Comments on: Vermiman’s DIY BSFL BIN

By: Meta Strikes

Meta Strikes — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:31:56 +0000

Hi everyone, it’s been almost 10-years since people started discussing on this post. Hope new things are emerged in the field of BSF and bio-conversion in this decade.

By: Franco

Franco — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:16:07 +0000

Hi Bentley

During summer we get up to 35 ° Celcius. Absolutely not.
There are big companies like http://www.prontix.com doing it on a large scale.

But I am thinking of indoor capazities.

Best,
Franco

By: Bentley

Bentley — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 23:58:40 +0000

Hi Franco
I would wonder if your climate was warm enough. Are Black Soldier flies native to Switzerland?

Bentley

By: Franco

Franco — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:14:51 +0000

Hello

I am from Switzerland.

I am currently enrolled in my Masters in Entrepreneurship. I have choosen BSF farming as my project.

I am looking to do this on large scale even though I am quite new to this.
I have support by the government and have a big producer of animal feed who would be willing to start a cooperation.

Who can help me in this matter?

Thank you very much for your responses.

You can contact me under fbargetze@gmail.com

Best regards,
Franco

By: Vijay Tonse

Vijay Tonse — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:26:34 +0000

Dear Dr. Olivier,

I live in Kensington, Maryland, which is 10 minutes driving distance North of Washington D.C. I am originally from Bangalore in India and moved to the U.S. in 1993.

I am interested in exploring the possibility of my becoming a Dealer or Distributor of both residential and commercial biopods, especialy in Maryland, and also a seller of BSFL starter culturesas I see considerable potential opportunities for these in my area. However, I do not know if some other Dealer or distributor already exists in my area.

The major producer of organic wastes in Maryland are the large mega poultry farms which produce broilers on deep litter system. I do not know whether you have tried feeding poultry deep litter to the larvae, but from your description of the development of the bedding in the integrated pig farming system, this sounds something like the deep litter system followed by poultry farmers.

I understand from elsewhere on the internet that BSFL have also been used to directly effectively attack and convert large volumes of fresh manure even of poultry and pigs and horses. Do you have nay information as to what systems were used or were the BSFL just added or developed naturally where those manures were dumped?

Maryland is also believed to have the largest number of horses per capita of any of the States in the US, which means big problems in disposal of horse manure, which could mean big opportunities for people in the Black Soldier Fly Larvae business.

Sincerely,

Vijay Tonse

P.S. I may be contacted at vijay.tonse@gmail.com

By: Joe Ferrone

Joe Ferrone — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:22:55 +0000

Where can the 4-foot biopods be purchased for $100? I can not find these units for sale – can you please point me in the right direction? Thanks!!

By: Paul Olivier

Paul Olivier — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:01:55 +0000

I have 4-foot biopods in stock which sell for $100 US a piece.
But freight to Kenya in small quantities might be expensive.
In Kenya I would not suggest putting food waste in biopods.
Feed the food waste first to pigs and put pig feces in biopods.
See: http://esrla.com/pdf/landfill_09.pdf

By: william mutahi

william mutahi — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:18:19 +0000

Hi Paul I have learnt a lot from your site.Keep it up.I am in Kenya how can i get your bio pods here.thanks

By: paul olivier

paul olivier — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:12:50 +0000

I have biopods in stock, but I think it would be too expensive to ship just one to the UK.

By: Mike aka BW

Mike aka BW — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:24:06 +0000

Bill Knight I’d love to learn more about your setup. Do you have a webiste?