CellAgri Articles and Blog

We live in an anti-GMO era.

Nearly all the companies and players in cellular agriculture (‘cell ag’) have made a conscious effort to distance themselves from GMOs. While it is true that none of their final products contain genetically modified organisms (the modified yeast are not included in the f...

This article was originally published in February 2018. Last updated in March 2020.

From the first cultured hamburger in 2013, cellular agriculture (‘cell ag’) will soon be available at a store near you! Cell ag refers to the field of growing animal products from cells instead of raising animals fo...

Meat consumption is reaching new heights around the world. With the demand for animal products rising from 60 billion animals in 2016 to 100 billion animals by 2050, the environmental and health impacts of eating meat will only increase. Livestock agriculture already uses about 30% of all fresh wate...

It is only the beginning of 2018, and it is already shaping up to be a great year for cellular agriculture (‘cell ag’). With reports that global meat consumption is increasing, the need for more progress and development into cultured meat and other meat alternatives are important. In 2018, for examp...

This article was updated in March 2020.

From the first $300,000 burger in 2013, a lot has changed in cellular agriculture. Since that taste test, cellular agriculture companies have gotten traction and have gone beyond their own taste tests.

Beyond cell-based meat, cellular agriculture has gained ...

Leather was first made over 5,000 years ago around 3500 BCE. Today, it is an industry worth $100 billion annually. In 2014, the industry was worth $77 billion, of which more than 60% of leather goods sold was footwear. As the demand for animal products like meat rises, so will the supply of animal h...

This article was originally published in January 2018. Last updated in June 2020.

More than 3 billion people rely on fish for at least 20% of their animal protein. In the last 50 years, annual fish consumption has doubled to be above 20kg per person. While practices like aquaculture have led to an ...

This article was originally published in January 2018. Last updated in June 2020.

In 2013, Dr. Mark Post's team developed the first cultured meat product. It took three lab technicians three months to grow and put together 20,000 cow muscle fibers to make the first $330,000 lab-grown burger. In the...

This article was originally published in December 2017. Last updated in June 2020.

The year is 2025. The world population has grown to 8.2 billion people. The global food system has changed dramatically in how we deliver food. Blockchain technology is starting to spread globally to improve food saf...

This article was originally published in December 2017. Last updated in June 2020.

In 2013, food critic and writer Hanni Ruetzler took a taste out of a dish costing more than $300,000 and remarked how it was "close" to tasting like real beef. The dish in question was not a plant-based meat alternat...