Better Origin turns food waste to animal feed –
Summary
Because these systems are in shipping containers, they can be deployed in all sorts of parts of the supply chain.” In a nutshell, the premise of the company is to move animal feed production onto the farms that consume the food. The $16 million funding round was led by U.K. veteran investors Balderton Capital and will be used to help the company grow the team and scale internationally. Using AI and automation to create the optimal environment for this cycle to flourish, Better Origin produces black soldier fly larvae, which can be fed to the farm’s animals. “Fotis, Miha [Pipan, CSO] and the Better Origin team are working to fundamentally change our broken food chain, for the benefit of everyone,” said Suranga Chandratillake, general partner at Balderton Capital. Better Origin presents a new approach and we believe it can have a transformational effect on food and farming systems.” The company currently has five mini-farms up and running, but is planning to grow rapidly over the next year.