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VIDEO: Inside Black Soldier Fly farming at MYGroup

Letsrecycle.com reporter Savannah Coombe visited MYGroup’s The Maltings facility in South Milford near Leeds to learn more about Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming.  

BSF farming is not new to the waste industry, MYGroup itself has been working with the flies for a number of years to create an Insect Protein Meal product for the aquatic feeds market. 

The waste management company announced in January 2025 that it had opened its first on-site BSF farm in Yorkshire.   

Featuring footage of real fly larvae, this video feature goes behind the scenes of BSF farming at the South Milford site and explores what lies ahead for the sector.  

MYGroup said that it sees black soldier fly farming as the future of both food waste management and the protein industry. Group director, Steve Carrie, called the flies the “heroes of the future food system”.  

In time, the group hopes to breed its own colony here at the very site featured in this video 

Want to learn more about Black Soldier Fly farming?

MYGroup will be talking about its innovations in BSF farming at the Letsrecycle.com Food Waste Conference in London on 6 March 2025. Other speakers include BioteCH4 and the Environment Agency. Buy tickets and find out more here.   

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