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After a remarkable end to the year 2019, this January showed that 2020 will continue cellular agriculture’s momentum into the new year. Cellular agriculture is the field of producing animal products, like meat and milk, directly from cell cultures instead of raising animals for the same products. Compared to conventional livestock agriculture, cellular agriculture provides a more sustainable way to produce animal products to meet the growing demand for animal...

In a summer that included the first cell ag food product in the market to the first cell-based salmon tasting, this August marked a strong end of summer 2019 for cellular agriculture. Cellular agriculture (cell ag) is the field of producing animal products, like meat or dairy products, from cell cultures directly instead of raising animals for the same products. Compared to conventional livestock agriculture, cell ag provides a more sustainable way to...

Following all the developments in April, May marked a great start to the summer for cellular agriculture. Compared to conventional livestock agriculture, cellular agriculture (cell ag) offers a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly way to meeting the growing demand for animal products. By growing them from cell cultures instead of animals. Along with new investments in the field, a lot of the spotlight this month focused on another alternative to animal...

October was a strong start to the fourth quarter for cellular agriculture. Cellular agriculture (‘cell ag’) is the field of growing animal products (like meat and leather) from cell cultures instead of animals, and it offers an alternative and sustainable way to produce animal products. Without requiring animals. From new investments to the first joint-regulatory meeting in the US, this article will take a look at some of the key events during the month of...

Following all the developments in April and May, June marked a strong end to the second quarter for cellular agriculture. Cellular agriculture (‘cell ag’) is the field of growing animal products (like meat, egg white, and leather) from cell cultures instead of raising animals for them and offers a sustainable alternative to conventional animal agriculture. From new investments in cell ag startups to big changes in the food space, this article...

Meat consumption is reaching new heights around the world. With the demand for animal products rising from 60 billion animals in 2016 to 100 billion animals by 2050, the environmental and health impacts of eating meat will only increase. Livestock agriculture already uses about 30% of all fresh water resources and contributes to at least 14.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions (global transportation contributes to 12% of all emissions). On top of that, the large amounts of antibiotics given to...

It is only the beginning of 2018, and it is already shaping up to be a great year for cellular agriculture (‘cell ag’). With reports that global meat consumption is increasing, the need for more progress and development into cultured meat and other meat alternatives are important. In 2018, for example, the average American will consume 222.2 pounds (100.8kg) of red meat or poultry. That’s equivalent to eating approximately 800 quarter-pounder burgers in the year, or 2.4 per...