New Insect Protein Production Facility Announced

Press release from the City of Decatur:

The City of Decatur, EDC, along with the State of Illinois, joined ADM and Innovafeed – leaders in production of animal nutrition and feed – in announcing major new plans to bring the world’s largest insect protein production facility to Decatur, Illinois.

The facility will be owned and operated by the French insect producer Innovafeed and will co-locate with ADM’s Decatur corn processing complex.

This will create hundreds of new jobs within a the next few years, and help to keep our Decatur community as the agribusiness center of the world. The is just the latest “state of the art” facility being built here in Decatur.

This press release was produced by the City of Decatur. The views expressed here are the author’s own.