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TED Countdown: Is cultivated meat the future of food?

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From Lab to Table: I Tasted the World’s First Cultivated Meat!

Join me on a mind-blowing visit to UPSIDE Foods, the world's most advanced cultivated meat production facility, as we ask whether cultivated meat can deliver on its promises to help the environment while keeping meat on our plates.

The Rich Roll Podcast

The Rich Roll Podcast

Eating (Cultivated) Chicken After 17 Years Vegan… Here's Why

Rich Roll interviews UPSIDE CEO Dr. Uma Valeti, discussing the science of growing real meat from cells, its potential to revolutionize our food system, and the challenges ahead. Rich even tastes our cultivated chicken!

David Chang

David Chang

The Next Thing You Eat

Eric Schulze spoke about our cultivated meatball with David Chang.

FreeThink

FreeThink

Hard Reset

Large-scale, lab-grown meat: Step inside a cultivated meat factory

In the news

‘Lab-grown’ meat maker hosts Miami tasting party as Florida ban goes into effect

JUNE 30, 2024

ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘Lab-grown’ meat maker hosts Miami tasting party as Florida ban goes into effect

These 11 companies are providing smarter and cleaner ways to put food on the tableThese 11 companies are providing smarter and cleaner ways to put food on the table

MAY 14, 2024

FAST COMPANY

These 11 companies are providing smarter and cleaner ways to put food on the tableThese 11 companies are providing smarter and cleaner ways to put food on the table

Meat, Freedom, and Ron DeSantis

MAY 6, 2024

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Meat, Freedom, and Ron DeSantis

Slaughter-Free Meat for a Sustainable Future: Uma Valeti / CEO/Founder of UPSIDE Foods

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

NHK WORLD

Slaughter-Free Meat for a Sustainable Future: Uma Valeti / CEO/Founder of UPSIDE Foods

Our Founder Ate Chicken for the first Time in 40 Years

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

SPECIES UNITE

Our Founder Ate Chicken for the first Time in 40 Years

10 actually good things that happened in 2023

DECEMBER 28, 2023

VOX

10 actually good things that happened in 2023

I Tried Cultivated Meat for the First Time! | Win-Win with Liv Boeree

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

WIN-WIN WITH LIV BOEREE

I Tried Cultivated Meat for the First Time! | Win-Win with Liv Boeree

I tried lab-grown chicken at a Michelin-starred restaurant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

I tried lab-grown chicken at a Michelin-starred restaurant

The Case for Cultivated Meat

OCTOBER 24, 2023

TIME

The Case for Cultivated Meat

Best Of: What Is Cultivated Meat?

OCTOBER 23, 2023

NPR1A

Best Of: What Is Cultivated Meat?

Inside the effort to cut the cost of cultivated meat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS

Inside the effort to cut the cost of cultivated meat

UPSIDE Foods CEO Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt

SEPTEMBER 25, 2003

TECHCRUNCH DISRUPT

UPSIDE Foods CEO Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt

Lab to table: The promise and the perils of cell-cultured chicken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

THE WASHINGTON POST

Lab to table: The promise and the perils of cell-cultured chicken

Upside Foods announces first large-scale production plant: Rubicon

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

FOOD DIVE

Upside Foods announces first large-scale production plant: Rubicon

One of San Francisco’s most famous chefs serves lab-grown chicken. Here’s how it tastes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

One of San Francisco’s most famous chefs serves lab-grown chicken. Here’s how it tastes

What is Cultivated Meat?

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

NPR1A

What is Cultivated Meat?

UPISDE Foods CEO on the future of cell-cultivated meats

AUGUST 15, 2023

THE WASHINGTON POST

UPISDE Foods CEO on the future of cell-cultivated meats

Cell-Based Chicken Tastes Great, But It Won’t Cure Your Existential Crisis

AUGUST 11, 2023

EATER

Cell-Based Chicken Tastes Great, But It Won’t Cure Your Existential Crisis

Cell-cultured chicken is now available at one Bay Area restaurant

JULY 1, 2023

FAST COMPANY

Cell-cultured chicken is now available at one Bay Area restaurant

San Francisco Restaurant Bar Crenn Will Serve the First Dish of Cultivated Chicken in the U.S. Today

JULY 1, 2023

INC.

