The supermarket said the insects were in turn fed on food waste from its bakery, fruit and vegetable sites, creating a ‘circular waste’ feeding scheme.
A report by the University of Cambridge found that the eggs were carbon-neutral after analysing the emissions created in the eggs’ production and those which are offset on Morrisons' first carbon-neutral egg farm.
The egg farm where the first stock of Planet Friendly Eggs will originate also has a large wind turbine, 50kWh solar panels, and a carbon sequestration programme to offset any remaining emissions on the farm - with 20 per cent of its land planted with trees.
The report considered the entire production process including the insect growing unit and food waste transport, the sourcing of locally grown grain and the hen housing and care.
Morrisons said it has been working with its farmers to create net-zero-carbon farm ‘models’ that look at neutralising emissions through the whole lifecycle and...