Manure Innovation Challenge Final Pitches at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco
The Animal AgTech Innovation Summit will host the final of the Manure Innovation Challenge, organized by The Yield Lab Institute for early-stage companies to advance innovative manure-management technologies.
Eight start-ups from around the world have been announced as the finalists to compete in the Manure Innovation Challenge at a special pre-summit Breakfast Pitching session in San Francisco on 16 March. All summit delegates will be welcome to join.
Startup CHONEX aims to turn chicken poop into profit, with help from Prosperity Fund
Using a proprietary process, CHONEX applies black soldier fly larvae to poultry manure. The voracious larvae convert the waste into three products: a certified organic protein feed, a fatty acid used in cosmetics, and a high-value organic fertilizer and soil enhancer.