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Can cellular agriculture feed 10 billion people by 2050? That was the big question behind New Zealand’s first in-person CellAg Symposium, held in Nelson and hosted by Plant & Food Research. Nearly 70 scientists, engineers, founders, investors, and regulators came together from across New Zealand, Australia, and beyond to chart the future of food and what’s needed to get there.

In Israel’s booming future FoodTech sector, where everything from lab-grown tuna to AI-designed proteins is being cooked up, women are doin

Well, it’s official. Australia has just greenlit its first-ever lab-grown meat and it’s not beef, chicken or kangaroo. It’s quail. Cultivate

Let’s face it: the Earth’s undergoing massive changes, food systems are stretched, and half of what we eat is either soaked in guilt or ship

"New Zealand, meanwhile, seems stuck in regulatory limbo and risk-averse funding circles, unable to match the infrastructure or urgency".

On April 9, Nelson, New Zealand becomes ground zero for a quietly transformative movement: the New Zealand Cellular Agriculture Symposium 20

Your pet’s dinner just got weird, in a good way. BioCraft, a US-based biotech outfit that’s been quietly cooking up mouse meat in a lab (yes

The global food industry isn’t just changing, it’s undergoing a total rewiring. The rise of alternative proteins, cultivated meat, preci

Something wild just happened in San Francisco - New Zealand’s foodtech scene finally got the global nod it deserves. For the second year run

Cultivated meat is coming, whether you’re ready or not. And Australia's Magic Valley? They’re not just ready, they’re moving fast. The Melbo

US based, Mission Barns just turned our understanding of pork on its head. Forget the pig, keep the bacon, because for the first time, c

In a sharp nod from the Australian Federal Government, the Melbourne based cultivated meat disruptor, Magic Valley, has scored a $100,000 gr