Ameya Paleja of Interesting Engineering writes about a new cultivated meat facility.
- Livestock accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions each year.
- Cultivated meat, which looks and tastes like real meat, is grown in bioreactors using animal cells and eggs.
- U.S.-based Good Meats is building a cultivated meat facility that will be able to produce almost 14,000 tons of meat annually by 2030.
- Private sector leadership and consumer choice is creating cutting-edge innovation.
“The process of meat cultivation involves using a bioreactor where cells sourced from cell banks or eggs of the livestock animals can be grown. A bioreactor is a large vessel that provides the cells with all the necessary nutrients and conditions for optimal growth. Once the cells reach a certain stage, they can be harvested.”
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