Giving egg production residue a second life using insects is what a PhD candidate from Université Laval is studying.
Mariève Dallaire-Lamontagne is focusing on finding alternative methods for managing byproducts and waste material like carcasses, unmarketable eggs, manure and other organic residue.
“We collect the residue and apply a fermentation process,” she told Farms.com from Switzerland where she’s collaborating with colleagues on the economic viability of this idea for farmers. “It’s almost like if we were making a kimchi or a yogurt. We then take the fermented product and feed it to black soldier flies.”
The overall goal of her work is to close production gaps and help farmers save costs.
“The idea is to create this circle where we reuse the residue already made on farms and create more food using food waste,” she said.