evidence: Tyson Foods and Protix, a leading global insect ingredients company, have entered into a joint venture agreement to build and operate a U.S. insect ingredient production facility. The site will be the first at-scale facility of its kind, upcycling food manufacturing byproducts as feed for black soldier flies that, in turn, will be bred and processed into high-quality insect proteins and lipids used primarily in the pet food, aquaculture, and livestock industries. The facility will house an enclosed system to support all aspects of insect protein production, including the breeding of the insects, as well as the incubation and hatching of the larvae. Tyson Foods also has entered into a strategic investment agreement with Prolix, which will support the growth of the insect ingredient industry and expand the use of insect ingredient solutions to create more efficient, sustainable proteins and lipids for use in the global food system.