Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00871, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Joseph, Alain (Nova Scotia Community College), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Nova Scotia|Nouvelle-Écosse, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for colleges, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les collèges, program purpose english : Orchestra Farms Entoculture Inc. (Orchestra Farms) is a Nova Scotia (NS) company operating in the sector of breeding of insects for industrial purposes. The company specializes on two species of insects, crickets and superworms, with general use of product to feed mainly reptiles and to some extent birds and amphibians. The business specifically targets the US growing reptile feeder market and the increasing role that insects play in North American diets._x000D_
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Orchestra Farms' current major challenge is scalability with superworms. In increasing their superworms colony to meet the orders of distributors, each staff is spending hours in the separation process, from bins of thousands of peers. Indeed, superworms seek isolation from peers and potential predators while in their pupae. This is currently done by hand and is as simple, yet time consuming. The company now seeks the Nova Scotia Community College's support to design a solution that will be economical, easily maintainable, and can be quickly implemented using standard parts. This will allow employees to re-allocate time for other tasks, leading to increased productivity._x000D_
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The proposed project will help Orchestra Farms gain valuable insights into design and productivity as they grow their distributing capacity for their evolving business. The outcome of the project will also support overcoming the hurdles in time management, collection and separation processes to adequately supply market demands. _x000D_, program purpose french : Orchestra Farms Entoculture Inc. (Orchestra Farms) is a Nova Scotia (NS) company operating in the sector of breeding of insects for industrial purposes. The company specializes on two species of insects, crickets and superworms, with general use of product to feed mainly reptiles and to some extent birds and amphibians. The business specifically targets the US growing reptile feeder market and the increasing role that insects play in North American diets._x000D_
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Orchestra Farms' current major challenge is scalability with superworms. In increasing their superworms colony to meet the orders of distributors, each staff is spending hours in the separation process, from bins of thousands of peers. Indeed, superworms seek isolation from peers and potential predators while in their pupae. This is currently done by hand and is as simple, yet time consuming. The company now seeks the Nova Scotia Community College's support to design a solution that will be economical, easily maintainable, and can be quickly implemented using standard parts. This will allow employees to re-allocate time for other tasks, leading to increased productivity._x000D_
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The proposed project will help Orchestra Farms gain valuable insights into design and productivity as they grow their distributing capacity for their evolving business. The outcome of the project will also support overcoming the hurdles in time management, collection and separation processes to adequately supply market demands. _x000D_, agreement title english : Process design and Optimization of a superworms separation system, agreement title french : Process design and Optimization of a superworms separation system, agreement number : CARD1, agreement value : 24750.0, agreement start date : 2018-01-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada