In this thesis, the problem of surplus nutrients from dairy farming and food waste was
investigated and the potential of an enterprise based around using black soldier fly larvae
(BSFL) to process dairy manure and food waste was considered as a means of mitigating part
of this problem whilst promoting additional environmental improvements and benefiting
other stakeholders, particularly dairy farmers. A transdisciplinary approach with a pragmatic
action research methodology was employed due to the wicked nature of this problem. This
approach provided the flexibility to follow up insights and explore the problem and potential
innovation in depth and width.