Enter the Insect
How the black soldier fly can help turn the global protein crisis around. Insect farming is a growing industry whose goals is to help address the protein crisis. Dr. Greg Wanger discussed the black soldier fly, which can convert our food waste into a high protein insect meal.
Join Oberland Agriscience CEO, Dr. Greg Wanger, for his recent presentation to the Nova Scotian Institute of Science. In our new, post-pandemic, world the lecture was a hybrid of in-person and virtual. You can watch Greg’s presentation here and feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions!
Bug business is big business for Halifax company
The Chronicle Herald stopped in for a visit to Oberland Agriscience Inc. in late July. Read the conversation with Greg here to learn more about what we're working towards in Atlantic Canada.
Growth spurt planned for N.S. company that farms insects for animal protein
Oberland Agriscience aims to produce protein with the lowest carbon footprint anywhere
CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2022 6:04 PM AT | Last Updated: July 25
Read Greg’s interview with CBC.ca here.
Oberland on CBC Halifax Information Morning
Listen to CEO Greg Wanger give CBC Halifax’s Portia Clark a tour of Oberland Agriscience for Information Morning. This interview originally aired on Monday, July 25, 2022.
Touring a facility raising fly larvae for making animal feed
Portia tours a facility in Ragged Lake just outside Halifax that makes protein for animal food using fly larvae. The founder and CEO of Oberland Agriscience, Greg Wanger, says the company is hoping to complete a new 10,000 square metre facility run entirely on renewables by 2024.
Halifax Chamber of Commerce Profiles Oberland
“Food waste is an issue everywhere, and I wanted to see if we could help the aquaculture industry by supplying some more sustainable feed for their fish,” Dr. Greg Wanger, CEO and Founder of Oberland Agriscience.
Read Oberland’s member profile on page 24 of Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s April/May issue of Business Voice.
2021 Halifax Chamber of Commerce Awards
Oberland Agriscience was recognized as Innovative Business of the Year at the 2021 Halifax Chamber of Commerce Awards.
ONSIDE Podcast: Science and Entrepreneurship
Oberland Agriscience Founder & CEO, Greg Wanger spoke with ONSIDE about the intersection between science and entrepreneurship, insect farming and his work on the Perseverance rover.
Source: ONSIDE Podcast
Oberland Agriscience recognized as Innovator of the Year at Divert NS’s 2018 Mobius Awards
“Oberland Agriscience is a Nova Scotian start-up company that upcycles organic waste into high value protein products. Oberland uses a novel waste stabilization process that transforms organic waste into a nutritious insect feed. With a two-process operation, Oberland addresses both the increasing organic waste burden, and the growing protein shortage within the Atlantic region. Oberland diverts organics from breweries, cafes, and agriculture sources. Once processed, the organic waste becomes a long-term stable food source for the voracious black soldier fly larvae. The larvae in turn become a nutrient-rich, highly sought-after, high quality protein ingredient for pet food, aquaculture and agriculture feed.”
— divertmobiusawards.ca
Turning Compost Into Food
CBC’s Frances Willick visited Oberland Agriscience to explore the role of black soldier fly larvae as an alternate sustainable protein.
“By weight, the larvae are about 50 per cent protein,” said Greg Wanger, founder and CEO. “Compared with more traditional feed, they’re an efficient crop.
Wanger said Oberland can produce up to a million times more protein per hectare than a conventional soyfield or cornfield. Plus, larvae grow much faster — up to 4,000 times their size in just seven days.
”I think this is really a game changer,” he said.