Insect farm uses artificial intelligence to promote food security

"The events from this year and last have shown how fragile our global food system really is," said Fotis Fotiadis, CEO and co-founder of Better Origin, the UK-based insect mini-farm. Detailing the current food security outlook in Europe, Fotiadis relayed: " While we are still trying to digest how the pandemic has affected our global food supply chain, it is becoming more evident that we cannot rely solely on imported food products." The food industry currently places reliance of our animal feed sector on soy, most of which comes from South America. "A disturbance in the global soy supply chain can, therefore, have a dramatic impact on livestock production in the UK and EU," Fotiadis observed. The solution can be found in technologies that are being developed that allow for food and feed products to be grown locally.