Anay Mridul
Spewing misinformation about cultivated meat, Arizona lawmaker wants to send science innovators to prison
The season of state-level attempts to ban cultivated meat has begun. [In January], policymakers in Virginia, South Dakota, and Arizona ...
Viewpoint: How media coverage has undermined support for cultivated ‘clean’ meat
Is cultivated meat ‘real meat’? Does it pose any benefits? Is it an inevitable, necessary marker of change to the ...
Korean Muslim group becomes latest religious organization to issue a Fatwa approving cultivated meat as Halal
Cultivated meat can be considered Halal and consumed by Muslims, provided they’re sourced and produced in accordance with Halal standards, ...
Can cultured meat be considered vegan?
Since veganism means no animal inputs whatsoever, by definition, cultivated meat doesn’t fall under this umbrella. But it has been ...
What can the food sector expect in a Trump administration?
In his first term, Donald Trump rolled back over 100 climate policies and pulled the US out of the Paris ...
Threat assessment that US could fall behind China in developing cell-based meat prompts some Republicans to reverse opposition
What would it take for a Republican to support cultivated meat? Could it be China’s progress in the sector? That’s ...
Illinois joins growing list of states debating whether to ban cultivated meat
Two months after Florida’s ban on cultivated meat came into effect, and a month before one goes live in Alabama, ...
Alternative fats from gene-edited plants and algae could pose a challenge to unsustainable palm oil and animal fat industries
With many traditional fats – from canola to coconut – under scrutiny for high saturated content or significant deforestation, many ...
Protein-packed potatoes: Startup boosts protein content from 2% to 30% to tackle global malnutrition
ReaGenics, an Israeli biotech startup leveraging cellular tissue culturing to grow plant molecules in bioreactors, has created high-protein potatoes that ...
Singapore and Canada top list of countries most supportive of alternative protein and lab-grown meat
Australian think tank Food Frontier has compared the policies of 10 countries to determine which governments have the most progressive ...
Politics of lab grown meat: Democrats open to innovation, Republicans mostly oppose it
Florida officially banned cultivated meat, making it a felony to sell, manufacture, produce or distribute these proteins in the state ...
Republican legislators push bill that would prohibit low-income families from accessing cultivated meat
In the House Representatives, a group of politicians have co-sponsored a bill that would prohibit the US government from investing ...
98% of Chinese consumers are willing to eat more plant-based foods. What’s holding them back?
When you inform people in China about the benefits of a vegan diet, nearly all of them (98%) would be ...
More than 50% of Gen X Americans have never tried tofu or other plant-based proteins. Here’s a strategy to shake up the alt-meat market
A Dig Insights poll revealed that 64% of US consumers are looking to increase their protein intake, especially younger demographics ...
Climate-adaptive alternative proteins could replace up to two-thirds of animal proteins by 2050 and dramatically reduce need for agricultural land
In the least optimistic scenario, alternative proteins could displace a sixth of meat and dairy consumption in Europe. In the ...
Impossible Foods company takes over cattle ranch, transforms it into soy, sunflower and other crops for plant-based meat production
Next battleground in US culture wars: Republican states advance bans on cell-cultured foods (Business Insider) ...
Mascara and eyeliner are mostly made from crude oil or mined minerals. This algae-based alternative could reduce the carbon impact of many cosmetics
Black pigment solutions are often derived from petroleum-based sources like crude oil, natural gas or coal. Each year, 8.1 million ...
With Earth Day happening around the world, let’s focus on 10 of the biggest challenges to our global agricultural and food system
As we celebrate Earth Day, the importance of transforming our food system is higher than ever – here are 10 ...
Hybrid seafood? Shrimp added to expanding roster of 3D printed, cultivated seafood products
Israeli startup Steakholder Foods has added a 3D-printed shrimp prototype to an expanding roster of alternative seafood products. The company ...
Lab-cultured eel alternative to an over-fished delicacy? Israel-Japan partnership looks to 2025 launch
Forsea Foods, the only known company working on cell-based eel, has created the first prototype of its cultivated eel. The ...
Could beanless brews redefine the coffee industry and sharply reduce its carbon footprint?
The link between coffee and climate change is well-documented. The industry has been hit with low harvests, uneven yields and uncertainty ...