AgriProtein: the company using flies, our waste to keep the planet from eating itself

The fly makes the world go round. While many find these critters repulsive, they actually play a very important role in how we get our food we eat.

For starters, by eating decaying materials, the fly helps speed up the nutrient cycling which helps generate richer soil for plants and vegetables. It’s also a protein food for some animals — a lot of which, people eat. As much as we might hate it, it’s actually nature’s filthy little farmer.

The problem with nature is that it is slow. Way too slow for our overpopulated, capital-driven world of today. But if AgriProtein co-founder Jason Drew has his way, we could soon find a way to balance capitalism and environmentalism.

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