ABOUT CHAPUL
Nature's
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Unleashing the regenerative potential of insect agriculture
Earth's Design. Modern Application.
The Ecosystem of Insect Agriculture
Chapul Farms is active across the spectrum of insect agriculture development. We work with a variety of clients to incorporate insects and insect-based research into overlapping areas of impact.
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We work with you to develop a customized approach to how your organization and initiatives can benefit from the vast potential to engage with the circle that is insect agriculture.
Building a food-secure future.
Chapul Farms is an insect agriculture project development company that designs, builds, and operates commercial scale Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) facilities.
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Uniquely partnered with Nexus PMG and located with the Soil Food Web on Tainable's 600-acre regenerative farm in McMinnville, OR.
Our mission is to restore biodiversity to agriculture, soil, and planet earth for a more sustainable, resilient, and secure food system.
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Insects are a keystone species to soil biodiversity.
Insects leverage millions of years of microbiological evolution to process organic material into healthy protein and fat, add microbial life to agricultural soils, eliminate food waste, decrease agricultural GHG emissions, and decrease reliance on fossil fuel and unsustainable inputs to plant and animal agriculture.
According to Project Drawdown, diverting organics from landfills is the #1 most actionable item to address climate change.
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Team
PATRICK CROWLEY
CEO
MICHAEL PLACE
CTO
ALY MOORE
CCO
TODD SEVERSON
CPO
MAX BREITENSTEINER
BSFL TECHNOLOGIST
ALEXX BLAZZARD
SUPPLY MANAGER
SAYLA ELSBREE-KRAFT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
TYLER ISAAC
AQUACULTURE
JOHNNY CRESSEY
FARM HAND
KARI MADDEN
HEAD OF SALES
NEXUS PMG
100+ ENGINEERING STAFF
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Learn More
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How insects can feed a circular economy (Metabolic)
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Maggots: A taste of food's future (The Washington Post)
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Pets can help fight climate change with an insect-based diet (The Washington Post)
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The World is so Desperate for Manure that Even Human Waste is a Hot Commodity
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We Can Turn Organic Waste Into High-Value Nutrients With the Power of Insects (BNN Bloomberg)
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Behind the scenes at Chapul Farms: The Black Soldier Fly Revolution (SEDCOR)
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Eating Insects (TEDX)
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Why not eat insects? (TEDX)
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Can eating insects solve global issues in an ever-changing world? (TEDX)
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Season 5 Episode #21: Pitch (Shark Tank)
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Follow Up (Shark Tank)
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Update (Shark Tank)
Chapul History
Pat Crowley and Chapul made headlines in 2014 when Mark Cuban invested in the first US cricket protein bar on Shark Tank, catalyzing financial, regulatory, and market growth of the broader insect industry.
Chapul Farms, an evolution founded in 2018 to focus specifically on black soldier fly larvae applications, has a bigger mission: transform food systems with insect biology.
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