Cultivated meat: An important piece in the puzzle of a sustainable food system

Farm Animals

Cultivated meat: An important piece in the puzzle of a sustainable food system

Position Paper

As an alternative to industrial animal agriculture, cellular agriculture can offer thousands of kilos of meat grown in a controlled environment using cellular biology and tissue engineering. The production process is based on “cell culture technology” that has been used in Europe for decades, for example for growing yeasts for bread baking. Cultivated meat can provide one more important piece in a puzzle of multiple approaches to the necessary transition to a sustainable food system