In this conversation, we talk with Dr. Sandhya Sriram, CEO & Co-founder of Shiok Meats & SciGlo, about the fascinating world of growing stem cell based meats. If you have ever worried about the future of our food sources and our inability to grow or raise enough food to feed the ever-growing population, this is the episode for you. Dr. Sriram will give us an inside view on the sustainable food industry of animal stem cell meat, with a concentration on crustaceans stem cell meat, and how this will allow us to grow meat without having to kill the animals to attain an alternative meat source.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome and introducing Shiok Meats
02:41 How meat grows from cells
06:07 Developing a food-grade growth medium
11:25 Will consumers try cultivated seafood?
14:33 Taste, price and returning customers
17:54 Problems in the seafood industry
22:49 Why start with crustaceans?
27:25 From stem-cell research to a food company
30:29 A future with more food choices
Links
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