This Baltimore Startup Sees Insects as the Livestock of the Future

Sam Glickstein

In a quiet corner of the Harbor Designs and Manufacturing space inside Southwest Baltimore’s Wicomico building, Sam Glickstein oversees one of Baltimore’s newest farms.

In rows of bins stacked vertically on shelves, Glickstein is growing mealworms and collecting data. It’s the early work of Biotrophics, a startup Glickstein founded last year.

While some farms raise animals, this particular farm grows insects. By tinkering with variables such as diets and the growing environment, the company is working to engineer insects to provide a sustainable building block for a variety of industries.

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