DEEP CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF ORGANIC WASTE...
Did you know that cities across Vietnam are drowning in waste, with 70% of it being organic? Waste from restaurants, eateries, food-processing factories, and agricultural markets is mostly sent to landfills. There, it decomposes in anaerobic conditions, releasing greenhouse gases. At the same time, it becomes a breeding ground for harmful bacteria and diseases. Organic waste pollutes the soil, seeps into groundwater, and contaminates the air.
Ho Chi Minh City alone produces about 9,300 tons of household waste every day (as of January 2021), 60–75% of which is organic. However, most of it is mixed with other types of waste, making it “dirty waste” that is difficult to treat. Currently, much of this waste is either buried in landfills or openly burned, causing serious consequences for the environment and public health. The city’s two largest landfills are already overloaded, and the same situation is happening in many other major cities in Vietnam.
Although Vietnam is still a developing country, it ranks second in Southeast Asia in food waste, with more than 8 million tons per year, valued at 3.9 billion USD (nearly 2% of GDP). This figure is double the food waste ratio of many wealthier economies, even though most of it is still edible.
We often hear about the journey “from farm to table” but what about the reverse journey, “from waste back to table”? How can waste be transformed, in a new form, to close the loop that has been broken?
Application: Humane Chicken Farming Under the Forest Canopy
In Vietnam, more than 80 million chickens are currently raised in inhumane conditions. They spend their entire lives laying eggs in cramped, dark cages with barely more space than a sheet of A4 paper.
Meanwhile, vast forests are left underutilized, planted only with monoculture species such as acacia. By making use of the space beneath these forests, we hope to inspire and share with communities a new model of circular and community-based economy. we aspire to inspire and share with everyone a new model of community-based and circular economy.
From Waste to Table...
Happy Chickens
With the mission of “closing the loop from waste to farm to table”, transforming organic waste into high-value agricultural products and with the vision of offering consumers fresh, clean, and high-quality food from happy chickens, the Larva Yum team has created the “3 Mộc” Eggs and “3 Mộc” Chicken Meat product lines, born out of love for the environment, animal welfare, and our consumers.
Free-range chickens in a natural environment
At the Larva Yum farm in Đồng Nai, chickens are raised under the acacia forest canopy using a humane farming approach. This method provides them with living spaces that respect their natural behaviors and access to nutritious, natural food sources, ensuring both their physical and mental well-being.
Each chicken has 0.15 m² of coop space and 1 m² of outdoor playground, giving them room to develop natural habits such as dust bathing, sunbathing, and perching both inside the coop and in the outdoor area.
Chickens Are Provided with a
Nutrient-Rich Herbal Diet
Their diet includes 10% fiber from a variety of nutritious herbs such as moringa, garlic, ginger, betel leaves, and water spinach — and, most importantly, 20% calcium-rich black soldier fly larvae. Moringa leaves are rich in protein, iron, active carotene, tocopherols, and vitamin C, essential nutrients that reduce deficiencies and act as natural antibiotics to strengthen chickens’ resistance to disease. Fermented garlic is added to their feed to stabilize digestive and respiratory systems, protect them from weather-related illnesses, prevent dangerous diseases such as typhoid, septicemia, and E.coli, and reduce parasitic infections. Ginger supports digestion, boosts the immune system, and has anti-inflammatory properties.
The chickens are fed calcium-rich,
protein-packed larvae – a type of insect that helps give new life
to many by-products and organic waste.
Calcium larvae (black soldier fly larvae) make up 20% of the chickens’ diet and are fed directly to them, allowing the birds to grow in alignment with their most natural instincts. The fat in calcium larvae contains lauric acid (a saturated fat with antibacterial properties), which strengthens poultry’s immunity. At the same time, the larvae provide a rich source of protein, calcium, and phosphorus, all of which are essential during the egg-laying stage.
Remarkably, thanks to their ability to consume and digest microorganisms as well as produce antibacterial and antifungal compounds, calcium larvae raised directly on the Larva Yum farm not only process and effectively recycle organic waste from restaurants, supermarkets, and companies, but also supply natural nutrition for the flock. In this way, each larva functions like a tiny factory, tirelessly consuming surplus organic matter and transforming it into valuable agricultural products for poultry farming.
PRODUCTS
3 MỘC EGGS
3 MỘC CHICKEN
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Phone number: 038 6522 210
Email: contact@greenconnect.vn
CONTACT
Representative Office: 2/1K–2/1KA Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street, Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
Email: contact@greenconnect.vn
Hotline: 038 6522 210
Email: contact@greenconnect.vn
Hotline: 038 6522 210
OPERATION LOCATION
Central Vietnam
Hue
Da Nang
Southern Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Binh Duong (New Ho Chi Minh City)
Dong Nai
Long An (New Tay Ninh)
Tien Giang (New Dong Thap)