life cycle analysis to understand the cost, carbon and energy efficiency of the proposed pipeline. Consider collecting food waste from a reliable sources that are known to generate food waste (supermarkets that discards “ugly” or damaged fruits and vegetable, military camp that generates surplus of food, etc) and have a efficient strategy to transport and process such waste as feeds for the insect farms.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Go into worm farming also.They ingest manure into clean,natural fertiliser for plants.You use them as fish baits.They can tackle the methane emission problems. For insect protein into meal and oil has a taboo connotation that you have to address cautiously.Not many people will take to eating insects as the next food source.Due to the dietry ,religious,cultural restrictions that you have to address. Why not create the world first insect cremation facility in the world?It\'s helps reduce the carbon footprint of cremation and burial.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

There needs to be an education arm for this as much as R&D.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Would it be useful to also conceptualise how insects can be farmed efficiently (e.g. helps to decompose food waste)? If the above step is not resource intensive, then it could be value adding to systematically cultivate insects for proteins and fertilisers for farms. This research is interesting. All the best!

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

I would suspect the problem with availability of food (Worldwide) is not due to shortage but due to 1) Uneven distribution 2) Lack of a more efficient transport/storage system. As such, while the idea is interesting, the team would need to think about 1) Costs 2)Sustainability 3) How portable the system to reduce the need of transportation

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Try a pilot study with this idea in a local farming setting - the relevant stakeholders will be able to provide more meaningful, practical suggestions for improvement/making it possible. Best of luck!

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Great initiative! I am wondering if it is possible to utilise a sifting machine to sieve out the larvae more efficiently, so that human hands can be put to the actual farming activities such as monitoring the environment for the plants and vegetables.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

HAHAHA! Since I don\'t know anything, I think it\'s interesting to know more. Most importantly it is the cost when it goes to the consumers. Jiayou guys.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

This is definitely an interesting idea. Are you guys thinking of making this into a circular economy? That way your project might be more sustainable in the long run.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

This is an exciting idea with great potential - starting with pets to help reduce the \"ick\" factor. But to succeed, I think you\'ll need a snazzy name that doesn\'t make people think of bugs at all!

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

I think just judging from my responses above, I dare extrapolate that the general public are pretty much unaware of the use of insects of fertiliser and feed. I feel that the following needs to be done - 1) Raise awareness of using insects of fertiliser and feed through research and studies. If you can convince an agriculture company to use insects, or at least pioneer a project where certain produce is fertilised using insects, even better. But, you need to get the idea out there long enough such that people are familiar with it, even if they may not be comfortable with it. 2) Once you have familiarity with the concept pat down, you need to get people to be comfortable with it. There is still quite a bit of fear surrounding insects. Perhaps think of activities that will help people overcome this fear - or at least, reduce their fear. Perhaps this can be done by distributing insect fertiliser to households on a first come first serve basis. I believe households that do gardening will take up your offer, and it is a good start! Using insect fertiliser for plants that aren\'t produce is a good first step :) 3) Be prepared that public acceptance may take longer than you anticipate. It is a novel concept that will take a while for people to get on the train with, so don\'t lose hope. Good luck!

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

For a moment I thought you were producing insect feed for human consumption! It was a relief when I read through the questions and realised it was for animals/plants. Would be good to make this clearer in the diagram.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

How can we incorporate into households? How do people with fear of insects think that this is a possible way to have this way of living ?

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

1) Look into the possibility of using insects (mealworms) to break down plastic polymers and whether these insects are safe for human or animal consumption while on a plastic diet 2) look into the range of different insects that can be used, aside from black soldier flies 3) look into how modular insect farms can be designed such that it can be installed in every household or neighbourhood so household food waste can be broken down into frass for use as compost, without emitting odour