Kipster Chickens Turn Food Waste Into Carbon Neutral Eggs

These chickens turn food waste into carbon neutral eggs. Dutch firm Kipster feeds its hens with whatever humans can’t or won’t eat, such as broken pasta shapes or misshapen bread, and agricultural byproducts such as sunflower seed husks. By contrast, standard chicken feed is made largely from grain which accounts for 70% of the carbon footprint of eggs. Kipster says its ‘upcycled feed’ halves these emissions. Kipster further offsets its emissions by selling surplus energy back to the grid. Globally, one-third of all the food humans produce is wasted. What is thrown away could feed 1.26 billion hungry people a year. Food waste also accounts for around 10% of global CO2 emissions. Watch the video to learn more about Kipster’s carbon neutral eggs.