A food company has announced that it has successfully grown meat in space for the first time
Aleph Farms, an Israeli food company that engineers beef steaks from cow cells, announced Monday it had successfully grown meat on the International Space Station for the first time -- a step forward in the company's goal to create slaughter-free eco-friendly meat.Here's how it works: researchers take cells from a cow, give them nutrients, and put them in an environment mimicking the inside of a cow's body.
"Not only is this process more humane, but it's also better for the environment, the company says -- one of its aims is to make meat with a minimal environmental footprint.Beef production uses up a lot of land and resources. Cows grow and reproduce slower than pigs and poultry, so they eat a lot more and need more land and water.Beef alone is responsible for 41% of livestock greenhouse gas emissions, and that livestock accounts for 14.
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