Cultivated Chicken

Cultivated Chicken

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Haitian Migrants, Tesla Bot, Big John

Episode: Haitian Migrants, Tesla Bot, Big John

  • Sep 27, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 17:04 mins

Plant-based meat substitutes have come a long way since tofu dogs and black bean burgers. But there are people out there for whom only real meat will do. And that’s where cultivated meat comes in. There are dozens of startups around the world trying to coax meat cells to grow. San Francisco-based Eat Just recently got approval to sell its cultivated chicken nuggets in Singapore. Cellular biologist Vitor Espírito Santo is in charge of the project for Eat Just. (Segment produced by Sydney Jezik) (Photo: Eat Just, Inc.)