08 August 2018, Israel, Nes Ziona: The Israeli startup Aleph Farms wanted to grow steaks in the laboratory. For this purpose, the researchers take certain stem cells from a cow. These are placed in a nutrient solution in an incubator that mimics the natural developmental conditions in a cow. Within three to four weeks, a steak is to be produced in the laboratory. Aleph Farms intends to launch its first products on the market in three years. ) Photo: Ilia Yechimovich/dpa (Photo by Ilia Yechimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
In a 1931 essay, Winston Churchill wrote about how he sees the future of food production: “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium,” he wrote.
08 August 2018, Israel, Nes Ziona: Startup founder Didier Toubia holds a petri dish and a plate with a steak in his hands. The Petri dish contains certain stem cells of a cow from which a steak will be bred in the laboratory in three to four weeks. Didier’s startup Aleph Farms wants to have its first products on the market in three years. Photo: Ilia Yechimovich/dpa (Photo by Ilia Yechimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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