STAX in the Spotlight: BBC Scotland, The Times & The Herald

STAX Feed is making headlines — and for good reason. We’ve been featured by BBC Scotland, The Times, and The Herald, all recognising our mission to transform animal feed into a force for environmental good.

In the BBC Scotland segment, our founder shares how STAX’s fully circular feed system powered by insect protein and vertical farming isn’t just good for animals, but essential for rewilding our ecosystems and building a sustainable food system from the ground up.

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What a week. I would just like to start this video off with a massive thank you to all the people who have helped Stats along in its journey so far. If I was to list all the individuals, it would sound like I'm reading off a register. But there are four organizations that I think deserve a special shout out. First, Strathclyde Inspire, our first accelerator where we've been housed since October, where I'm presenting from at the moment.

Fordax Ventures have been absolutely transformative in helping us make connections in the US. Barclays Eagle Labs have been brilliant for feedback and everything from business plan right the way through to pitch deck and Sustainable Ventures, our most recent accelerator who I've just had a call with and are helping us gear up for a massive fundraise.

We have been in the Herald, the Times, BBC Radio this morning and the BBC News.

BBC News Interview:

BBC: Now disused landmarks in Glasgow city centre could soon be a buzz once more though maybe not in the way you might expect because a new startup back by Strathclyde University is hoping to turn empty buildings like the People Make Glasgow Tower into vertical farms for breeding insects for animal feed. The company Stax believes it can put Glasgow at the heart of a global shift towards a more sustainable agricultural sector. Well earlier I spoke to the company's founder

Jamie Culpan and asked him why he wanted to fill the city's buildings with bugs.

Jamie: Well, Glasgow specifically because I am from Glasgow and proud and I would love to be able to inject some industry back into our city centre because I think it badly needs it. The idea of moving towards insect farming is it's actually far more sustainable for the planet. It's better for the animals who are eating them.

and it's better for the consumers who are getting to purchase it without needing to worry about the rainforest being chopped down in pursuit of what's on their plate.

BBC: Do think the public would be happy about this filling some of the most iconic buildings with insects?

Jamie: Well, we're not talking about making huge structural changes to the buildings. Our solution is actually entirely modular. So it is rooms within rooms, so to speak. I imagine a Russian doll sort of thing. So we won't actually need to change the buildings much from the outside. And if you're looking in at them, because of the vertical farming component, it will actually just look like they are greenhouses more than anything else. And what kind of insects are we talking about? Ideally, black soldier fly and crickets. The combination allows for a very nutritious ground insect.

BBC: So how advanced is this proposal? I believe you're hoping to take this even to Silicon Valley, is that correct?

Jamie: Yes, we are headed to New York at the end of this week. And then we're on to Silicon Valley, where we're presenting at Startup Grind's global conference. We've done our R &D here in Scotland. We have orders waiting to go. But we require the funding to build a factory. And Silicon Valley is where you go to go and raise money.

BBC: And the benefits of this is what? Environmental?

Jamie: Massively environmental. We're stopping rainforest deforestation and ocean fish meal pursuits leading to the depletion of fish, wild fish across the planet. But also, animals reared on insect-based feed have a far less antibiotic need. So we can actually reduce antibiotics in all the farmed animals as well, and we need to better results for AMR.

BBC: Jamie, thank you very much indeed for joining us.