Our Work
New Harvest is an international field-building organization advancing cellular agriculture for the public good.
We do this by creating collaborative research ecosystems and executing targeted field-building interventions while developing a body of open cellular agriculture resources.
Our aim is to develop the innovation ecosystem needed to create a more resilient and responsible global food system.
Learn more about the work we do.
Collaborative Research Ecosystems
These are major, ongoing public-private initiatives aimed at advancing open, credible, and unbiased research in cellular agriculture.
Through strategic collaboration with foundations, government agencies, academia, and industry, we leverage our network-building expertise to secure resources, build research ecosystems, and drive scientific progress.
Cellular Agriculture Prairies Ecosystem (CAPE)
A 12-partner effort to kickstart a cellular agriculture applied research and innovation ecosystem on the Canadian Prairies.
2025 - Ongoing
Driving European Protein Diversification with Novel Foods Based on Alternative Proteins (EPIC-SHIFT)
A 20-partner, 14-country consortium project researching the environmental, social, and economic potential of alternative proteins.
2025 - Ongoing
Fostering European Cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions (FEASTS)
A 35-partner, 17-country, consortium project researching the foundational technologies and socio-economic impacts of cultured meat and seafood.
2024 - Ongoing
Cultured Meat Safety Initiative (CMSI)
Uniting the global cultured meat & seafood community around matters of safety
2020 - Ongoing
Artificial Intelligence in Cellular Agriculture Initiative (AICAI)
Applying AI in the public domain to advance breakthroughs in cellular agriculture
2022 - Ongoing
Fostering the Foundational Research Community
A series of catalytic grant-making efforts to emerging technical leaders to build the academic foundations of cellular agriculture.
2015 - Ongoing
Targeted Field-Building Interventions
These are finite initiatives aimed at tackling gaps or opening new avenues in the field.
Many of our targeted field-building initiatives are “firsts” which go on to spark ongoing change or growth in a new or neglected aspect of the field.
The New Harvest Conference
The world’s first cellular agriculture conference
2016 - 2022
The First Environmental Impact Assessment
Starting the conversation around measuring the impact of cultured meat
2008 - 2011
The First Cellular Agriculture Focus Group
The first American focus group to qualitatively look at public attitudes about cellular agriculture and cultured meat
2016 - 2017
The EVERY Company
Launching the world’s first company to grow egg proteins from cell cultures instead of hens
2014 - Ongoing
Perfect Day Foods
Launching the world’s first company to grow milk proteins from cell cultures instead of cows
2014 - Ongoing
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
The Canadian Cellular Agriculture Student Activation Fund
Activating and building the student community around cellular agriculture.
2025 - Ongoing
Virtual Event Series on Cellular Agriculture in Canada
A series of Chatham House virtual events designed to spark connections and innovation within the cellular agriculture community in Canada
2024 - Ongoing
The Foundational Cellular Agriculture Textbook
The first comprehensive reference for everyone entering and in cellular agriculture.
2021 - 2023
The Open Source Bioreactor
Building an accessible research tool for the entire cellular agriculture community
2017 - 2023
Cellular Agriculture Canada
A coalition of diverse key players across Canada building the future of cellular agriculture.
2019 - Ongoing
Cultured Meat Needs a Race to Mission, Not a Race to Market
A much needed call to action for cultured meat developers to to course-correct toward a mission-driven mindset
2022
The First Publication on Cell-Based Seafood
Putting cellular aquaculture “on the map” in scientific literature.
2018 - 2019
Catalyzing Open Cellular Agriculture
Openly accessible resources are key to advancing Cellular Agriculture for the Public Good.
We prioritize ensuring that all intellectual property (IP) assets we create or contribute to (publications, images, processes, policies etc.) are accessible for public use, reuse, and redistribution. This includes internally-developed tools and guidelines that advance openness in the field.
The Open Cell Ag Repository
An open, free, and easily accessible repository for journal articles, book chapters, presentations, protocols, data sets, and other scholarly resources.
2020 - Ongoing
Sharing Our Fellowship Toolkit
Sharing operational resources of our flagship and highly impactful Fellowship Program to inspire and equip other mission-driven science funders.
2023
Sharing Our Open Image Library
An open-source library of clear, engaging, and science-based illustrations and images to help the cellular agriculture community communicate more effectively.
2015 - Ongoing
Sharing Our Open Access Publishing Guidelines
2022 - Ongoing
Sharing Our No-NDA Policy
2015 - Ongoing