Webinar: Sustainable animal feed ingredients and byproduct utilization | WATTPoultry.com

This webinar will explore sustainable sourcing for feed ingredients and byproduct utilization, and explain how technology can enhance transparency.

The animal feed industry is an important part of a circular economy. The use of non-traditional protein sources can reduce waste and lower the environmental impact of feed production. This webinar will explore sustainable sourcing for feed ingredients and byproduct utilization, explain how technology can enhance transparency and efficiency in circular feed production, and discuss the importance of collaboration between feed producers, farmers, and other stakeholders across the supply chain to achieve circularity. Featured speakers include Jerry Shurson, professor of animal science at the University of Minnesota, and Maye Walraven, U.S. general manager and impact chief officer at InnovaFeed.

This webinar will broadcast at 9:00 AM CDT / 2:00 PM GMT (London) / 10:00 PM CST (Beijing)

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

This webinar is presented by WATTPoultry, Feed Strategy, and Feed & Grain.

Dr. Jerry Shurson, professor of animal science at the University of Minnesota

Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Shurson received his B.S. degree in animal science and agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in swine nutrition at Michigan State University. He is a professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota with responsibilities for research and extension. He serves on numerous graduate student committees and has advised 50 M.S. and 32 Ph.D. students, 7 post-docs, and 2 visiting scholars. Jerry has a very diverse animal nutrition research program which involves determining biological mechanisms of nutritional responses; assessing the nutritional value of biofuels co-products; feed safety, biosecurity and environmental impacts of feed ingredient supply chains; upcycling food loss and waste to animal feed; and the role of functional feed ingredients and additives in animal health and productivity. He provides programmatic leadership for several interdisciplinary research teams at the University of Minnesota including the Integrated Animal Systems Biology team, African Swine Fever Response Team, and Animal Agriculture Sustainability team. He has received numerous awards for outstanding accomplishments and contributions in research, teaching and extension over his 38-year academic career.

Maye Walraven, U.S. general manager and impact chief officer at InnovaFeed

As part of her role as U.S. general manager, Maye oversees Innovafeed’s international deployment in North America to produce and deliver performant and sustainable insect-based ingredients for the animal and plant nutrition industries. As part of her role as impact chief officer, she is responsible for managing Innovafeed’s Impact Governance and Strategy. She is part of Innovafeed’s Impact Committee and leads the Internal Impact Sponsors team. Maye is passionate about building relationships with various stakeholders across the value chain, from suppliers, R&D partners, feed manufacturers, farmers, NGOs and distributors to bring sustainable innovations to the market. Prior to joining InnovaFeed, she worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. (USA) for 5 years as part of the Sustainability and Resource Productivity practice. Maye has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Centrale Paris (France) and a Master in Business from the University of Queensland (Australia).