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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTyson 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.htmlJERUSALEM (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
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
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)1. No cadavers involved
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)2. Insert your Soylent Green jokes here...
benld74
(9,889 posts)3. What's for dinner tonight dear??
Beef
Pork
Chicken
Petri dish special
?
Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)4. Gotta be more ethical than factory farming.
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts)5. Mail them your used buffalo wing bones and they'll regrow the meat and skin back onto them.
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts)6. Kosher, no doubt. Warehouse blessed by a NYC rabbi along with 2,000 pallets of mixed food stuffs.
mia
(8,356 posts)7. Fresh, plump, highest quality, certified,
brain-dead humans on arrival. DNA tested to assure maximum benefits.
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)8. I wish the article had said what the cost per kg is
with current production, using actual beef animals.