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Farming Pests to Save Crops | Auckland News
In a twist of nature’s balance, farmers are now raising pests to feed the predators that protect crops. At a former tomato greenhouse, Chris Thompson and his team breed greenhouse whiteflies on tobacco plants—not to eliminate them, but to feed parasitic wasps that devour crop-damaging bugs. It’s like farming wolves by raising sheep, with billions of insects managed daily in climate-controlled rooms. With no off-the-shelf equipment, Thompson—armed with mechanical engineering skills and decades of family roots in the business—runs what might be New Zealand’s largest insect farm. These tiny…
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