Abstract: Insects are grown then harvested, mixed with ingredients, and then used to produce products. Insect are grown within an interior of an enclosure and heat is removed therefrom by providing a refrigerant vapor, condensing the refrigerant vapor to produce a liquid refrigerant, and evaporating the liquid refrigerant by transferring the heat from the interior of the enclosure to the liquid refrigerant. Insects eat feedstock and excrete insect frass which is then collected for use as a fertilizer. Also described is insect breeding and insect lipid extraction. Cannabis plants may be grown together with the insects.

Abstract: Methods to produce cannabis-related products derived from a cannabis oil extract subjected to a two-step supercritical carbon dioxide separation process are described. Cannabis terpenes are separated from cannabis plant material at a relatively lower temperature and pressure than the cannabis oil which may then be distilled and/or mixed with an ingredient to produce a multifunctional composition. Methods to produce medicinal and recreational cannabis and insect-related products are described.

Abstract: A vertically-integrated cannabis-related product production method is described, the method comprises, producing a distilled cannabinoid and/or a crystallized cannabinoid from cannabis plants, comprising: in a farming system, growing the cannabis plants, the cannabis plants comprise a cannabinoid; in an extraction system, extracting the cannabinoid from the cannabis plants; in a purification system, purifying the cannabinoid to produce a purified cannabinoid; and in a distillation and/or a crystallization system, distilling and/or crystallizing the purified cannabinoid to produce the distilled cannabinoid and/or the crystallized cannabinoid. Various ways to purify, distill, and process the cannabinoids are described. An insect pest management system may be integrated with the farming system to grow the cannabis plants in the presence of predatory mites which feed on insects and/or spider mites.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.

Abstract: A method to grow cannabis is described, wherein the method includes providing and treating a source of water, mixing the water with an additive to form a liquid mixture, transferring the liquid mixture to a plurality of cannabis plants grown in a growing medium including a mycorrhiza fungus, and growing the cannabis using a humidity control method, then harvesting the cannabis plants. Trimming and grinding the cannabis along with use of environmental control methods including temperature, humidity, lighting schedules, and carbon dioxide concentrations are also described.

Abstract: An animal food composition comprising cannabis and two or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of insects, a fiber-starch material, a binding agent, a density improving textural supplement, and a moisture improving textural supplement is described. The animal food composition may include bacteria, fungi, water, fermentation waste, spent microorganisms, an alcohol production coproduct, scales of fish, soft tissues of fish, radulae of mollusks, taurine, a fatty acid, or meat. The composition includes inflammation reduction properties, cannabis volatile feedstock components and wherein the cannabis includes powdered cannabis, ground cannabis, or dried cannabis.

Abstract: Methods to grow cannabis plants within an interior of an enclosure are described, the method comprises condensing water vapor from the interior of the enclosure to produce a source of liquid water and supplying the liquid water to the cannabis plants. The source of liquid water may be supplied to a common reservoir and then transferred to the cannabis plants. The common reservoir includes fish, a microorganism, or treated water. Water drained from the cannabis plants may be recycled back to the common reservoir. The water may be filtered or oxygenated and mixed with a pH adjustment solution, a macro-nutrient, a micro-nutrient, a carbohydrate, an enzyme, or a vitamin. Solar panels may be used to provide electricity for electrically powered lights that illuminate the cannabis plants. The cannabis plants may be grown within a growing medium, harvested, trimmed, ground, heated, and made into multifunctional compositions or foodstuffs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of commercial scale production and processing of biosynthetic cannabinoids produced by growing genetically modified microalgae in a photo-bioreactor to a produce biosynthetic cannabinoids, separating a liquid nutrient medium from the genetically modified microalgae, and extracting the biosynthetic cannabinoids to produce an extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid, then distilling the extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid to produce the biosynthetic cannabinoid distillate. Biosynthetic cannabinoid distillates may be used foodstuffs, beverages, nanoemulsions, spray-dried water-soluble powders, cosmetics, or topicals.

Abstract: Cooked and shaped food compositions comprising insects are described. The composition is cooked an oven, a fryer, a dryer, a dehydrator, or a freeze dryer. The composition comprises a mixture comprising water, insects, and two or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrocannabinol, a fiber-starch material, a binding agent, a density improving textural supplement, a moisture improving textural supplement, and a biocatalyst. The composition also includes a foodstuff, an animal food, an enhancer, an extrudate, fish oil, fish, meat, an oil, a flavoring, or an acid. An energy bar foodstuff comprising insects and tetrahydrocannabinol is also described.

