Turning poo into protein (Image: Warwick Sloss/Naturepl)
Editorial: “Let them eat maggots“
IT’S extreme recycling. Why grow crops on manure when you could just take the good stuff directly from it? Even better, maggots could help.
Global food prices have soared in recent years, and animal feed is no exception. “Maggot cake” could provide a high-protein food source for farm animals that is not only readily available, but recaptures nutrients in manure and other waste far more efficiently than existing methods.
“The real story is that we are mining an unexploited resource, and what’s the last great unmined resource? It’s our own waste,” says Howard Bell…
