Is cellular agriculture the next big leapfrog for East Africa?
By leapfrogging intensive agriculture, East Africa can meet its population's demand for quality nutrition with sound and sustainable cellular agriculture.
Aleph Farms, an Israel-based cellular agriculture company, enhances sustainability, food security and animal welfare by diversifying the supply and decentralizing the production of quality animal proteins and fats as a complement to sustainable methods of conventional animal agriculture. Founded in 2017, the company unveiled the world’s first cultivated thin-cut beef steak in 2018, the world’s first cultivated ribeye steak in 2021, and cultivated collagen in 2022. Under its product brand, Aleph Cuts, the company is launching its first product, a cultivated beef steak grown from non-modified cells of a premium Black Angus cow.
By leapfrogging intensive agriculture, East Africa can meet its population's demand for quality nutrition with sound and sustainable cellular agriculture.
Cellular agriculture can enable widespread production of animal proteins, with cultivated beef well-positioned to become a sustainable consumer choice.
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