CricketFarm’s new space-saving breeding facility for edible cricket

CricketFarm Co. Ltd., which operates an edible cricket farming business, has developed a new space-saving breeding facility at its Okaya farm in Nagano Prefecture. With the introduction of IoT automation, even with a small area and a small number of personnel, stable production is made possible. Along with the existing large-scale breeding system, this will create a breeding system that can flexibly respond to situations and needs with two production lines.

The new breeding facilities incorporate automatic controls to enable stable production with a small workforce and limited space. Developed at the Okaya farm, they cover approximately 100 square meters, which is about half the size of a tennis court. By making the most of the space, it is possible to produce up to approximately 4.5 million crickets annually.

In CricketFarm’s proprietary smart breeding system, individual case management using QR codes is usually implemented. However, the case breeding system has been abolished in the newly established breeding facilities. This provides a wider environment for crickets to grow, and eliminates the need for individual QR code management by breeding staff, leading to labor savings. The feature of this space-saving breeding system is that it can aim for stable cricket production with a small area and a small number of personnel.

With the development of the new breeding facilities at the Okaya farm, CricketFarm’s smart breeding system now has two production lines, space-saving and large-scale. By using them in combination or selectively, a flexible production system that can effectively utilize space while responding to various situations and needs will be established. Additionally, because space-saving breeding facilities can be operated with minimal space and personnel, they are expected to be a breeding example that makes it easier for them to start the business in the production partner system, which they promote for the promotion of edible crickets.

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