Environmentalist David Suzuki. (Photo Credit: David Suzuki Foundation CC BY 3.0)
(CANADA, 10/17/2013)
A new product based on insects, which is currently being tested, could provide a satisfactory alternative to industrial feed for farmed fish.
The leaders of this initiative are the environmentalist David Suzuki and Enterra’s CEO Brad Marchant, who devised a maggot-based feed as a sustainable source of protein, the Vancouver Sun reported.
In an official release Suzuki, who is also Enterra’s co-founder, informed that: "What excites me about this technology is not just the animal feed issue, which is a big issue, but that we can recapture the nutrients in food that would otherwise go to waste. We need to learn to use our resources in a way that is more sustainable and this technology imitates nature to do just that.”
The privately-owned firm has as its goal to create and apply sustainable technology and has done so in the past with success.
The new product is being tested as salmon feed but Suzuki clarified he...
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(CANADA, 10/17/2013)
