§ Field notes & research

We write what we learn.

Protocols, field logs, and post-mortems from the bench and the floor. Most of it for free.

№ 048 Protocol M. Costa 2026 · 04

Substrate moisture envelopes for T. molitor under fluctuating ambient RH

How we hold substrate moisture in a workable band when the room's humidity will not sit still.

№ 047 Field log What we learned shipping 14 batches from Nottinghamshire to Lisbon A. Pereira 2026 · 03 № 046 Software Anomaly detection for batch yield: a small model beats our heuristics Platform team 2026 · 02 № 045 Regulation Reading the UK FSA's 2026 guidance on edible insects, line by line Advisory 2026 · 01 № 044 Protocol Why we abandoned vertical pupation trays, and what we built instead M. Costa 2025 · 12 № 043 Economics A cost model for a 200-tonne mealworm facility, sheet by sheet Advisory 2025 · 11 № 042 Field log Overwintering a cricket colony through a 31-hour power cut A. Pereira 2025 · 10 № 041 Software Exporting compliance records an inspector actually trusts Platform team 2025 · 09 № 040 Protocol Frass as substrate: what finally closed the loop for us M. Costa 2025 · 08