There’s likely room for lab-produced meat sometime in the future, but it isn’t expected to go head to head for everyday meat shelf sales any time soon.

Lab-grown meat not seen as threat

Companies trying to produce meat from cells have trouble making the investment math work

Glacier FarmMedia – There was lots of chatter but little fear about “lab meat” at the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada. While the grown-from-cells form of animal protein has collected […] Read more


Professor Jinkee Hong, who led the work to develop hybrid beef rice using cow muscle and fat stem cells, holds a bowl of the finished product in a laboratory at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

‘Beef rice’ seen as potential protein source for future

Scientists say using rice grain particles as the base for cultivating animal muscle and fat cells is safer than soy or nuts

South Korean researchers have grown beef cells in rice grains in what they say is a major step toward achieving a sustainable, affordable and environmentally friendly source of protein. Professor […] Read more