Climavores: YouTube's Hank Green is ready for lab-grown nuggets

12/20/22 • 62 min

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This week on the show, internet sensation Hank Green talks with Mike and Tamar about the future of cell-based meat. Hank lives in Montana, which is hardcore ranching country. It’s a place where beef is king, cowboys are real and pickup trucks are the norm. But he’s convinced that the future of meat looks a lot different than it does today. And Mike and Tamar agree.

But there are huge hurdles to overcome before the majority of us sit down to cell-based steaks at the dinner table. Scaling up bio reactors in a way that maintains sterility is complicated; making cell-based meat that’s affordable to the general public is a long way out; and changing the “ick” mindset around cell-based meat will take a monumental cultural shift.

But despite all that, Hank predicts he’ll be eating cell-based nuggets by 2030 and loving them.

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But despite all that, Hank predicts he’ll be eating cell-based nuggets by 2030 and loving them.

Click here for a full transcript of the episode.

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