Podcasts about olympia yarger

Full Harvest: https://www.fullharvest.com/Software is Feeding The World Newsletter: https://www.rhishipethe.com/sftwMetal Dog Labs: https://www.metaldoglabs.ai/I'm really excited to share today's episode with Christine Moseley. This problem of food waste is one I've been interested in since starting this podcast. The first episode I dedicated to the issue was episode 040 clear back in early 2017 with Jonathan Bloom of Wasted Food. Then we've had other episodes with people like Olympia Yarger of GOTERRA, Abi Ramanan of Impact Vision, Larry Clarke of Nanoguard and Justin Kamine of Do Good Foods all talking about food waste. And if I'm being honest, I don't think the needle has moved in how much food gets wasted every year. But I applaud the efforts of all of these people and Christine to take on such a massive and complex problem. But I won't be asking the questions today. I'm very pleased to welcome Rhishi Pethe back onto the show to host what I believe is his fifth episode. For anyone who doesn't know, Rhishi has has extensive experience in artificial intelligence, supply chain & logistics, product, data & technology strategy, robotics & computer vision, sustainability, and data interoperability. He has held leadership roles at Mineral (an Alphabet company), The Climate Corporation (Bayer), Amazon, and other technology companies. He has led two startups through exits, and one through a spin out. Rhishi is also the creator of the free weekly newsletter “Software is Feeding the World”, which I highly recommend and I will leave a link in the show notes where you can subscribe for free. It is always a please to pass the mic over to Rhishi and I appreciate him hosting Christine today. And speaking of Christine….Christine Moseley, Full Harvest Founder + CEO, is a passionate serial entrepreneur. At age 17, she started a music education non-profit, Musical Empowerment, which is still growing nationally 16 years later. Currently, at Full Harvest, she is solving the food waste problem at the farm level with technology. Full Harvest is the first B2B platform for surplus and imperfect produce, connecting large farms directly to food & beverage companies.Christine has over 15 years of experience in the logistics and food industries at both Fortune 100 companies (Maersk, P&G) as well as high-growth food start-ups. In her last corporate role, she assisted Organic Avenue, an NYC healthy food + juice start-up, double in size as Head of Strategic Projects and Business Development. Christine holds an MBA from Wharton Business School. Two really smart people talking about one of the greatest challenges our food system currently faces. Enjoy this conversation between Rhishi Pethe and Christine Moseley.

We have a chat with Olympia Yarger, CEO of Goterra. A company turning food waste into fertilizer and food/feed.  Olympia is was the Australian of the year for ACT in 2023, and has a species of fly named after her. She will be presenting at the future ag expo in Melbourne next month (futureagexpo.com.au).  In this very lighthearted podcast we chat about everything from waste removal, animal feed and fertilizer shortages, and crossfitters use of cricket powder.........

