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

Feb 8, 2023

21:03

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Can Cultured Meat Really Win Over Vegetarians?

Introduction

3min

Can Cultured Meat Really Win Over Vegetarians?

2min

Is Cultured Beef Better for the Environment?

2min

How Cultured Meat Is Being Received in Japan

3min

Mark Post's Beef Steak

2min

The Future of Food Technology in Japan?

2min

Can Cultured Meat Help the World's Food Crisis?

2min

Does Japan Have a Problem With Food Sufficiency?

2min

Can Cultured Meat Help in the Future?

2min

10.

Deep Dive With Domoko Otake

2min

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.

On this episode:
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)

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