San Francisco Restaurant Bar Crenn Will Serve the First Dish of Cultivated Chicken in the U.S. Today

Lab-grown chicken debuts in San Francisco restaurant

JULY 1, 2023

CNN

Lab-grown chicken debuts in San Francisco restaurant

Here's What the First Cell-Cultivated Chicken Dish on a US Menu Will Look Like

JUNE 29, 2023

FOOD & WINE

Here's What the First Cell-Cultivated Chicken Dish on a US Menu Will Look Like

USDA approves 1st ever 'cell-cultivated meat' for 2 American manufacturers

JUNE 21, 2023

GOOD MORNING AMERICA

USDA approves 1st ever 'cell-cultivated meat' for 2 American manufacturers

'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S.

JUNE 21, 2023

NPR

'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S.

This company could take lab-grown meat mainstream thanks to a green light from the FDA

MAY 2023

CNBC

This company could take lab-grown meat mainstream thanks to a green light from the FDA

Upside Foods Creating Sustainable Cultured Meat

MAY 2023

BLOOMBERG INTELLIGENCE TECH DISRUPTORS

Upside Foods Creating Sustainable Cultured Meat

21 innovations that could change the way we eat

MAY 2023

FAST COMPANY

21 innovations that could change the way we eat

Upside Foods announces cultivated ground chicken as its second product

APRIL 2023

FOOD DIVE

Upside Foods announces cultivated ground chicken as its second product

Can Cultivated Meat Save The Planet?

APRIL 2023

NOW THIS

Can Cultivated Meat Save The Planet?

Lab grown meat gets FDA approval

APRIL 2023

GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Lab grown meat gets FDA approval

Cultivated Meat Might Just Be the Future of Food

APRIL 2023

CNET NEWS

Cultivated Meat Might Just Be the Future of Food

Lab-grown meat could be in some restaurants soon

FEBRUARY 2023

MARKETPLACE

Lab-grown meat could be in some restaurants soon

Meet the VIP of the burgeoning $25 billion cultivated meat market

JANUARY 2023

FAST COMPANY

Meet the VIP of the burgeoning $25 billion cultivated meat market

2023 PREDICTIONS—THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

JANUARY 2023

NEO.LIFE

2023 PREDICTIONS—THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

How to cultivate a new industry

JANUARY 2023

MASTERS OF SCALE

How to cultivate a new industry

From vaccines to climate policy, here are 9 breakthroughs in 2022 that gave us hope

DECEMEBER 2022

VOX

From vaccines to climate policy, here are 9 breakthroughs in 2022 that gave us hope

Getting Beyond Meat

DECEMBER 2022

KQED'S FORUM

Getting Beyond Meat

UPSIDE Foods CEO details lab-made meat 'grown from real chicken cells'

DECEMBER 2022

YAHOO FINANCE

UPSIDE Foods CEO details lab-made meat 'grown from real chicken cells'

Lab-Grown Meat Receives Clearance From F.D.A.

NOVEMBER 2022

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Lab-Grown Meat Receives Clearance From F.D.A.

Lab Grown Chicken Gets a Green Light From the FDA

NOVEMBER 2022

TIME

Lab Grown Chicken Gets a Green Light From the FDA

Lab-Grown Poultry Clears First Hurdle at FDA

NOVEMBER 2022

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Lab-Grown Poultry Clears First Hurdle at FDA

Upside’s cell-cultured chicken is first to receive FDA blessing for its production method

NOVEMBER 2022

TECH CRUNCH

Upside’s cell-cultured chicken is first to receive FDA blessing for its production method

Lab-grown meat cleared for human consumption by U.S. regulator

NOVEMBER 2022

REUTERS

Lab-grown meat cleared for human consumption by U.S. regulator

FDA gives first safety sign-off for company selling lab-grown meat

NOVEMBER 2022

NBC NEWS

FDA gives first safety sign-off for company selling lab-grown meat

FDA approves lab-grown meat for the first time

NOVEMBER 2022

CBS NEWS

FDA approves lab-grown meat for the first time

A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval

NOVEMBER 2022

WIRED

A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval

Lab-Grown Chicken Meat Certified Safe to Eat in the US by FDA

NOVEMBER 2022

BLOOMBERG

Lab-Grown Chicken Meat Certified Safe to Eat in the US by FDA

Creating a New Food Category

SEPTEMBER 2022

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK

Creating a New Food Category

New Cellular Agriculture Consortium Will Help Develop the Foods of the Future

OCTOBER 2022

TUFTS NOW

New Cellular Agriculture Consortium Will Help Develop the Foods of the Future

Impact 100: 100 Ideas That Can Change 1 Billion Lives.

