Earth911 Podcast: Future Meat’s Koby Nahmias on Lab-Grown Beef, Chicken, and More

Earth911 Podcast: Future Meat’s Koby Nahmias on Lab-Grown Beef, Chicken, and More

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Meat manufacturing accounts for the lion’s share of greenhouse gasoline emissions within the human meals provide. Meat represents 57% of greenhouse gasoline emissions generated by feeding individuals, in response to a recent study printed within the journal Nature Food. Yaakov (“Koby”) Nahmias, is the founder and president of Future Meat Technologies, an Israeli firm that grows meat from animal cells in bioreactors. Future Meat not too long ago achieved an vital aim, producing meat for lower than $6 a pound its meat — it claims that its meat produces 80% much less GHG emissions, used 99% much less land, and 96% much less water than historically farmed meats.

Yaakov ("Koby") Nahmias, president of Future Meat Technologies
Yakkov (“Koby”) Nahmias, president of Future Meat Technologies, is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

Koby discusses the potential for low-cholesterol, completely marbled or novel meats grown within the lab, in addition to the energy and environmental issues concerned in reaching large-scale meat manufacturing that might displace traditionally grown beef, chicken, pork, and seafood. The firm ended 2021 by closing the most important enterprise funding within the historical past of lab-grown meat, $347 million — the funding will get them to market and assist construct a U.S. manufacturing facility. We could also be seeing Future Meat on retailer cabinets by 2023, he says. You can study extra at future-meat.com