Be Innovative 002 - Commerce and Circularity of the Insect Farming Industry

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Be Innovative 002 - Commerce and Circularity of the Insect Farming Industry | Leo Wein, Protenga

Be Innovative, a podcast by Budding Innovation

57 minutes 4 seconds

2 years ago

Be Innovative 002 - Commerce and Circularity of the Insect Farming Industry | Leo Wein, Protenga

In this episode of "Be Innovative", we speak with Leo Wein - Founder and CEO of Protenga.Protenga makes Insects Work For You. They develop data-driven Insect Technology that enables a circular, regenerative, economy all along the food supply chain and produces best-in-class, sustainable Insect Products for pet food, animal feed and plants.Leo sits down with Budding Innovation to share more about how insect farming covers a much broader spectrum in the topics of sustainability, protein and circularity. Not to mention, the commercial opportunities for pet and human grade food, as well as plants.Watch / Listen to the episode and discover the opportunities in the food and agri industries with Insect Farming potential. 00:00 - Start 00:11 - Welcome to Be Innovative! 00:30 - Meet today's guest - Leo Wein, Protenga 00:48 - A quick self-introduction 01:28 - Moving from software to something more purposeful... 03:21 - What does Protenga mean? 03:48 - What to expect in this episode 04:35 - What goes on in a BSF Farm? 05:32 - The short lifecycle of the BSF 05:49 - Cultivating BSF Larvae in bioreactors 06:33 - Quick Quiz: What is FRASS? 07:03 - understanding the multiple uses of BSFL byproducts 08:11 - What's make your farm, a "Smart Farm"? 11:31 - What's the advantage of cultivating BSF Larvae as a source of nutrition and managing the yield? 14:20 - Processing of BSF Larvae and byproducts 15:41 - How to manage temp sensitive environments for yield 17:52 - What was the first iteration of the BSF Larvae Farm? 18:54 - He didn't say the "G" word, did he? 19:46 - Why cultivate only BSF? Aren't there other options as well? 23:25 - Is there a greater awareness around insect farming for food? 25:56 - Drawing a great lesson from "The Good Life" 26:30 - In the world of food, there is no free lunch 27:05 - Addressing the realities of narrowing options of food 28:03 - The opportunities dervied from insect proteins and farming 30:30 - How to insect farming wave is picking up momentum 34:11 - If Smart Farms grow, does that also increase it's energy consumption and footprint? 36:53 - Leo's opinion on the future of insect farming 39:19 - Can BSF Larvae be fit for human consumption? 41:39 - Will makers make, and consumers consume? 44:04 - Analyzing the price of pork 47:04 - The Keys to Driving Adoption of insect protein 50:09 - Who's responsible to drive adoption? 51:35 - Shaurya's commitment to insect protein 51:49 - Where is food waste for feedstock sourced? 54:59 - It's not about the source of waste - it's collection that's the problem. 55:33 - Closing comments#BeInnovative #B2Bpodcast #Deeptech #Innovation #Insects #Farming #futurefood #Asia #Protenga #BSF #blacksoldierfly