Description
INSECTFLUX is an e-marketplace that connects companies that generate organic products and waste with the insect sector, aiming to digitize and foster the parallel development of codependent industries. The solution encourages the use of organic products and wastes as insect feed through the production of insect protein and rich organic fertilizer (frass). Insectflux is also a marketplace for the trade of insect-based products and organic products used as insect feed, as well as industrial services and equipment.
Technology
Insectflux e-marketplace serves as a hub supporting the development of partnerships between organic waste producers and insect farms.
Target
The main users of the InsectFlux marketplace are organic waste producers, such as food manufacturers, restaurants and agricultural businesses, and insect farms that process such waste for the creation of insect-based products.
Business model
The cost of access to the marketplace is unknown.
Impact
The e-marketplace aims to reduce food waste by repurposing organic waste as insect feed.
Partners
North American Coalition of Insect Agriculture (NACIA), Table Filière des Insectes Comestibles (TFIC), Association of Insect Breeders and Processors of Quebec (AÉTIQ), Osler Emerging & High Growth Companies
Four Betters
Better environment
Better production
