Membership Category
- Regular
Institution
- Université Laval
Discipline(s)
- Agronomy
Expertises
- Aquaculture
- Animal nutrition
- Animal production
- Insect production and control
- Solid waste treatment and recycling
Biography
As a biologist specializing in animal ecology, physiology and nutrition, I work to find innovative solutions in animal production. As holder of the Leadership Chair in Edible Insect Production and Primary Processing (CLEIC), I am particularly interested in the valorization of residual organic matter and the mass production of edible insects, with a view to redirecting them towards animal feed. My work is aimed at acquiring and transferring new knowledge in this emerging field, and creating a stimulating research environment to tackle the various issues in the sector. As president of the Table filière d'insectes comestibles du Québec, I act as a structuring player in the sector, in a general effort to implement an applied circular economy model and optimize the exploitation of Quebec's agri-food resources.
Affiliated research axes
Change and Transition Management
Planning Optimization
Resource and Product Maximization
Policy levers
Projects funded by the RRECQ
Circular recovery of methanization digestates through microalgae production and the rearing of edible decomposer insect larvae
Description
The project aims to develop a new way to recover liquid digestates from methanization by producing microalgae as a solution to reduce the cost of the feeding regime used to rear black soldier fly larvae, as well as the cost to dispose of the waters.
The proposed approach is to have a microalgae culture use the liquid digestates from methanization and then set out a feeding regime of microalgae and solid digestates.
What separates this proposal from others is the fact that it interweaves a circular innovation project in an emerging circular economy loop. The innovation lies in the development of a less costly feeding regime to rear black soldier fly larvae whose main component is the production of microalgae from liquid digestate from methanization (a waste).
This new approach to liquid digestate management and the production of edible and decomposer insects fits seamlessly into the circular economies of several cities and regions across Québec and around the world.
Themes
- Agri-food
- Energy
- Recovery
