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CULTURED FO
OD
T H E NE W W
AV E I N B
I OT E C H N O LO GY
Isha D
atar,
Exec
utive
Directo
r
@NewHarv
estO
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g
BIOTECHNOLOGY
USING LIVING SYSTEMS TO MAKE PRODUCTS
THE G
LOBAL H
ERD
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
“ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IS ONE OF OUR MOST SERIOUS HEALTH THREATS”
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
79%13.5 M
kg
19%
1% 1% 0%LivestockHumansAquaculturePetsCrops
EPIDEMICS
EPIDEMICS
April 2009 – April 201061 million infected274,000 hospitalized12,470 deaths
CONSUMPTION TRENDS
A NEW TRAJECTO
RY
1950 VS. 2008
Martin Zuidhof, University of Alberta
Photo: James Duncan Davidson
$ cost
Chicken
Pork
BeefCultured
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 Source: USDA nominal prices
Process OptimizationHardware InnovationScale Production
Population growth and wealth effectDiminishing subsidiesEnvironmental costs
ENERGY MEAT1960 20120
10203040506070
2012 20500
100
200
300
400
500
600
Nuclear
Renewable
Fossil
Quadrillion BTUs
?
Intensive
OrganicAlternative
Million Tons
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Review 2011, UN FAO
DIVERSIFICATION IS RESILIENCE
• 99% less land• 96% less water• 96% fewer greenhouse
gases• 45% less energy
Source: Tuomisto et al, Environmental Science & Technology (July 2011)
THE C
ULTURED
FUTU
RE
