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Olympia Yarger

This Aussie farmer is using maggots to solve a major problem

Olympia Yarger is the founder of Goterra, a biotech business aiming to kill two birds with one maggot (or thousands of them). Yarger’s colony has so far processed more than 35,000 tonnes of food waste and raised more than $9 million.  

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Forbes Staff
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