The Push to Normalise Lab-Grown Meat

Aug 30, 2025

Over the past few years, the public debate around food systems, sustainability, and the climate has shifted drastically. One of many controversial developments in that shift is the push for lab-grown, cell-cultivated, and even 3D-printed meat. Until recently, this was seen as a fringe topic confined to science fiction and Silicon Valley startups. Now, internal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveal a quiet but coordinated effort within the UK government to support and normalise synthetic meat, with substantial help from taxpayer-funded stakeholder groups. The goal is to [...]

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Tags: Freedom of Information, Industry-Government Convergence, Lab-Grown Meat, Meat Alternatives, UKRI

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