Shahryar Oveissi

At Biosource Feeds, we’re turning waste into opportunity. Our team in Uganda has just completed the third of forty planned Black Soldier Fly (BSF) nurseries, part of an ambitious project to revolutionize sustainable animal feed and bio-oil production. Each nursery is expected to produce 2 tons of BSF larvae daily. By harnessing the incredible power of BSF, we’re not just addressing municipal waste issues—we’re creating a sustainable future for communities across Uganda.

BSF are ideal biological agents for our mission to create sustainable animal feed, fertilizer, and bio-oil for use in our sister company biodiesel refinery. BSF feed on food waste, solving a municipal waste problem while providing a low-cost feedstock for the BSF. BSF eggs hatch after two to three days, followed by roughly two weeks in various pre-pupae stages during which they are voracious consumers. Prior to entering their larval stage, the BSF are separated from the frass (unconsumed food waste and BSF excrement) and then processed in several stages to yield bio-oil and BSF cake. The frass is shipped to another Biosource Feeds facility in Mukono, Uganda where it is bagged and sold as a fertilizer supplement to local small holder farmers. The bio-oil is sold to an affiliated biodiesel refinery, also located in Mukono, and the BSF cake is shipped to our Busia, Uganda facility for further processing into animal protein for sale to poultry, aquaculture and animal protein consumers.

Learn more at www.biosourcefeeds.com