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US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first "lab-grown" meat

Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S. The Agriculture Department issued approvals Wednesday to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell the products, known as “lab-grown” or “cultivated” meat

The Independent UK

FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals

GOOD Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.

WEKU

Lab-grown chicken nuggets and chocolate? How Calif.'s Yolo County is shaping the future of food

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Melted chocolate whirred around a melanger in California Cultured’s workshop, destined to be poured, hardened and broken into little squares. A tasty dessert, not yet legal to sell in the U.S.

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Lab-grown chicken could hit store shelves soon — here's how it tastes

Lab-grown meat and fish could fill grocery store shelves in the near future — and they could make meals more environmentally friendly.

Inverse

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food, so more forests and other natural ecosystems are cleared, and farms intensify and become less hospitable to many wild animals and…

The Conversation

Investors have been supporting food tech long before the ‘boom’–and scary headlines won’t change our minds

How one Saudi prince is doubling down on food tech investments amid falling valuations.

Fortune

Come Next Thanksgiving, We Might Be Giving Thanks for Government-Approved, Lab-Grown Turkey

Regulators are beginning to smile on the sci-fi project of creating real meat products without the typical death and environmental destruction.

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Ready for a ‘cultured chicken cell material’ sandwich? FDA approval means it’s probably on the way (with a better name)

Upside Foods' chicken is grown in a lab and has “characteristics of muscle and connective tissue.”

Fortune

First Thing: Elon Musk shuts Twitter offices to staff after wave of resignations

The social media firm is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded they sign a pledge committing to being ‘extremely hardcore’. Plus, lab-grown meat officially safe to eat in the US

The Guardian - UK

US declares lab-grown meat safe to eat in ‘groundbreaking’ move

The government’s approval will open the market for a food praised for being more efficient and environmentally friendly

The Guardian - US

12 Republicans Support Same-Sex Marriage in Key Senate Vote

Plus: What Orion is carrying to the moon, when you might be able to munch on some lab-grown meat, and more...

Reason

California Lab-grown Meat Start-up Gets First Green Light

A California-based lab-grown meat start-up received the first green light for such products from the US food safety agency on Wednesday, although the product still has more hurdles to clear before being sold to consumers. The US Food and Drug Administration said it carried out a "careful evaluation" of Upside…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From science fiction to reality, 'no kill' meat may be coming soon

The meat of the future may be cultured directly from animal cells without slaughtering livestock. It's not yet sold in the U.S., but NPR got a tour of a leading start-up and a taste of their chicken.

WEKU

Lab-grown answers to food’s triple threat

A severe food crisis could be the impetus for lab-grown and other food alternatives to thrive. But it won’t be without its own challenges, says Élisabeth Abergel

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The Slaughter-Free Future of Cultured Meats

Real factories are beginning to replace factory farms.

The Guardian - UK

World’s largest vats for growing ‘no-kill’ meat to be built in US

Commitment to building four-storey bioreactors is gamechanger for cultivated meat industry, says expert

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