Meat is one of the most consumed and appreciated foods in the world, but also one of the most problematic from an environmental, ethical and economic point of view. Intensive animal farming is responsible for a significant part of greenhouse gas emissions, natural resource consumption, deforestation, pollution and biodiversity loss. Moreover, the suffering of animals raised in often cruel and unnatural conditions is a moral issue that worries more and more consumers. For these reasons, many researchers and entrepreneurs are trying to develop an alternative technology to produce meat without killing or exploiting animals: cellular agriculture.

Cellular agriculture is the process of growing animal cells in a laboratory, which are made to grow and differentiate into muscle, fat and connective tissues, until they form products similar to traditional meat, such as steaks, burgers and cutlets. The advantage of this technology is that it could drastically reduce the environmental impact of…