On November 25, 2009, Sustainable Development Technology Canada approved EcoSpace’s Pre-Application for $1,000,000 funding for Full Commercial Size Prototype Plant, based on Milinator technology. The SDTC’s Full Proposal Phase is being prepared now and the result would be known in June of 2010.

On July 20, 2009, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs approved $160,600.00 in funding for a joint research program conducted by University of Guelph's Department of Environmental Biology and EcoSpace Engineering Ltd. The research project is conducted under leadership of Dr. Youbin Zheng, Adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph, Department of Environmental Biology.
In March, 2009, Dr. Mike Dixon, the Director of University of Guelph’s Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility and Ivan Milin, the President of EcoSpace, agreed to collaborate on a joint three stage research project for Recycling Organic Waste using Insect Larvae - the MILINATOR Technology.
In stage one, a bench scale MILINATOR prototype will be built at the University’s Arkell Research Station in Guelph, Ontario. Manure from egg layer chickens will be processed by MILINATOR Technology. Laboratory analyses will be performed on the incoming substrate, on the finished products, and at intermediary phases of the process.
The organic fertilizer produced by the process will be tested on different plants and compared under different conditions. The fly larvae and pupae will be fed to egg layer chickens and the production and quality of eggs will be compared to the eggs produced using commercially available protein food additives.

The scientific data generated from stage one will be used to both approve the use and sale of organic fertilizer, as well as the use of larvae and pupae as livestock feed. This scientific data will also be used for evaluating the positive environmental impact of MILINATOR Technology and thus paving the way for obtaining Carbon Credits.

Dr. Youbin Zheng and Ivan Milin pose beside a Vacuum Chamber used to simulate growing conditions inside the low-pressure greenhouse domes that would be used on future human colonies on other planets.
Dr. Zheng has many years experience in organic horticulture research in Canada, England, Japan and China.

On March 24, 2009, Ivan Milin was invited to the University of Guelph’s Department of Environmental Biology to discuss his MILINATOR technology and the various ways in which the University could collaborate with EcoSpace Engineering Ltd.

Participants of the meeting where:

Dr. Michael A Dixon, Professor and Director of Controlled Environment System Research Facility.
Dr. Youbin Zheng, Adjunct Professor, Manager Technical Operations, CESRF.
Dr. Stephen A Marshal, Insect Systematics, Department of Environmental Biology.
Ron Fleming, P. Eng., Research Engineer & Coordinator Environmental Management Program and Ivan Milin, P. Eng. President of EcoSpace Engineering.

Dr. Michael Dixon and Ivan Milin pose in front of Small Hypobaric Chambers, used for research related to biological life support for the long term human space exploration.
Dr. Dixon is the world’s leading expert in the field of Space & Advanced Life Support Agriculture.

On March 24, 2009, "Ontario Farmer" magazine has published an article about MILINATOR technology. To view the article please click here.

On  March 12^th , 2009, on Thursday, at 3:00 PM, Ivan Milin, president of EcoSpace Engineering Ltd. was a speaker at   "The 3^rd Annual Growing the Margins Conference and Exhibition". The topic of Mr. Milin's speech was:    

On November 27th, 2008, on Thursday, at 2 PM, The Agri-Technology Commercialization Centre, 120 Research Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, was officially opened

On Jan. 23, 2008, EcoSpace President Ivan Milin, presented his MILINATOR technology to the audience of Professional Engineers.