The Future of Meat

Livestock is responsible for 15 percent of global greenhouse emissions. Could meat grown in labs offer a sustainable – and palatable – future? Didier Toubia, CEO and co-founder of cultured meat start-up Aleph Farms, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the biotech, ethics, and economics of making beef without cows.

They also discuss:

• Why food security and public health are driving the development of alternative protein sources.
• Why cultivated meat may achieve price parity with normal beef within five years.
• How cultivated meat might integrate within the existing food supply chains.

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Further Reading:

• “How AI and Genomics Are Reshaping Farming” (Exponential View podcast with Mike Zelkind, 2020)
• “Israel is a fake meat powerhouse” (Wired, 2021)
• “Investing in a slice of the non-meat future” (Financial Times, 2021)
• “Edible insects and lab-grown meat are on the menu” (Economist, 2020)

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