That sparked an idea – what if these tiny grubs can help tackle the big problem of food waste? 'In order to get fat they enjoy eating lots of food waste - around twice their body weight each day.' Tesco wants to halve food waste by 2030 and AgriGrub's work caught the eye of its environment team. Tesco and WWF are currently supporting research into how to help the UK insect industry thrive. 'Insect protein is already used in salmon farming,' she says.

Source: Daily Mail April 29, 2021 23:00 UTC