Creating an Infrastructure for Cultured Meat
A first-of-its-kind book chapter outlining gaps and opportunities in building the infrastructure for a new, gamechanging technology
2022 - 2023
In a chapter of a cultured meat textbook, a team of New Harvest staff, fellows, and volunteers identifies gaps in the existing innovation infrastructure and possible paths forward to realizing cultured meat and its mission.
The textbook, Advances in cultured meat technology is now available. Our chapter, Creating an infrastructure for cultured meat is available completely free and open access.
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Overview
In January 2022 we were invited to contribute to a new collection being assembled by Professor Mark Post, Professor Che Connon, and Dr. Chris Bryant called ‘Advances in cultured meat technology’.
The editors wanted New Harvest to write a chapter on the infrastructure of cultured meat.
The invitation was timely because after years of field-building work in start-ups and academia, “infrastructure” was becoming the next big theme for New Harvest. In our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan we went so far as to say: “If cellular agriculture is a new city, New Harvest’s initiatives are the critical infrastructure projects – the pipelines for talent development, the bridges between stakeholders, and the roads to new discoveries.”
A group of volunteers including New Harvest fellows and staff assembled the text, and today our chapter, Creating an infrastructure for cultured meat is now available completely free and open access.
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Outcomes
The book, Advances in cultured meat technology is now available.
Our chapter, Creating an infrastructure for cultured meat is available completely free and open access.
The chapter has a separate DOI because it is open access within a closed book.
This is just one way New Harvest is working to improve structural barriers to fostering growth in cellular agriculture.
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Progress Timeline
Jan 2022 - New Harvest invited to contribute to a new collection being assembled by Professor Mark Post, Professor Che Connon, and Dr. Chris Bryant called ‘Advances in cultured meat technology’. The editors wanted New Harvest to write a chapter on the infrastructure of cultured meat.
Oct 2023 - Textbook is published, our chapter, Creating an infrastructure for cultured meat is made available completely free and open access.
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Collaborators
Thank you to New Harvest fellow Irfan Tahir for leading us through this work over nearly two years of writing and editing; to New Harvest board member Miranda Stahn for her writing and perspective; to New Harvest Fellows Stephanie Kawecki, Vicky Andriessen and Bianca Datta for their work on content and editing; to New Harvest Director of RRI – EU Dwayne Holmes for his experience and perspective, and last but not least to New Harvest board member Lejjy Gafour for his point of view and generous contribution which made this chapter available to any curious reader with the internet access.
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Funders
This work was funded by New Harvest, through unrestricted donations from our giving community.
Volunteers who were generous with their time contributed to the writing of the text.
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Contact
If you have questions or would like to get in touch regarding this project, please contact info@new-harvest.org