cellular agriculture
Scientists Are Growing Coral In a Lab to Save Dying Reefs
Scientists are creating lab-grown coral in a bid to save the fast-disappearing Florida Reef Tract, the third-largest barrier reef in the world. Researchers say they have made history by being the first to spawn endangered...
What Is Lab Meat and Is It Vegan?
(Updated April 1, 2020) | Cultured meat—also called lab-grown, cell-based, and clean meat—could be on dinner tables sooner than once thought. The futuristic cellular agriculture industry is only becoming busier. Some say lab meat...
This Clean Meat Company Is Making Cruelty-Free Cat Food
A cellular agriculture startup in Australia is working to bring cruelty-free, lab-grown cat food to market, but it's not stopping there. Heuros is developing technology -- a serum- and GMO-free growth factor for muscle --...
You May Soon Be Able to Eat Cruelty-Free Kangaroo Meat
An Australian food tech company called VOW has developed the world's first lab-grown kangaroo meat. It could be available for purchase in the next three years. The cellular agriculture company uses real animal cells to...
Lab-Grown Foie Gras Will Be in Restaurants By 2021
Lab-grown food could soon satisfy the world's appetite for meat, according to Yuki Hanyu, co-founder and CEO of startup IntegriCulture Inc. The Japanese cultured meat company wants to see its slaughter-free foie gras served...
Lab-Grown Meat Is About to Be 60% Cheaper Than Wagyu Beef
Lab-grown meat may be much cheaper than premium Wagyu beef in the near future. Netherlands-based food tech brand Mosa Meat first introduced the world to its lab-grown hamburger in 2013 with a hefty price-tag of...
Why This Agricultural Giant Just Invested in Clean Meat
Cargill is expanding within the clean meat market. The agricultural giant recently invested in lab-grown meat company Aleph Farms, GlobalMeat News reports. Cargill is one of the world's top producers and distributors of agricultural products...
World’s First Lab-Grown $100 Chicken Nugget Comes to the UK
The world's first lab-grown chicken nugget has arrived in the UK - and it costs about $100 to make. English TV presenter Helen Skelton-Myler has become the first person in the UK to try slaughter-free...
Yes, You Can Save the Ocean By Eating Real Fish
BlueNalu, a San Diego-based food tech startup, believes that there is a way to protect the oceans by eating real, slaughter-free seafood. The aims to address some of the most pressing environmental issues of...
Japanese Waygu Beef to Be Launched By JUST Vegan Egg Producers
California-based food tech company JUST, the maker of a liquid vegan egg made from mung beans, has announced a clean meat partnership with Japanese beef producer, Toriyama and meat and seafood supplier, the Awano Food Group.
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IKEA Supplier Is Developing Lab-Grown Meat
(Updated October 6, 2019) Biomaterials company Ecovative -- the startup that helped Swedish furniture giant IKEA make the switch to sustainable packaging made from mushrooms -- is looking to support emerging lab-grown meat business...
The Orthodox Jewish Union May Declare Clean Lab-Grown Bacon Kosher
Could kosher bacon soon be a possibility? In the new age of clean meat, Rabbi Gavriel Price of the Orthodox Union (OU), the organization responsible for the "Ⓤ" kosher certification on food, is considering...
World’s First Clean Meat Pork Sausages Taste-Tested By Investors
Lab-grown meat startup New Age Meats"made history" on Monday by providing a private tasting of its slaughter-free pork sausages, Business Insider reports. Like the real thing, the prototype clean pork sausage is comprised of cell-based pork...
China Could Become the Lab Meat Capital of the World
Factory farming began in America a century ago, when rural farmers struggled to supply enough food for an increasingly urbanized population. With a nationwide meat boycott in 1910 and the strain of World War...
America’s Largest Meat Lobby Just Partnered With Cellular Agriculture Company Memphis Meats
Cellular agriculture, best known as "clean meat" for its similarly low impact on the environment as clean tech, is set start making market appearances within the next few years. The meat is produced not...
Cellular Agriculture Company Mosa Meat Raises $8.8 Million to Bring Lab-Grown Meat to Market
Netherlands-based food tech company Mosa Meat has raised $8.8 million as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The funding will aid the company in its effort to launch its clean meat beef burgers to market by 2021....
FDA to Determine Whether or Not Clean Meat is Real ‘Meat’
The FDA says it will start the process of regulating clean meat products made through cellular agriculture. Often called lab-grown meat or cultured meat, the meat is produced from animal tissue that's grown from...
Tyson Foods Invests $2.2 Million in Israeli Clean Meat Startup Future Meat Technologies
Leading U.S. meat, pork, and chicken producer, Tyson Foods, has invested $2.2 million in the Israeli clean meat startup Future Meat Technologies (FMT) via its Tyson Ventures venture capital arm. “This is our first investment...
Clean Meat Set to Transform New Zealand’s Economy, Says Food Futurist
New Zealand’s economy, built on billions of dollars of agricultural exports, may soon experience a drastic change. Food futurist Dr. Rosie Bosworth believes the country’s current agricultural commodities will not be able to compete with lab-grown...
New Food Firm Created to Bring Clean Meat to China
Dao Foods International, Inc., a new food firm based in Canada, is working to market both plant-based protein and clean meat, also known as lab-grown meat, to the Chinese market. According to the official website,...
‘Clean Meat’ Could Provide Solution to Organ Shortage
'Clean meat' has made news many times this year, making leaps and bounds in development and also receiving investment from some big names. Clean meat involves growing muscle tissue identical to animal tissues from stem...