Tyson Foods Invests in Edible-Insect Farming – By Craig Bannister (CNS News) / Oct 26, 2023
Tyson Foods has announced its investment in Protix, a Netherlands-based company which creates insect food products and also plans to build a factory in the United States.
For the present, at least, the black soldier flies which will be grown at the facility on a diet of animal waste will be used for pet, poultry, and fish food. However, the decision by the Tyson company seems to be related to a larger push by environmentalists for people worldwide to start making insects a dietary staple.
While it has not begun to incorporate insects into its line of protein products alongside the beef, pork, and chicken it is known for, Tyson’s meat production is apparently going to be closely linked with raising the edible insects.
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