A native of San Francisco, Christian Molinari has lived and worked in Chile for over 20 years, after having arrived in Santiago as a volunteer and falling in love with the culture and its people. He covered business news in Latin America for over a decade, worked in communications at IBM Chile, and currently freelances in strategic communications and reporting.
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Chilean startup Food for the Future (F4F) breeds black soldier flies to produce alternative aquafeed.
In a recent interview, F4F Commercial Manager Felipe Mayol provided SeafoodSource with information on how far the company has come in its 10 years of existence, an inside view of the company’s current operations, and a look into its future plans.
SeafoodSource: You have a joint commercial campaign with salmon-farming firm Caleta Bay, which
… Read MoreAchieving continuous growth within the shrimp industry is possible through proper investment and a focus on welfare, according to Ecuador National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) Executive Director Yahira Piedrahita.
“It’s not good business for us to have sick animals," she said. “Shrimp kept in inadequate conditions have a high feed-conversion [ratio], require greater use of products to improve health, have a higher risk of illness
… Read MoreFor aquaculture companies looking to embrace an effective circular economic model, as well as a lighter footprint on marine resources, using insect-based aquafeed as a partial replacement for traditional fishmeal can help and, actually, open up new markets, according to Felipe Mayol, the commercial manager at Chilean startup Food for the Future (F4F).
F4F breeds black soldier flies to produce alternative aquafeed. To help their flies grow, the
… Read MoreNearly four years ago, a Chinese man posted a YouTube video that was soon picked up by larger media outlets showing how he trained his Ranchu goldfish to play soccer.
Though the video was released just a handful of months into the Covid-19 pandemic, it has recently become a trending topic in Chile – not because of the recently completed Copa America soccer tournament, during which Chile crashed out in the group stage, but because an animal
… Read MoreFuture of Fish, an international nonprofit working closely with seafood supply chains, has kicked off a pilot development fund looking to enhance the sustainability of small-scale fisher operations in Peru.
The Artisanal Fisher Development Fund seeks to make credit access more widely available to support the formalization and sustainable practices of Peru’s artisanal fishers.
Through the project, working capital loans distributed to
… Read MoreThe Peruvian anchovy-fishing industry has surpassed 98 percent of its 2.48 million metric ton (MT) total allowable catch (TAC) assigned for 2024’s first anchovy season in the country’s north-central zone, which bodes well for global fishmeal and fish oil production considering that Peru accounts for about one-fifth of global fishmeal supply.
“[We] see this as a very positive sign for the fishing and feed sectors,” IFFO
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