The Steaks are High: Florida Republican Wants to Ban Lab-Grown Meat

November 22, 2023 BRUCE RITCHIE, Politico

State Rep. Tyler Sirois has proposed legislation that would make it a criminal offense to sell ”cultivated” meat in Florida, claiming that it’s an “affront to nature and creation” and the latest front in the “ESG agenda” — referring to environmental, social and corporate governance, which has been target of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican state leaders.

Why Fruit Flies Could Hold the Secret to Scaling Up Lab-Grown Meat

February 28, 2023 TALIB VISRAM, Fast Company

While the pests are a nuisance in the home, in the lab they could help the cultivated meat industry lower sky-high production costs and meet surging demand. A Canadian company is using fruit flies as a growth medium to produce recombinant proteins, a key raw material in lab-grown meat. The system is designed to replace the current method of protein production, offering a way that’s cheaper, more sustainable, and easier to scale.

Lab-Grown Meat Moves Closer to American Dinner Plates

January 27, 2023 Leah Douglas, Reuters

Once the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat could become reality in some restaurants in the United States as early as this year.

NC is a Leading Pork and Poultry Producer. Now, a Company Wants to Grow Chicken in a Lab.

Believer Meats is investing more than $123 million to build a manufacturing facility in Wilson Corporate Park. When complete, the Wilson facility will employ about 100 people, with Believer targeting the production of about 22 million pounds of meat a year.

Lab-Grown Meat is Supposed to be Inevitable. The Science Tells a Different Story.

October 11, 2021 Joe Fassler, The Counter

Splashy headlines have long overshadowed inconvenient truths about biology and economics. Now, extensive new research suggests the industry may be on a billion-dollar crash course with reality.