Proud Canberran and past North Carolina coleslaw wrestling competitor, Olympia Yarger is an incredibly resilient, dedicated, inspiring and super hands-on Founder & CEO of Goterra, a waste management technology company that uses autonomous robotic systems to process food waste using insects. The company enables a circular economy by creating agricultural commodities from the waste stream.    Goterra is paving the way for a circular economy by transforming waste into agricultural commodities, all while significantly reducing truck movement and processing costs. Learn about the remarkable environmental impact of Goterra's technology, which eliminates noxious gasses and slashes emissions by an impressive 97%.   Having spoken to her on the podcast 3 years ago, it was our pleasure to touch base with Olympia again on her fascinating journey from sheep farmer to maggot farmer, the incredible growth Goterra has had over the past 3 years while being incredibly efficient with the capital they have raised (just $20M since 2019) all with a laser focus on Goterra's mission to redefine waste management for a more sustainable future.    On the topic of mental health, Olympia has been working from home more frequently to limit distractions and, after a tough year personally in 2023, has made a commitment to ride her horse at least 5 times a week. As part of Innovation Bay's Summit community, Olympia has had some of her most meaningful experiences at Summit events. Though it can be difficult to get to the events amongst the day to day commitments of running the business, each time she's gone she mentions it refills the bucket and gains perspective from other founders doing the same thing.     Olympia and Ian also spend some time unravelling the State of Australian Startup Funding report, particularly around the pressing issues of gender inequality and diversity in the ecosystem that the report reveals. Olmypia says, “It's disgusting and we should be ashamed.” She calls out that as an industry we shouldn't be using any female founder as an example because the number of female founders receiving funding is still far too low and this needs to change. With deeptech, an even more polarising sector of the industry, Olympia adds: “The sheer limited number of women “making it” are an anomaly, not an attribute and we've got to change something.”   Quickfire Round:  Book: Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Podcast: Agtech So What  News Source: Al-Jazeera Productivity Tool: Notion  CEO: Tom Loeffler or Keaton Okkonen  App: Instagram  TV Show: Yellowstone, Vikings  TEDTalk Topic: What building climate tech means    Connect with Olympia Yarger and visit https://goterra.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the chat that got Olympia Yarger all fired up! Olympia is the CEO of Goterra, a waste management company that manages food waste with robotic maggot farms.She's a farmer who calls herself the 'maggot lady', and boy is she kicking goals after being named the ACT's Australian of the Year 2023. Olympia's backstory is fascinating. After losing her first child in a tragic accident on her farm, she moved to the US to escape, but ended up staying there for 14 years after she married a marine.  Her husband did six combat tours in 12 years, and being a military wife was challenging for Olympia to say the least. Olympia is unapologetically herself, and we had a fascinating conversation where she opened up about things she doesn't often talk about publicly, so if you've listened to Olympia before, and if you've seen her recent media interviews, those chats are nothing like this one. This is her story.https://www.instagram.com/motherlandaustralia

For the final installment in our three-part food waste series, we're climbing all the way up to the top of the supply chain to gain a deeper understanding of on-farm food loss and waste. The challenges that farmers face getting food to the farm gate have ramifications that are felt all throughout the food system, so by understanding this vital link in the chain, we'll gain insight into how we might begin to shift the way we understand waste overall. Today, you'll hear from Sarah Hulick, food waste expert and a Horticulture Faculty Member at Cabrillo College, and then we turn to Olympia Yarger, CEO of  Goterra (a Tenacious Ventures portfolio company), for some closing remarks on what shifting the food waste narrative will truly require.For more information and resources, visit our website. 

Waste in the food system is an incredibly big challenge. Whether the aim is to reduce food loss, to curb packaging that ends up in landfills, or even to ensure food that's grown makes it out of the field, there is waste at every link in the chain that continues to contribute to food and ag's outsized climate impact. The good news is, there are plenty of startups, and many investors, that are tackling these thorny problems. But the problem is, it's really complex.Our internal grappling with why waste is such a hard nut to crack has taken us on a journey to better understand the barriers in the food system waste space. Today, we're talking with Aly Bryan and Anne-Marie Kaluz from Closed Loop Partners about what they think is holding us back in addressing our waste problems, and then we turn to Olympia Yarger from Goterra (a Tenacious Ventures portfolio company) for more from an entrepreneur's perspective.For more information and resources, visit our website. The information in this post is not investment advice or a recommendation to invest. It is general information only and does not take into account your investment objectives, financial situation or needs. Before making an investment decision you should read the information memorandum and seek financial advice from a professional financial adviser. Whilst we believe Information is correct, no warranty of accuracy, reliability or completeness is given, except for liability under statue which cannot be excluded.

