Ep4. Alternative "meat" - utopia or dystopia?

A utopian evolution or science fiction dystopia

 

 

 

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Part 3 - The what      (7 minutes)

 

Paul Shapiro and Isha Datar talk about the differences between plant-based, fungi-based and cell-based meat alternative. We also go into the details of how each of these food technologies start with plants, proteins and cells, and end up as food on your plate.

 

Speakers

 

Paul Shapiro is the CEO of The Better Meat Co., the author of the national bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, a five-time TEDx speaker, and the host of the Business for Good Podcast.

 

Isha Datar is the executive director of New Harvest. You can watch her Ted talk which has over 2.2 million views.

 

 

Resources

 

 

Podcast: Are Plant-and Fungus-Based Fake Meats Really Better Than the Real Thing? (Gastropod, 2021)

 

Ted Talk: Harnessing fungi to create a climate of change in the meat world (Paul Shapiro , 2022)

 

Ted Talk: How we could eat real meat without harming animals (Isha Datar, 2021)

 

Book: Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World (Paul Shapiro, 2018)

 

 

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