ISS wants to make sure early lunar settlements have hummus

In Israel, an experiment headed to the International Space Station in 2022 will evaluate the feasibility of growing chickpeas in microgravity.  The goal is to...

Mushroom stem preservative uses ag waste to prevent food waste

In Canada, a company extracting food preservatives from mushrooms has increased production to meet growing consumer demand for natural food additives.  Chinova Bioworks has added...

Cultured Wagyu beef maker raises $5 million

In California, Orbillion Bio, a startup targeting lab-grown replacements for foodie cuts of meat like bison, elk and Wagyu beef, has raised $5 million.  The...

Home delivery is latest cultured meat milestone

In Singapore, lab-grown meat has scored another world’s first: home delivery. Cultured chicken from Eat Just, which in recent months nabbed both the world’s...

Cultured milk maker debuts on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

In Israel, cultured milk producer BioMilk has gone public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, raising NIS 30 million (US$9.3 million).   Founded in 2018,...

Wisconsin startup raises $1.6 million for lab-grown lobster

In Wisconsin, Cultured Decadence hopes to replace succulent, but pricey, lobster meat with a lab-grown alternative.  The efforts of cofounders  John Pattison and Ian Johnson...

Fat fundraising: “Kosher bacon” startup raises $24 million

In California, lab-grown meat startup Mission Barns is focusing on fat but hopes in the longer term to be the first to claim production...

Spinach eyed as scaffold material for lab-grown beef

In Massachusetts, researchers at Boston College are considering spinach as an edible scaffolding material to produce lab-grown more cost effectively.  After paring the leaves down...

Put on your fancy pants: Cultured meat startup targets foodie foods

In California, cultured meat startup Orbillion Bio is targeting high-end foodie-favorite meats, including Wagyu meatloaf, lamb burgers, and elk sausages.  The strategy to pursue expensive...

London designer envisions countertop meat gardens

In the United Kingdom, designer Alice Turner has introduced a conceptual countertop bioreactor device that would, in the future, allow consumers to grow their...

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