We are pleased that our hard work has paid off, with many people commenting how this book has helped them fast track their business.
We had additional challenges such as running our business in the middle of natural disasters (fires, floods), covid and then some pests infestations for good measure…but we got there in the end. Once we got the content it then took months to edit and upload to a online format. Doing this took time, and we estimate we spent as much time obtaining content for this book as we did running the insect farm. We then took thousands of photos and hundreds of videos of how we operate the farm. We then Benchmarked the production and costs of producing of yellow/giant mealworms and crickets.
First we demolished and renovated a 6m (20 foot) caravan and converted it into an insect business. This project was big….with thousands of photos and hundreds of videos taken over a 18 month period. If the insect breeding industry is to move forward quickly (and it will to keep up with global food demand) we decided to do a comprehensive guide to meet this need. In a next step, the company is expected to register a patent before also making these available on the market, as Christoph Bertschi, Co-Founder and CEO of SmartBreed, explained to the platform.When we started the project, to our knowledge no one had produced a comprehensive guide on producing mealworms for both hobbyist and commercially. The breeding boxes for grasshoppers are currently being tested in collaboration with zoos. One type is designed for private individuals, the other for companies.Īccording to the startupticker.ch article, SmartBreed has now launched the first breeding boxes for mealworms on the market. The start-up is developing two types of breeding boxes for these insects. The boxes offer continuous self-cleaning and feed control functions.įor its breeding boxes, SmartBreed is focusing of mealworms, grasshoppers and locusts. These are designed to minimize the time a person needs to spend on breeding insects. It is developing stackable, fully automated breeding boxes. The start-up SmartBreed from Zufikon in the canton of Aargau has set itself the target of simplifying insect breeding. However, the costs involved in breeding insects must be reduced yet further for these kind of food products to prevail, an article by startupticker.ch states. Europe is now also seeing ever more insects on supermarket shelves. In addition, the do not need much in the way of water and produce zero CO2 emissions, unlike cattle, for example. The animals require hardly any space, are undemanding to rear and reproduce particularly quickly.
Insect breeding offers several benefits over meat production.
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