Nutritional Qualities of Black Soldier Fly Larvae

As the global population continues to grow towards a predicted 9.5 billion by 2050, a critical shortage of animal proteins is increasingly …

Buggy Blend – nutritionally optimised, alternative protein pet food range (insect-based)

Opportunity for

• Australian and international companies interested in commercialising novel products in the pet food industry
• Existing pet food manufacturing businesses interested in diversified opportunities
• Insect farming businesses interested in enhanced production outcomes and/or partnering into value-added productisation opportunities
• Investors interested in sustainable alternative protein products

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

Bardee

Bardee is on a mission to reshape the global food system. To do this we're transforming food waste into protein and fertiliser with insects.

Closing the Loop: Black Soldier Fly technology to convert agricultural waste

Black soldier flies feed on agricultural waste, and the resulting larvae and their excrement is rich in protein. Through black …

Solution Blue

Solution Blue is a production company that has developed techniques to grow insect protein as part of the developing alternative …

BuggyBix

BuggyBix develops, manufactures and sells insect based pet food products within Australia. We are actively collaborating with Australian insect growers …

Goterra

Goterra is an Australian climate tech company disrupting food waste management for the benefit of the planet.

Bardee: black soldier fly organic fertiliser - Superfly® - seeking commercial trial partners in horticulture, broadacre and pasture industries

Opportunity for

• Australian horticulture, broadacre and pasture farms to trial organic certified fertiliser and soil enhancer made from black soldier fly castings and exoskeletons

Sustainable insect management through improved insect resistance monitoring

This project focuses on resistance surveillance for sustainable management of chewing and sucking pests. While the introduction of Bt cotton …

Moth Borers - how are we going to manage them when they arrive?

Moth borers are medium to large moths that eat through sugarcane as caterpillars, reducing yields by up to 20%. To prepare for a potential incursion, this project is investigating the feasibility of using soil-applied systemic insecticides to manage moth borers.

NEOGEN Australasia

NEOGEN provides the most comprehensive range of solutions for the food processing, animal protein and agriculture industries, not only protecting the world’s food supply, but also allowing our customers to produce more efficiently and effectively than they could before. Our Food Safety product range covers solutions for the Australasian Agribusiness sector including dehydrated culture media and rapid diagnostic test kits to detect foodborne bacteria, natural toxins, food allergens, plant diseases, and hygiene indicators through ATP sanitation monitoring and much more.

Goterra: Disrupting food waste management for the benefit of the planet - partnership opportunity

Opportunity for

• Venture capitalists, equity funds, and general investors to enter into a partnership that has the potential to scale into a global solution that prevents all food waste from going to landfill, and removes the subsequently produced greenhouse gases from our environment that play a major role in climate change.

This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.^

ARC Ento Tech: Industrial scale black soldier fly digester - $10 million investment opportunity

Opportunity for

• Investors (VC, institutional, family offices) interested in supporting a sustainable and scalable food waste management business producing fertiliser and feed products
• Strategic financial, market and distribution partners to establish the first six plants and to roll out more plants in Australia and worldwide
• Resource management and waste recovery centres seeking scalable technology capable of processing mixed and FOGO waste streams.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

Insect Mapping Study

Insect pests can affect pasture and crop yield and therefore dairy farmers' budgets. Careful monitoring of pests and the conditions …

Monitoring SLW insecticide resistance

The management of silverleaf whitefly (SLW) in cotton is reliant on the use conventional insecticides. Slowing the development of resistance …

Insect survey within Pistachio farms/orchards

This project increased knowledge about pest and beneficial species of insects and mites in Australian pistachio orchards. It looked at …

Red Meat Protein Ingredient Opportunities

This project aims to identify new formats for red meat proteins and new occasions for their use, with a view to developing a red meat protein supplement/ingredient that excites consumers and new and existing product manufacturers.

Protein Foods for Sustainable Diets

This project builds on previous research on dietary strategies required to shift the Australian diet within planetary boundaries for freshwater, …

Insecticide resistance in serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis

The project will develop and deliver cost effective and accurate insecticide resistance surveillance tools and management strategies for serpentine leafminer (…

Formulating broiler diets based on protein and starch digestive dynamics

"Digestion rates of feed ingredients are needed to enable practical nutritionists to adopt digestive dynamics for formulation of broiler …