Revolutionising livestock feed with insects

Flemming At the end of a small country road in Denmark is the Enorm factory, an insect farm set up by a Danish woman who wants to revolutionise livestock feed.

Jane Lind Sam and her father, Carsten Lind Pedersen, swapped pigs for soldier flies and created a 22 000m² factory where they intend to produce more than 10 000 tonnes of insect meal and oil a year.

The factory, which opened in December 2023, is the largest of its kind in northern Europe and its products will initially be used by farmers for animal feed and, perhaps in the future, for human consumption.

The two entrepreneurs are making products that will be "substituting other, maybe less climate-friendly products", Lind Sam, co-owner and chief operations officer, said.

They hope to contribute to the evolution of agriculture in a country where the sector's climate impact is under scrutiny.