As a gastronomic delicacy, the 140g hamburger that Mark Post (left) has painstakingly created here surely will not turn any heads. But Dr Post is hoping that it will change some minds. The hamburger, assembled from tiny bits of beef muscle tissue grown...
With billions of mouths to feed, we can't go on producing food in the traditional way. Scientists are coming up with novel ways to cater for future generations. In-vitro burger, anyone? [Brilliant and provocative article - essential reading for food industrialists....
A small group of people will meet in Washington later this year for what they hope will be a lunch to change the world. The meal should consist of fried chicken and nothing else, but while it may look like chicken, have the texture of...
Scientists are cooking up new ways of satisfying the world's ever-growing hunger for meat. "Cultured meat" - burgers or sausages grown in laboratory petri dishes rather than made from slaughtered livestock - could be the answer that feeds the world, saves the...