Fly larvae: Costa Rica's sustainable protein for animal feed
Raised in vertical farms and stuffed with fruit waste, fly larvae have been turned into animal feed, as a new Costa Rican venture in sustainability is demonstrating.
Raised in vertical farms and stuffed with fruit waste, fly larvae have been turned into animal feed, as a new Costa Rican venture in sustainability is demonstrating.
Ecology
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Agriculture
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Other
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Molecular & Computational biology
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Plants & Animals
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Plants & Animals
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Cell & Microbiology
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Plants & Animals
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Cell & Microbiology
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Environment
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