The Strange Future of Lab-Grown Meat Involves Quail, Crocodile, and Woolly Mammoth

December 18, 2024 Joe Fassler, Fast Company

To call the quail “lab-grown meat” would be a misnomer. This jellylike version of quail was grown in a genuine cell-meat factory, the first and largest of its kind.

Vow Unveils World’s First Cultured Quail ‘Foie Gras’

November 20, 2024 Vow

Forged Gras pays homage to this delicacy, but it’s not foie gras as we traditionally know it—it’s the first “fatty liver” experience to be sourced from a tiny Japanese quail and crafted without any animal intervention, setting a bold new direction for the future of food.

NY Supreme Court Rejects Foie Gras Ban

The decision resolves—at least for now—a dispute between New York State duck farmers and New York City, which passed a law in 2019 forbidding the sale of foie gras in stores and restaurants. Animal rights activists had pushed for the ban, claiming that producing the delicacy involves animal cruelty. In order to make foie gras, farmers force-feed ducks to enlarge their livers.

Plant-Based Foie Gras, Caviar, and Shelf Stable Next Meats Product Coming to the North American Market from Japan

December 29, 2022 Next Meats USA

In 2023, Next Meats Co., Ltd. and our group company Dr. Foods Co., Ltd. will be launching Vegan Foie Gras, Vegan Caviar, and shelf stable Next Meats products to the plant-based markets in North America.

New York City’s Ban on Foie Gras Violates Law, New York State Says

December 21, 2022 Tavleen Tarrant, CNN

The State of New York has determined that New York City’s ban on foie gras, stuffed goose or duck liver, violates state law, according to documents filed in New York City Superior Court.