Tag: environmental impact

Mealworm proteins are rich in all essential amino acids (except for methionine and taurine) while also naturally supplying significant amounts of fats, vitamins, natural...

Protein is an essential building block of animal feed. Yet many of the common sources of protein cause global warming, water shortages, deforestation and...

Instead of taking simplistic view which insists on the use of insect meal as a fish meal replacement and focusing on the similarity between...

BSF is a proven high-nutrition feed source for agricultural applications. There are challenges the industry faces in getting this excellent product into feed. Current...

Insect farming is not necessarily compatible with a more sustainable food system. It raises new animal welfare issues and, as an industry, it is...

Animal feed production and transportation significantly contribute to the carbon footprint of the agriculture industry, which is intensive in terms of land, water and...

Alltech strengthened its leadership in sustainability by introducing a photovoltaic energy system in its Serdán production facility in Mexico, moving from the use of...

It is no longer sufficient to simply claim a low carbon footprint for your livestock production system or animal feed. This needs to be supported by repeatable, measurable and verifiable evidence. Alltech E-CO2 has developed the Feeds EA™ model to help feed manufacturers and producers globally measure and lower the carbon footprint of their feed.

Royal DSM has acquired Midori USA, Inc., a biotechnology start-up with a novel precision platform developing eubiotics that improve the health and environmental impact of animals.

Evonik announced the results of comparative life cycle assessment certified by TÜV Rheinland in 2021. According to the assessment; modern feeding concepts based on amino acids reduce acidification, eutrophication and nitrogen-based emissions.