146: I can’t believe it’s not meat! Is lab-grown beef on Japanese menus?

The reviews are in, lab-grown meat is … good? This week, Oscar Boyd gives us a review of his cultured chicken meal and runs down the environmental implications of such an endeavor, while Tomoko Otake gets us caught up on where Japan stands in the great race to replicate beef. 

Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez. 

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Tomoko Otake: Articles | Twitter
Oscar Boyd: Articles | Twitter

Read more/Watch more: 
Japanese researchers pushes the boundaries of lab-grown “real” meat (Tomoko Otake, The Japan Times)
What you need to know about cultivated meat (Coco Liu, Bloomberg)
Japanese scientists work up an appetite for lab-grown wagyu beef (Rikako Murayama, Reuters)