This is the chat that got Olympia Yarger all fired up! Olympia is the CEO of Goterra, a waste management company that manages food waste with robotic maggot farms. She's a farmer who calls herself the 'maggot lady', and boy is she kicking goals after being named the ACT's Australian of the Year 2023. Olympia's backstory is fascinating. After losing her first child in a tragic accident on her farm, she moved to the US to escape, but ended up staying there for 14 years after she married a marine.  Her husband did six combat tours in 12 years, and being a military wife was challenging for Olympia to say the least.  Olympia is unapologetically herself, and we had a fascinating conversation where she opened up about things she doesn't often talk about publicly, so if you've listened to Olympia before, and if you've seen the media interviews over the past week or two, those chats are nothing like this one. This is her story.Carefully curated in regional New South Wales, Salubrious Living is a collection of homewares and beautiful goods showcasing the exquisite craftsmanship of small Australian businesses. Each item is chosen for its timeless artistry and superb quality, from recycled woolen throws and handloomed towels, to handcrafted ceramics and homespun baskets. With her two daughters Dolly & Poppie at her feet, Steph runs her business from her property near Narromine NSW. https://salubriousliving.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/motherlandaustralia

This week we bring you another evokeAG x Humans of Agriculture collaboration podcast, with Oli Le Lievre. Oli catches up with waste warrior and insect farming pioneer, Olympia Yarger, the CEO and Founder of Goterra, an agritech startup using robotics and black soldier flies to turn food waste into a protein source, used as animal feed and a nutrient-dense fertiliser.Earlier this month, Olympia was announced as the 2023 ACT Australian of the Year for her contributions in dealing with climate change. Goterra's food management system has processed more than 35,000 tonnes of waste and saved more than 66,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. The modular biowaste converters have been a huge success for Sydney's Barangaroo precinct in managing high-volume commercial and retail food waste. The Woolworths Group has also incorporated Goterra's solution into their business model to help achieve zero food waste going to landfill by 2025.Here Olympia shares her story with Oli about how personal tragedy led to her traveling overseas and how those experiences helped shape who she is today and ultimately led to the creation of Goterra.

After losing her first child in her early twenties, Olympia packed up her life and headed to the northern territory. As she says she was running away from her issues. She found herself as the only female working in an export yard and as only Olympia can do quickly became part of the crew, and may have surprised them.She headed for the USA, as an avid horse lover she became a horse trainer in Stephenville Texas, a dry county. She would ride her bike several miles after a long day of training horses to have a few beers at the local club.Olympia left the dry county and met her now-husband Eric, a US Marine who deployed to Afghanistan several times. Olympia shares the reality of living in a Marine Corps Town, the thoughts of not when they would return but if they would return home. Olympia is simply extraordinary her will to make a difference is inspiring and this is where she finds herself today, reducing food waste going to landfill and feeding it to the Soldier Flies which ultimately then lead to becoming a stock feed. She cares deeply about the environment and is having a remarkable impact. This episode was recorded on Ngunnawal country and is part of our collaboration with EvokeAg. Throughout the series we're shining a light on the people -  from all walks of life - who make our global agrifood system so vibrant. We're hearing their stories of innovation, their diverse background, what drives them and why shaping the future of food is so rewarding. If you're keen on attending or partnering for EvokeAG 2023 in Adelaide, head to www.evokeag.com

Hosts Warren Davies, Laura Summers, and Rowena Murray discuss all things climate tech on this episode with guest Jas Moore, RRR presenter and graduate of UTAS Sustainability course, focusing on sustainable living; and Olympia Yarger, co-founder of GOTERRA talks about innovative tech in food waste management.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit

Olympia Yarger is the Founder and CEO of Goterra, an Agtech startup that is building an autonomous system that breeds insects using organic waste as a feedstock. Picture this as a shipping container containing a robotic system that takes in organic waste on one side, breeds insects, and produces proteins on the other side.In this episode, Olympia walks us through:the origin story of Goterra and how she became interested in insects the challenges of conventional farming and waste management, and how insects can be part of the solutionthe initial challenges in building a prototype of such a complex & large insect breeding machinethe first commercial success, how she has scaled the company, and her ambition over the coming yearsEnjoy the show!To learn more about Goterra: https://goterra.com.au/To learn more about the Hermetia Olympiae: https://waste-management-world.com/artikel/australia-black-soldier-flies-to-upcycle-food-waste/

