A DIY, fly-powered food waste recycling system

UC Riverside scientists have created a small-scale system that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and ...
wnep

Tackling food waste with black soldier fly larvae

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A bin full of black soldier fly larvae are eating away at food waste inside the Full Circle Bioconversion barn in Old Lycoming Township. For owner Aubrey Fornwalt, getting into ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Can black soldier flies offset the impacts of food waste and overfishing? This Buffalo startup thinks so.

A Buffalo startup is commercializing a biotechnology that leverages the life cycle of the common black soldier fly to create a protein-rich, sustainable feedstock for fish- and animal-rearing. The New ...
AZ Central

I learned to love maggots. You should, too, if you care about the environment

If you’re one of those people who composts everything you can think of because you want to build up your garden soil, you might – like me this summer – learn to love the maggots of black soldier flies ...
Reuters

Fly larvae breeds success for women in Nepal village

BHARDEV, Nepal, Aug 25 (Reuters) - In a village a little over an hour's drive from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, six women wearing yellow rubber gloves and surgical masks work in a shed, gently ...
Gizmodo

This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It

How does a fly larva sneak into a termite nest? With a butt shaped like a termite’s head, obviously. An international team of researchers in Morocco has discovered blow fly larvae not just living but ...