AUGUST 2022

NORRSKEN

Impact 100: 100 Ideas That Can Change 1 Billion Lives.

California just invested millions in lab-grown meat, becoming the first state to back the unproven industry

JULY 2022

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

California just invested millions in lab-grown meat, becoming the first state to back the unproven industry

How ‘lab-grown’ meat could help the planet and our health

JULY 2022

CNN

How ‘lab-grown’ meat could help the planet and our health

Upside Foods valued at over $1 bln after Temasek, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund-led funding

APRIL 2022

REUTERS

Upside Foods valued at over $1 bln after Temasek, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund-led funding

UPSIDE Foods bites into $400M round to serve cultivated meat later this year

APRIL 2022

TECH CRUNCH

UPSIDE Foods bites into $400M round to serve cultivated meat later this year

Lab-Grown Meat Producer Upside Foods Raises $400 Million

APRIL 2022

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Lab-Grown Meat Producer Upside Foods Raises $400 Million

The New Secret Chicken Recipe? Animal Cells.

FEBRUARY 2022

THE NEW YORK TIMES

The New Secret Chicken Recipe? Animal Cells.

Upside Foods acquires cell-based lobster company Cultured Decadence

JANUARY 2022

FOOD DIVE

Upside Foods acquires cell-based lobster company Cultured Decadence

Upside Foods thinks the future of meat involves animal cells, not animals

NOVEMBER 2021

FAST COMPANY

Upside Foods thinks the future of meat involves animal cells, not animals

The Best Inventions of 2021:Lab-Grown Poultry, UPSIDE chicken

NOVEMBER 2021

TIME

The Best Inventions of 2021:Lab-Grown Poultry, UPSIDE chicken

Take a look inside this shiny, industrial “cultivated meat” factory of the future

NOVEMBER 2021

FAST COMPANY

Take a look inside this shiny, industrial “cultivated meat” factory of the future

Can cultivated meat be a destination? Upside Foods bets you'll visit a meat plant.

NOVEMBER 2021

CNET

Can cultivated meat be a destination? Upside Foods bets you'll visit a meat plant.

‘It’s not science fiction’: New East Bay facility producing lab-grown meat plans to produce 400,000 pounds per year

NOVEMBER 2021

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

‘It’s not science fiction’: New East Bay facility producing lab-grown meat plans to produce 400,000 pounds per year

Upside Foods unveils $50 million cultivated meat facility dubbed 'most advanced in world'

NOVEMBER 2021

SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES

Upside Foods unveils $50 million cultivated meat facility dubbed 'most advanced in world'

Upside Foods opens plant capable of making 50K pounds of cultivated meat a year

NOVEMBER 2021

FOOD DIVE

Upside Foods opens plant capable of making 50K pounds of cultivated meat a year

https://www.fooddive.com/news/upside-foods-cultivated-cell-based-meat-plant-epic/609182/

NOVEMBER 2021

FOOD NAVIGATOR USA

https://www.fooddive.com/news/upside-foods-cultivated-cell-based-meat-plant-epic/609182/

GFI celebrates UPSIDE Foods’ groundbreaking cultivated meat production facility, calls for public investment to massively scale and accelerate production

NOVEMBER 2021

GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE

GFI celebrates UPSIDE Foods’ groundbreaking cultivated meat production facility, calls for public investment to massively scale and accelerate production

Emeryville lab Upside Foods aims to create real meat without killing animals

NOVEMBER 2021

ABC7 ONLINE

Emeryville lab Upside Foods aims to create real meat without killing animals

A taste test of lab-grown chicken with Upside Foods' Uma Valeti

NOVEMBER 2021

THE SUNDAY TIMES, DANNY IN THE VALLEY PODCAST

A taste test of lab-grown chicken with Upside Foods' Uma Valeti

Cultivated meat company adds technical operations leader

OCTOBER 2021

FOOD BUSINESS NEWS

Cultivated meat company adds technical operations leader

Chef David Chang on Eating Meat Grown in a Lab

OCTOBER 2021

JIMMY KIMMEL

Chef David Chang on Eating Meat Grown in a Lab

The cell-cultivated meat revolution is starting, and these Bay Area startups are ready

OCTOBER 2021

THE SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES

The cell-cultivated meat revolution is starting, and these Bay Area startups are ready

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