Reza Ovissipour wants to make meat. Earth’s population is projected to reach 10 billion people by 2050. To feed everyone, “we have to increase our food production by one hundred percent and our meat production by seventy percent,” says Ovissipour, a food scientist at Virginia Tech. “Our current agricultural practices are not sustainable enough to provide that much food for people, so we need to find other ways to produce food.”
Meat without slaughter? Three eco-friendly alternatives are on the table
Investment in food that resembles animal products has soared in recent years, although the technological challenges are still significant.
