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# UCR bioreactor turns food waste into feed
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/ucr-bioreactor-turns-food-waste-into-feed/
- Published: 2025-12-29T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:49:24.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:6950031cbfcdd40001e8d2a0:0

UCR scientists developed a small-scale [black soldier fly bioreactor](https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/12/23/diy-fly-powered-fix-food-scraps?ref=raincrossgazette.com) that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer, producing about a pound of larvae per square yard daily with basic oversight.