Olympia Yarger is not what I expected. Sure, she's creative, clever, smart and something of a pioneer, but what nobody told me was, she's hilarious. This was an unexpected laugh-fest with the founder and CEO of Goterra, an insect farm based in Canberra. Olympia and I went head-to-head in some verbal jousting and I'm gonna be honest, I got smashed. Beyond the laughs, she is committed to changing the landscape of livestock feed and redefining how we look at sustainable waste management solutions. She is also focused on educating and developing opportunities to establish regionally based insect farms, by providing resources, mentoring and referral on the many ways insect farming can be successfully integrated into existing regional and agricultural ecosystems. An emerging industry, insect farming is a vehicle to manage waste streams and is a viable and sustainable protein for aquaculture, pork, poultry and pets. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Olympia Yarger talks to Jesse about the multi-million dollar company she runs in Australia that uses maggots to turn food waste into animal feed and fertilizer. 

G'day, I'm Em Herbert and I'm the co-host of this podcast Life on the Land, alongside Skye. I'm also lucky enough to write for the Graziher magazine. Each week I speak to women across this big brown land of ours, who eke out an existence on the land, or whose lives and life's work are directly entwined with the bush.It's excruciating to pick a favourite Life on the Land episode as there have been so many excellent yarns. However, one that stands out for me, is my chat with Olympia Yarger. I'd interviewed Olympia several times before about her extraordinary waste infrastructure business, Goterra – but I'd never delved into Olympia's own personal story. It sent ripples throughout the Graziher community, with so many people reaching out to say they were as deeply touched by Olympia's magnificent eloquence, her loss, her rawness and vulnerability as I was.It made me think about grief, how inevitable it is, but also the flip side of loss – the searing love that made it possible. It also broadened my mind to Australia's waste crisis, the power of maggots and the incredible minds on agriculture's frontline, working with some genius solutions.I really hope you enjoy listening to this episode again, as much as I did.

Annie and I had a fascinating chat with Olympia Yarger, it included fly sex, working in a male dominated industry, her lifelong dream to be a farmer, and the need to smash the patriarchy. You can find out more about Olympia at Goterra (https://goterra.com.au/).

Olympia Yarger filled a knowledge gap in my brain: the beauty of maggots. I never fully appreciated maggots, particularly of the black soldier fly, until I interviewed her. We also chatted about her husband's military career and the challenges of being a military family with a touching story about one of their family dogs. Olympia is helping reshape waste management as the founder and current CEO of Goterra, located in Australia. Her drive towards more efficient farming and reducing food waste has led to a new kind of insect farming using autonomous robotics. She is a determined, resilient, and larvae-loving-leader in the fight to develop a circular relationship between nature, technology, and food consumption. Something new this week on Remarkable People podcast!

Welcome to a little bonus episode of Life on the Land. If you listened to our podcast earlier this week with Olympia Yarger, you would have heard that we were going to share this bonus episode detailing Olympia and her husband, Eric's experience with the current situation in Afghanistan.Eric is a former US Marine and special forces operative, who was involved in six combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last month he set about trying to get his former Afghani interpreter out of the country – and ended up helping 12 families get safe passage out of Afghanistan.When Em Herbert interviewed Olympia, she said Eric was exhausted, having spent every spare second he had on the phone trying to find seats on planes in the carnage that was Kabul Airport.

