08/29/2025

At the World’s Biggest Bug Farm, 10 Billion Maggots Recycle Food Waste

This could help limit the environmental damage from our food system

On the world's biggest bug farm, roughly 10 billion maggots squirm toward the day they will be crushed, dried and sold as an alternative form of protein powder.

None of these insects will find their way into your smoothie. They're marketed as a more sustainable ingredient for fish feed, livestock feed and pet food. Along the way, they are tasked with eating food waste — helping to address a source responsible for a tenth of human-induced global greenhouse emissions.

In nature, black soldier fly larvae are gifted recyclers, gorging themselves on dead and decaying plants and animals, neutralizing germs and turning rot into a source of protein that nourishes fish, birds and other creatures.

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