We track new appointments in the global feed and ag sectors in the past few weeks. Protix, ForFarmers and FrieslandCampina are just some of the companies that are seeing personnel changes.
Black Solider Fly (BSF) producer, Protix, has released sustainability figures for its products following a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik (DIL).
Netherlands-based companies are collaborating in a public-private partnership (PPP) over the next two years aimed at developing insects as a source of protein for broiler diets, among other goals.
Impact investors including European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), BNP Paribas, the Prince Albert II Foundation and The Good Investors have participated in a funding initiative for Protix valued at €50m (US$57.1m)
The demand for insect protein, mainly as an ingredient in feed and pet food, could reach half a million metric tons by 2030, up from today’s market of around 10,000 metric tons, predict the authors of a new RaboResearch report.