This episode deals with the experience of losing a child, which may be triggering. If you need to speak to someone, please call Lifeline, on 13 11 14There aren't many interviews in which our host Emily Herbert has both cried and laughed until a little bit of wee came out. But there isn't many people like Olympia Yarger, today's podcast guest.Olympia is a maggot farmer. Yes, you heard that right. She is the founder and CEO of Goterra, a rapidly growing organisation based in Canberra. Aussies throw away 20 per cent of the food they buy. Isn't that crazy? And that waste has a huge effect on our environment.Olympia has developed waste infrastructure to solve our food waste crisis. She's developed a system where she takes food waste, feeds it to black soldier fly larvae who munch it all up, which then excrete the goodness to create an amazing fertiliser. The maggots themselves are then made into protein rich pig, chook and fish feed. It's a perfectly circular economy.Not only this, she and her team have decentralised the system – creating robots full of maggots which can be parked at supermarkets, hospitals, bakeries, and anywhere where there's a lot of waste.Olympia's journey to building this start-up – and raising more than $10-million of venture capitalist funding along the way – is extraordinary. She is darkly hilarious, intelligent and amazingly articulate. Behind this, her life's experiences broke my heart. She has known terrible tragedy and grief, and has somehow gleaned how to move through and with it; a catalyst of meaningful change that I can only describe as remarkable and quite singular.We start our chat with her beginnings in Canberra and how her innate love of farming was unexpectedly formed when attending boarding school in Yass.This episode of Life on The Land is bought to you by a small (but big in personality!) bush-based café, fashion & gift retail store, located in the far NW NSW town of Walgett. Stone's Throw, is jam-packed full of unique gifts, homewares and more recently, a fashion line. With everything in store also online, it is an easy place to shop from the comfort of your home, offering dispatch within 24hours.Stone's Throw also specialises in corporate orders for those looking for something special for their employees and or clients this Christmas. The majority of Giftboxes are proudly and exclusively Australian-made. Custom designed boxes are also available to suit any budget.Until the 13th of October, Stone's Throw is offering a 10% discount to listeners – just enter LIFEONTHELAND at checkout.Head to www.stonesthrowonline.com.au for all your online retail experiences or contact Katie on 02 6828 3359 for corporate orders.

Using maggot robots to tackle the worlds big issues sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it's a reality for Goterra founder Olympia Yarger. We talk to Olympia about how Goterra works, the struggles of being anunconventional entrepreneur, and how loss can be a primary motivator to take transformative action in combating the most substantial crisis of our time.

Agrifood value chains are known for their efficiencies: they’ve been optimized to grow, process, and deliver massive amounts of safe food all over the world. But efficiency is no longer enough. Consumers and investors want supply chains that are climate resilient (or positive), sustainable & ethical, and free from waste.How can we deliver against these pressures? What changes in technology and practices will be needed? How do we build trust so consumers and industry alike have confidence in the sustainable promises farmers, companies & brands make?In this panel we examine how farmers can capitalize on the increasing value of growing sustainable food, the opportunities for new players and new technologies to remove food waste and packaging from the supply chain, and signals indicating that the mood around sustainability might be about to shift.Our guests include:Olympia Yarger, CEO and Founder, GoterraJessica Vieira, Senior Director of Sustainability, Apeel SciencesLachlan Monsbourgh, Head of Sustainable Business Development, RabobankThis episode is an edited version of a recent AusAgritech Meetup, sponsored by Foodbytes! by Rabobank and brought you by the Agthentic Group, Sprout X and Platfarm. For more information visit our website.We want your feedback!! We’d love to hear what you want to hear more of on this podcast, so we’d appreciate it if you could fill out this short (we promise!) survey.

Olympia Yarger is the CEO and founder of Goterra, a startup using insects to redefine waste management. Goterra has created a unique solution which uses organic waste as feed to grow other usable products such as maggots that can be used in livestock feed and pet food. This episode explores just how Olympia became a maggot farmer, the issues surrounding waste and Goterra’s unique solution as well as some hilarious maggot stories. For more content follow us on instagram and twitter. Music by Nick WeaverSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How do we care for our rivers? How do we turn mountains of foodwaste into animal feed? And more more importantly, how do we tap into the energy that people have to achieve great things? Declan O'Connell from 2xx Rebel Chorus interviews author, Rod Taylor and two people from his new book Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet. Dr Siwan Lovett is with the Australian River Restoration Centre and Olympia Yarger is founder of Goterra. More on Facebook www.facebook.com/TenJourneysFragilePlanet Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet

In episode 24 we chat with the founder of Goterra and  Chair of the Insect Protein Association of Australia Olympia Yarger about how she built a company where automation and biology work in tandem to solve complex challenges like managing waste and creating feed security. See what happens when a company believes that climate change is the crisis of our time and that tackling it means re-imagining what the world could look like tomorrow, and finding a way to change what we do today.

