The startup is focused on growing black soldier fly (BSF) larvae to address the issue of food waste and to provide a new protein source for animal feed.
Entosystem recycles organic matter from Quebec's agri-food industry such as microbrewery grains, fruit and cereal residues, which it said would otherwise be discarded, transforming it into insect meal, oil, and fertilizer through a zero-waste process.
It is now constructing a new factory in Drummondville, Quebec, set to comprise over 100,000 sq. ft (9290.3 sq. m). The facility will result in the creation of 70 new jobs for the region, said Entosystem. Those would be in addition to the 30 employees the company has at its plant in Sherbrooke.
Fully automated process
The new BSF production facility will include a fully automated insect breeding process, allowing the startup to transform 90,000 tons of organic matter each year into 5,000 tons of protein larvae as well as 15,000 tons of approved fertilizer for organic farming, it added.
The financial backers in the Canadian insect protein pioneer include Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, BDC, Farm Credit Canada, Export Development Canada, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Investissement Québec, the Financière agricole du Québec, RECYC-QUÉBEC, the City of Drummondville and the SDED, Desjardins and Sanimax.
"The use of insects to speed up the process of composting food waste is a promising solution for the environment,” noted Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s minister of agriculture and agri-food.
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