There’s likely room for lab-produced meat sometime in the future, but it isn’t expected to go head to head for everyday meat shelf sales any time soon.  |  Getty Images

Lab-grown meat not seen as threat

WINNIPEG — There was lots of chatter but little fear about “lab meat” at the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada. While the grown-from-cells form of animal protein has collected an enormous amount of headlines and attention, it has been doing worse with investment capital, according to commodity market analyst Aaron Hanson. For lab meat to […] Read more

A plate of lab-grown meat, looking like fancy appetizers with small skewers in each piece, sits on a table with the "CellX" company name on the wall in the background.

China joins move to lab meat

CellX and others are part of a race globally to develop commercially viable lab-grown meat and fish products to appeal to consumers concerned about the environmental impact of livestock farming, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.