Very enjoyable chat with Olympia Yarger, CEO of Goterra a company using insects for sustainable waste management. We discussed the amazing merging of insect and technology that allows the decentralization of waste management across cities, why finding under serviced customers is key to early adoption, how important it is for startups to build vertically integrated supply chains, how insects are going to be an essential part of the future food supply, how growing up around farming influences your perspective and more!

Olympia Yarger, founder and CEO of GoTerra, is converting food waste into livestock feed by using robots, AI, and maggots. Yes, maggots. After years of working across many different agriculture sectors, Olympia knew she wanted to find a new way to help farmers and make farms more efficient. It was only when she starting farming insects to feed her own poultry that she stumbled upon the solution. She was blown away by how difficult insect farming was and decided to engineer her own fix; she ended up developing a high-tech solution in which maggots in robot-run automated capsules turn food waste into animal feed and fertiliser. Olympia welded the first prototype herself and GoTerra was born. Since founding GoTerra in 2016, she's steadily scaled operations and recently completed a $6 million Series A round of funding with Grok Ventures and Tenacious Ventures to fuel future growth. Olympia is living proof that with time, passion, and tenacity, you can solve big problems.Some specific topics touched upon in Phaedon's interview with Olympia include: the nitty gritty of how GoTerra's capsules work and the business model, why GoTerra is trying to enact change without disruption, how Olympia transitioned from agriculture to tech, why naivety sometimes beats knowledge, how she inspired her early team to join GoTerra, and what the next big steps for her company are.

This week we talk to Matthew Pryor, co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia's first dedicated agrifood venture capital firm and Olympia Yarger, founder and CEO of Goterra, a biotech waste management startup.Tenacious Ventures recently announced its first co-led investment – worth $8-million – into Goterra that is set to transform the robot-managed modular insect farms, which convert waste into a valuable commodity for livestock.Olympia and Matthew share their journey and the importance of building fruitful relationships geared to drive positive change and profitability.

When you think of farming, it's very unlikely that you think about farming flies. In fact, if you have any experience on a farm, you probably know how destructive flies can be to livestock. Yet in a small industrial building in the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick, Olympia Yarger is farming flies. And a lot of people are very excited by her unique work. It turns out that there's more to flies than the average person realises, and Olympia is at the forefront of using the little buzzers to change the waste management industry. So much so that her company Goterra has even received funding from the notoriously agriculture shy Venture Capitalist sector. Olympia candidly discusses how despite all her success as a CEO of a cutting edge company, she still sometimes struggles with the idea that she's ‘...just a maggot lady' who is more interested in growing the business than enjoying the perks of investment capital. Propagate is proudly brought to you by the good folks at the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Young Farmer Business Program. The Young Farmer Business Program is creating opportunities for young farmers and fishers to enter into or expand their existing businesses by helping them improve their business skills. The Young Farmer Business Program has been funded by the NSW Government through the Department of Primary Industries to deliver a multifaceted approach to help young farmers and fishers. Our program is providing access to new business ideas, tools, products and services relevant to young farmers and fishers. For more information on the Young Farmer Business Program please visit https://www.youngfarmer.nsw.gov.au/ To view the failed Rabobank ‘pitch' that Olympia mentions in the podcast, visit https://youtu.be/EGeH_jPrzHg

Hi, this is Graham Brown from Asia Tech Podcast. Welcome to the EvokeAg Podcast series, brought to you by the team at Beanstalk.In episode 2 Cal and Rob tackle recycling and waste innovation with Richard Macchiesi, General Manager (Insights and Innovation) with VISY, and Olympia Yarger, Founder and CEO of GoTerra.We hear about the strong entrepreneurial spirit in VISY, a large family-owned company focused on packaging innovation for a better world. And Olympia is blazing the trail with her maggots robots, responding to the massive issue of crop and food waste. Both companies are making a big impact in the world of waste.This episodes’ Crusty Quote comes from Olympia about raising capital: “The no was because your narrative didn’t fit – it’s how you tell the story”. Enjoy telling your story!

