Dutch insect ag firm Protix shifts focus to Asia: ‘We could be cost competitive there from day one’

Dutch insect ag firm Protix shifts focus to Asia: ‘We could be cost competitive there from day one’

Dutch insect ag pioneer Protix is shifting its focus from Europe and North America to Asia, where it says the cost and regulatory structures are more favorable for the nascent industry, which is reeling from a wave of bankruptcies. Until Europe relaxes rules that block insect farms from using post-consumer food waste and most animal by-products as feed, it’s hard to make the unit economics add up, especially in markets such as The Netherlands an…