Animal Scientist| Freelancer| Co-founder @farm_wing| Writer: Guitarist: Dad: Uncle: Aries
Nyandarua, Kenya
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We’re diving into the real work of building BSF businesses — not just the opportunity, but the practical realities of scaling.
Fredrick Kimathi, Co-founder and Executive Director of Protein Masters, is walking us through cocreating BSF business models. Through Protein Masters, he focuses on training, consultancy, breeding stock supply, and setting up structures that help others enter and grow in the space.
BSF sits at a powerful intersection:
Blue economy: Reducing demand for omena and other small fish so they stay in the water for bigger fish and healthier aquatic systems.
Green economy: Turning organic waste into protein while producing fertilizer that supports soil regeneration.
Multiple niches exist — larvae production, egg production, consultancy, waste management, and fertilizer production — but scaling them is where many businesses struggle.
Key challenges Kimathi highlights:
BSF is highly capital-intensive
Limited land makes expansion difficult
Consistent waste supply and transportation costs significantly affect viability
Promising scaling pathways being discussed include waste location strategies, hub-and-spoke outgrower models, and stronger policy and standards harmonization.
These are the conversations that turn interest into workable businesses.
If you’re building, investing in, or supporting BSF or circular protein systems, which of these challenges or pathways resonates most with what you’re seeing on the ground?
Share your experience below.
#BlackSoldierFly #CircularEconomy #GreenEconomy #BlueEconomy #SustainableAgriculture #InsectFarming #WasteManagement #ScalingAgribusiness
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Kilimo Ni Mboka. Empowering youths to lead Agrifood Systems Transformation.
#WingFarm #MbogiYaFoodSystems #KilimoNiMboka
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Twende Kilifi.
For the 5th Indigenous Seed, Culture and Food Harvest Fair
14th - 15th Oct 2026
Karisa Maitha Grounds, Kilifi
#KulaKienyeji #MbogiYaFoodSystems
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Today we joined Mazingira Day 2026 with the @TendetFoundation at Foundation Move Up & Yellow Bench Park in Mathare. 🌿
Under the theme Growing Roots of Resilience, we shared ideas and practical solutions on how to keep our environment healthy and protected. From community learning journeys on urban farming, hydroponics, Black Soldier Fly farming, and river rehabilitation, to co-creation sessions and community dialogues, the day was full of energy and purpose.
It was inspiring to see young people, children, local organizations, and community members coming together to plant the seeds of lasting environmental change.
Let’s keep cultivating community-led action. Our environment is our shared responsibility. 💚
#MazingiraDay2026
#mbogiyafoodsystems
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KYASA is heading to Kilifi for the 5th Indigenous Seed, Culture and Food Harvest Fair.
14–15 Oct 2026 · Karisa Maitha Grounds
Indigenous seeds, local food culture, and the youth keeping both alive. #MbogiyaFoodSystems will be in the room.
#kulakienyeji #mbogiyafoodsystems
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H.E. President @WilliamsRuto, youth are engaged too late in agrifood decision-making . We call for youth codrivers in the implementation of NASIP ksh.(1.0T) at National &County levels #mbogiyafoodsystems @CS_MoALD @StateHouseKenya @KenyaGovernors
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“As youths, we don’t just to work, we need to get money out our work. Kazi bila pesa ni utumwa!” Kamau
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There is a huge disconnect between the youth and the policies, youth engagement, training, and political intervention to solving the youth problems. But financing and access to money is coming out strongly.
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Join us for the first-of-its-kind Kenya Youth in Agrifood Systems Summit, by youth, for youth, happening 2nd–4th September 2026 at the Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete.
This is our space to connect, shape conversations and showcase ideas.
#mbogiyafoodsystems
Mbogi ya Food Systems is inviting you to join the movement!
📅 2nd–4th September 2026
📍 Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/dNa2Usaa
Mbogi ni ya Food Systems. Come, let’s make our food systems more sustainable and inclusive!
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Join the Movement
Join us for the Kenya Youth in Agrifood Systems Summit, happening 2nd–4th September 2026 at the Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete.
By youth. For youth.
Register here: forms.gle/RfyxNTLK9MX9KH268
Mbogi ni ya Food Systems. Come, let’s make our food systems more sustainable and inclusive!
#MbogiYaFoodSystems #YouthInAgrifood #YouthLeading
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#MbogiYaFoodSystems is in the Coast Region, bringing the conversation on the future of food systems closer to young people.
Across various regional dialogues championed by Wing Farm Organization and other like-minded youth-led organizations, IFJAD has been actively engaged, listening to young people speak openly about the barriers that continue to limit their meaningful participation in agrifood systems.
But these conversations are not only about challenges. They are also about solutions - about what needs to change for young people to become active shapers of the food systems they depend on.
This makes the dialogue in the Coast Region particularly important.
Kilifi faces a stark reality. According to KNBS, more than half of its population - 53% - lived below the overall poverty line in 2022, compared with 39.8% nationally. Even more concerning, 46.3% of the county’s population was living in food poverty, meaning they could not afford the minimum food consumption basket. Among young people aged 15–24, the situation was even more severe, with 61% experiencing food poverty in the same year.
Yet, alongside these challenges lies immense potential. Kilifi has fertile agricultural land, rich fisheries, livestock, diverse food value chains and the incredible Indian Ocean that opens opportunities in fishing, aquaculture, seaweed and the wider blue economy. The county itself identifies agriculture, fishing and tourism as key drivers of its economy, while recognising significant untapped potential in the blue economy.
The challenge, therefore, is not a lack of opportunity. It is ensuring that these opportunities translate into decent livelihoods, affordable and nutritious food, and a stronger voice for communities - particularly young people - in shaping the food systems of the future.
#MbogiYaFoodSystems is about creating the space to listen, imagine and act. The future of the Coast's food systems must not only be discussed with young people. It must be shaped by them.
#YouthInAgrifood #FoodSystems #FoodJustice #BlueEconomy #Kilifi #CoastRegion #YouthLeadership #IFJAD
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Women play a vital role in Kenya’s farming and agrifood communities, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
If you know a young woman making a difference in farming, this is your chance to recognize her. 💚
Nominate her today: youthagrifoodsystems.ke/awar…
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Agriculture just got exciting! How would you love to voice your ideas and dreams for the future of food in a fun and impactful way? Join us at the Youth Agroecology Corner and Action Lab — a vibrant side event of the 3rd National Agroecology Symposium.
#AgroecologyKenya
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Mbogi ya Food Systems Rift Valley Edition
#MbogiYaFoodSystems #YouthInAgrifoodsytems #RiftValleyDialogue #FoodSystems