It's not tastebuds or the latest fetish at trendy health food stores that's driving the boom in bug gastronomy. Broad economic forces like climate change and population growth mean insects and grubs are appearing on more menus around the world. Bloomberg's Agnieszka de Sousa talks with Scott and Dan about how little critters can avert a food crisis, while Olympia Yarger talks about her bug-food startup. 

Olympia Yarger is the Founder and CEO of GOTERRA, an Australian-based waste management company that redefines the idea of food waste through decentralized waste management. Their company’s primary goal is to manage food and animal waste using insects of which the byproduct could be used as a feed additive. This approach is an alternative and sustainable way of feeding livestock that also reduces global waste.   Today, Olympia shares how maggots can help solve global food waste. She describes what it was like to start a maggot farm, how to manage one, and what makes it unique compared to typical farms. She also explains how maggots convert food waste to animal feed and how this could be the future of sustainable agriculture.   “It's one thing to get the flies to do the act and get viable eggs, but it's another to manage consistency of production at any scale.” - Olympia Yarger       This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:    The problems they initially encountered with their maggots when they were starting out. What it's like to run a maggot farm vs a typical farm. What a Black Soldier Fly farm looks like. How much food waste could one shipping container go through? How they structure their business model. How long it takes to raise maggots. What they do with waste that wasn't consumed. Food items they can't use in the farm.   Olympia Yarger’s Words of Wisdom: You can streamline insect farming in a way that makes it affordable and also gives you access to a wave of ideas. There is a need to breed a lot of maggot eggs and refine the system in a way that is commercially viable.   Connect with Olympia Yarger:   GOTERRA LinkedIn Check Out Our Sponsor for the “Sustainability at Scale” Series   Have you ever heard of Marrone’s BIO WITH BITE? Marrone Bio Innovation offers crop pest protection for the modern organic and conventional production systems. To make sure every grower using their products realize the best possible return on investment, Marrone invests time and resources to thoroughly test and demonstrate the efficacy of those new state of the art products. With serious trial data to back it up! You can see more and connect directly with Marrone by visiting them at www.marronebio.com Marrone is very proud to support The Future Of Agriculture blog series on sustainability in agriculture with Tim Hammerich.   We Are a Part of a Bigger Family!    The Future of Agriculture Podcast is now part of the Farm and Rural Ag Network. Listen to more ag-related podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or on the Farm and Rural Ag Network Website today.      Share the Ag-Love!    Thanks for joining us on the Future of Agriculture Podcast – your spot for valuable information, content, and interviews with industry leaders throughout the agricultural space! If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest feedback. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on your favorite social media spots!    Learn more about AgGrad by visiting:  Future of Agriculture Website AgGrad Website AgGrad on Twitter  AgGrad on Facebook  AgGrad on LinkedIn  AgGrad on Instagram   

Listener, we'll let you in on a secret. Sometimes you record a podcast episode that's just chockablock with potential episode titles. For example, for this episode we could have gone with: - A Smell That's a Little Less Offensive - Crickets: Little Land Prawns - The Perfect Podcast Recording Temperature - Crickets Are Just Smaller Chicken - Maggot Lady to Maggot Maven. We decided to go with Modular Mobile Multilevel Maggot Management. Listen to find out why! Will n Rod!

It's easy to love a panda, a monkey, or an beautifully coloured bird, but spare a thought for the humble fly.  These tireless workers aren't just the ones  that buzz around your bbq sausage. There's a huge range of species that eat aphids and pollinate flowers. And now Canberra startup Goterra is turning Black Soldier Fly larvae into stock feed. Turn garbage into food, build an industry in Canberra, and slow the dumping of waste into land fille. Dr Bryan (the Fly Guy) Lessard's mission is to celebrate the true worth of the fly. Read his story in Fuzzy Logic's Fairfax column. Olympia Yarger from Goterra joins Bryan and Rod for today's celebration of flies.