An insect farm envisioned to make insect farming easy and convenient. BUGX empowers users to farm healthy and nutritious protein at home while reducing resource consumption and emissions.
Ideal for people sharing homes such as families. Its modular structure makes it adaptable to different users. BUGX is conceived to make having fresh insects accessible to people who don’t have spare time and space but still want to be able to farm their own insects.
01 The problem
Food scarcity & climate change in 2050
02 The solution
Insect consumption
Insects are a great non processed alternative to animal protein. They contain a similar nutritional value but consume less resources.
03 Research
How do you farm insects?
A complex endeavour.
Through interviews I learnt about the difficulties of insect farming. Insect farming can be very productive but you need to have expert knowledge to make it work. There is no ready made 'easy' kit. Most people use DIY farms and it takes years of experience to make it work.
Tiziana
di Constanzo,
Co-founder of Horizon Insects
Co-founder of Horizon Insects
‘Farming insects is complicated, it requires a lot of knowledge and dedication'
'Different insects require specific & varying environments at each stage of their life cycle'
Laura
Gritman,
Mealworm farmer in Florida
Mealworm farmer in Florida
‘The system has to be very adapted to the insects to avoid common problems like mites and mould.‘
04 Design development
Designing for each insect’s needs
BSFL - Black Soldier Fly Larvae
This container has a self harvesting system that takes advantage of the flies’ life cycle. When they’re ready to pupate their instinct to look for a dark space makes them climb up the tube and into the harvesting box.
This container has a self harvesting system that takes advantage of the flies’ life cycle. When they’re ready to pupate their instinct to look for a dark space makes them climb up the tube and into the harvesting box.
Mealworms
This container features an opening that helps easily harvesting the mealworms by pouring them out.
This container features an opening that helps easily harvesting the mealworms by pouring them out.
Crickets
This container has higher walls than the others to help avoid crickets jumping and escaping. It should be filled with egg cartons to give the crickets a comfortable environment.
This container has higher walls than the others to help avoid crickets jumping and escaping. It should be filled with egg cartons to give the crickets a comfortable environment.