Abstract: Methods to produce cannabis plants are described, the methods include growing the cannabis plants in a growing medium within an interior of an enclosure by providing a common reservoir including water, and transferring the water from the common reservoir to the cannabis plants within the interior of the enclosure, the water within the common reservoir includes, fish, treated water, evaporator condensate, and a microorganism. Methods to asexually clone, harvest, trim, grind, and heat the cannabis plants are also described.

Abstract: Lipid-depleted insect compositions are described and include protein, chitin, bacteria, fungi, and various ranges of calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, ash, manganese, iron, zinc, water, bulk density, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and protein, wherein the composition is derived from Orthoptera order of insects, or the composition is not derived from Orthoptera order of insects. Lipid extraction methods are described which include use of a use of a first immiscible liquid and a second immiscible liquid. Compositions including insect eggs, feedstocks, and breeding materials are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of commercial scale production and processing of biosynthetic cannabinoids produced by growing genetically modified microalgae in a photo-bioreactor to a produce biosynthetic cannabinoids, separating a liquid nutrient medium from the genetically modified microalgae, and extracting the biosynthetic cannabinoids to produce an extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid, then distilling the extracted biosynthetic cannabinoid to produce the biosynthetic cannabinoid distillate. Biosynthetic cannabinoid distillates may be used foodstuffs, beverages, nanoemulsions, spray-dried water-soluble powders, cosmetics, or topicals.

Abstract: Lipid-depleted insect compositions are described and include protein, chitin, bacteria, fungi, and various ranges of calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, ash, manganese, iron, zinc, water, bulk density, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and protein, wherein the composition is derived from Orthoptera order of insects, or the composition is not derived from Orthoptera order of insects. Lipid extraction methods are described which include use of a use of a first immiscible liquid and a second immiscible liquid. Compositions including insect eggs, feedstocks, and breeding materials are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods to produce cannabis oil nanoemulsions. Cannabis oil nanoemulsions may be used for the production of beverages, pharmaceuticals, drugs, and spray-dried powders. Methods to produce a cannabis oil nanoemulsion are described, the methods includes a two-step process to emulsifying water and cannabis oil with a first emulsification system to produce a microemulsion; and introducing the microemulsion to a second emulsification system to produce the nanoemulsion. A variety of emulsification systems may be used including agitators, a rotor/stator, a sawtooth blade, colloid mill, piston pump, microfluidizer processor, and ultrasonic homogenizers. Water treatment prior to emulsification is also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of commercial scale production and processing of pharmaceutical liquid or solid compositions derived from insects, wherein the compositions include a purified recombinant protein, vaccine, antibody, peptide, or chemical, and where the virus includes a recombinant baculovirus. Systems and methods to produce the insects and a purified insect-derived recombinant protein, vaccine, antibody, peptide, insecticide, fungicide, or chemical within a bioreactor are also described.

Abstract: A method to grow cannabis is described, wherein the method includes providing and treating a source of water, mixing the water with an additive to form a liquid mixture, transferring the liquid mixture to a plurality of cannabis plants grown in a growing medium including a mycorrhiza fungus, and growing the cannabis using a humidity control method, then harvesting the cannabis plants. Trimming and grinding the cannabis along with use of environmental control methods including temperature, humidity, lighting schedules, and carbon dioxide concentrations are also described.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.

Abstract: Methods to produce a spray-dried active tetrahydrocannabinol powder and/or cannabidiol powder are described. The methods include introducing a heated gas and a liquid mixture of water and active tetrahydrocannabinol and/or cannabidiol into a spray dryer and then separating powder from the spray-dryer in a two-step separation process. Counter-current spray dryers and co-current spray dryers are described followed by separation of the powders with a cyclone, filter, electrostatic precipitator, or sifter.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, liquid mixing, shaping, cooking, flavoring, biocatalyst mixing, exoskeleton separation, liquid separation, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer-operated farming superstructure systems (FSS) may be used to produce cannabis for human consumption with minimal water and environmental impact. Methods to method to separate volatiles from cannabis are described. Methods to asexually clone a plurality of cannabis plants are also provided.