Alex Wilkins inside Ÿnsect’s research and development lab in Evry, France David Stock
It is winter in the French town of Dole, but inside the factory where I am standing, the temperature is above 25°C (80°F) and the humid air has a distinctive earthy odour. Robot arms and automated conveyor belts transport stacks of red trays in every direction. The trays are filled with the factory’s raw material: billions of Tenebrio molitor beetle larvae, commonly known as mealworms.
This automated mealworm nursery and slaughterhouse is the blueprint for a global…
