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Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this waste can improve soil health when added as a fertilizer in farming.

The frass, or insect manure, is collected and stored in a building next door. Right now, Quentin has two years worth of frass in a massive pile resembling dry, grayish dirt.

One of the greatest challenges facing the nascent insect agriculture industry is the tunnel vision around insects for protein production which has overshadowed the benefits of frass in soil health.

This research does. With cockroaches … imagine all the food people don’t eat. You can take all that food and feed it to these cockroaches and grow plants with their frass.” ...

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The global market for insect protein was worth almost $1 billion in 2022, whereas the global market for frass was worth $96 million in 2023, with frass's growth estimated to be much greater.

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Despite its benefits, though, frass isn’t widely used yet. Regulatory hurdles remain, and the US National Organic Program isn’t willing to fully embrace insect-based fertilizers.

Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this waste can improve soil health when added as a fertilizer in farming ...

With a unique ability to consume nearly any form of organic matter it comes across, one small but mighty insect is becoming a tool to address the growing problem of organic waste and soil ...