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WhiteTara

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Wed May 2, 2018, 11:14 PM May 2018

Tyson Foods backs Israeli startup to grow meat in the lab

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tyson-foods-backs-israeli-startup-grow-meat-lab-105951544--sector.html

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tyson Foods , the largest U.S. meat processor, has invested in an Israeli biotech company developing a way to grow affordable meat in a laboratory that takes live animals out of the equation.

Future Meat Technologies focuses on producing fat and muscle cells that are the core building blocks of meat, and is one of several firms working on technology to match rising demand for meat without adding more pressure on land from livestock.

The firm's founder and chief scientist, Yaakov Nahmias, said cultured meat typically had a production price of about $10,000 per kg but so far his company had reduced that to $800/kg and had "a clear roadmap to $5-$10/kg by 2020."

Tyson's venture capital arm has supported the Jerusalem-based startup by co-leading $2.2 million in seed investment.

"We continue to invest significantly in our traditional meat business but also believe in exploring additional opportunities for growth that give consumers more choices," said Justin Whitmore, Tyson's executive vice president for corporate strategy.

In December, Tyson raised its stake in plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat.
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Tyson Foods backs Israeli startup to grow meat in the lab (Original Post) WhiteTara May 2018 OP
No cadavers involved dalton99a May 2018 #1
Insert your Soylent Green jokes here... First Speaker May 2018 #2
What's for dinner tonight dear?? benld74 May 2018 #3
Gotta be more ethical than factory farming. Qutzupalotl May 2018 #4
Mail them your used buffalo wing bones and they'll regrow the meat and skin back onto them. TheBlackAdder May 2018 #5
Kosher, no doubt. Warehouse blessed by a NYC rabbi along with 2,000 pallets of mixed food stuffs. TheBlackAdder May 2018 #6
Fresh, plump, highest quality, certified, mia May 2018 #7
I wish the article had said what the cost per kg is DavidDvorkin May 2018 #8

mia

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7. Fresh, plump, highest quality, certified,
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:51 PM
May 2018

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