They say there's no rest for the wicked. But judging by the way urban farmer and author Christopher Leow has been flitting from one green project to the next, neither is there rest for the superhero — in this case, Singapore's 'Captain Planet', who's been hard at work the past year doing (among other agricultural and agri-educational tasks) R&D on...
But judging by the way urban farmer and author Christopher Leow has been flitting from one green project to the next, neither is there rest for the superhero — in this case, Singapore's "Captain Planet", who's been hard at work the past year doing R&D on sustainable cricket farming.
And you know that cricket chirping sound? That is when they are mature and ready to mate. We use a coconut-fibre substrate to let them lay their eggs, which take seven to 10 days to hatch, and then the cycle continues. We worked with a start-up to develop and create this automatic feeder from scratch. It's a robotic feeder that will dispense the feed for the crickets, and you can also attach sensors to it like cameras. Eventually, it will use machine learning to dispense the feed automatically without any human input.
People prefer to have it in a powder form, especially in countries that are not familiar with crickets. When they don't see the crickets, then it's more acceptable to them!There are two different tracks that we are looking towards. One is developing the systems — for example, the growing system, the auto feeder — that we can then use to help other farmers produce crickets more effectively. Hopefully, other farmers in Singapore can try growing crickets.
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