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Marking 50th Earth Day: MUSCA announces participation in SPACE FOODSPHERETOKYO—April 22nd, 2020—Marking Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary, Musca
Inc.*(hereinafter “MUSCA”) announces participation in SPACE FOODSPHERE Program,promoted by SPACE FOODSPHERE General Incorporated Association as of April 22nd,
2020.

[Sharing our only home, Planet Earth] This Earth Day 2020, as we all stay home to overcome thepandemic COVID-19, we chose a coloring picture with well wishes for the world, so that your child may fill itin any way they wish and be happy, while we all socially distance, and fight for health and humanity in our
only shared home, planet Earth.

Earth Day, held mostly online from the impact of Covid-19 this spring, celebrates its
semicentennial on April 22nd, 2020, and continues to unite more than 1 billion people
from over 190 nations around the world. What initially began as a movement to raiseawareness of industrial development impact on human health and the environment, hassince evolved to be a diversified, educational and action-oriented movement against
environmental degradation and the climate crisis, urging change at all levels across theglobe, from individuals, business, investment to city and national governments.
Coincidentally, it has also been about 50 years, since the research and development of
the thoroughbred houseflies and biomass recycling system owned by MUSCA, initiallybegan. The world has changed dramatically since scientists in the Soviet Union hadresearched nutrition options using houseflies reared on limited recycled resources, tofeed astronauts on an outer-space mission. Today, MUSCA carries on their spirit of a“sustainable circular food system” at the heart of its insect-tech business, at a time whenhumans need more food on our planet with less environmental impact, more than everbefore.
SPACE FOODSPHERE General Incorporated
Association was established in April 2020, forstrengthening Industry-AcademiaGovernment collaboration, to expand thespace food market creation initiative "SpaceFood X” which has been planned andmanaged by Real Tech Holdings Co., Ltd. inpartnership with the National Research andDevelopment Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) among otherorganizations.
Space Food X was launched in March 2019, to co-create a solution for food problems bothon earth and in outer space, drawing on Japan's advanced technology, cumulativeknowledge and unique food culture. As a member of "Space Food X", MUSCA has been
involved in discussions and research for the “future vision of food” both on earth and inspace. With the program’s evolution into "SPACE FOODSPHERE", MUSCA will further
contribute to the program with its circular economy approach to the agro-food system,
utilizing insect tech to produce alternative protein from limited resources, towards thegoal of building a sustainable, well being future for humanity.
--About MUSCA Inc.-“Zero-Waste Nutrient Cycling in 1 Week”
Insect technology firm, MUSCA (https://musca.info/en/ Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEOAyano Ryugo), has selectively bred houseflies for almost 50 years over 1200 generations.
MUSCA rears thoroughbred housefly larvae as insect-protein feed, while utilizing theirenergy to convert biomass into organic fertilizer in a one-week-cycle. A pioneer ofhousefly-farming in the emerging insect technology industry, MUSCA solves two essential
problems in today’s agriculture, with biomass solution and alternative-protein feed within
a single supply chain. With further products and services on the horizon, MUSCA presents
a sustainable platform for a circular economy, working towards a cleaner planet withdurable food security for future generations. / Media Contact : pr＠musca.info