Enterra Feed Corporation: Renewable Food For Animals and Plants

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Enterra Feed Corporation

Renewable Food for Animals and Plants


9 billion people
by 2050
+70% increase in
food production
What does it cost to feed the
animals that feed us?
Price of fishmeal over the last 10 years

$2,000+

$600
2005 2015

Too much.
Unsustainable.
Resource-intensive.
30-40% of food is WASTED

= 1.3 billion tonnes every year

= $750 billion USD in economic losses

= 3.3 billion tonnes of greenhouses gases

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization


Meet nature’s nutrient
renewal expert

Common name: black soldier fly


Scientific name: Hermetia illucens
Welcome to Enterra

Langley, BC
Our Mission

• SOLVE two major global problems


#1 nutrient shortage
#2 food waste

• GROW renewable food for animals and plants

• SECURE the future of the world’s food supply


Our Process
fish feed

chicken feed
larvae
feedstock

pet food

larvae rearing

eggs
hatchery
fertilizer organic crop
production
Receiving Area

100 tonnes of pre-consumer


waste food every day
Pre-Consumer Waste Food

Before it reaches the


end consumer.

Our suppliers:
• Fruit and vegetable
farms
• Produce suppliers
• Grocery stores
• Food manufacturers
Hatchery Operation

1,900 m3 of cage
space

6 million flies
= 300 kg total

5 kg of eggs
produced per day
Larvae Rearing

14 day feeding cycle

daily feed consumed


in 4 hours – no odours

100 million larvae


harvested every day
Product Processing

• Trays are harvested

• Larvae and fertilizer are screened and


separated

• Zero waste from organics

• No additives
Larvae Product

Whole Dried Larvae

• Washed
• Cooked
• Dried
• Packaged

Protein Meal Omega-Rich Oil


Larvae as Fishmeal Substitute

Direct substitute for fishmeal, poultry meal and


soybean meal
 Atlantic salmon testing complete (DFO, Skretting)
 trout testing complete (Barrows, Hardy)
 tilapia farm test complete (Taplow, Oregon)
 organic poultry farm testing complete (Union Point)
 poultry digestibility complete (U Sask)

Locally produced from sustainable inputs

Predictable pricing and consistent supply


Natural Fertilizer Product

 Promotes early plant growth


 Natural fungicide
 Natural pesticide
 Approved for use in organic crop
production
Enterra Farms - Langley

• 100 tonnes per day capacity

• $7.5 million CAD

• Privately financed

• 24 full-time jobs
• 7 hectare site, 1 hectare used
– expansion potential
36,000 tonnes of waste food every year
=
5,400 tonnes of larvae
+
2,700 tonnes of fertilizer
+
20,000 tonnes of water recovered
Product Sales - Langley

2015:
Whole Larvae (8% moisture) 800 tonnes
Meal (8% moisture) 930 tonnes
Natural Oil 260 tonnes
Fertilizer (10% moisture) 2,020 tonnes

2016:
Whole Larvae (8% moisture) 2,160 tonnes
Meal (8% moisture) 1,400 tonnes
Natural Oil 400 tonnes
Fertilizer (10% moisture) 4,000 tonnes
Next Steps for Enterra

2015:
• Expand Langley to 150 tonnes per day capacity
(+$2.5 million CAD)
• 2 new sites in development – Canada, EU

2016:
• USA and Asia expansion
Organic Waste Diversion

post-consumer pre-consumer
yard waste food waste food waste

waste-to- nutrient
composting
energy recovery

 energy  energy  protein, oil


 soil  soil  fertilizer
Enterra in the Circular Economy

NUTRIENTS NUTRIENTS

Closing the Loop


on Food Waste

NUTRIENTS NUTRIENTS
 Farmers  Feed manufacturers

Everyone benefits in the circular economy

 The Planet  Consumers


Enterra Feed Corporation
Renewable Food for Animals and Plants

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