Could lab-grown meat be in Saudi Arabia’s future?
With only 30 percent of the world’s available land deemed suitable for agriculture, experts called for an urgent focus on biochemistry and tissue re-engineering, or developing cultured meat from cells.
CALINE MALEK: ‘With Gulf countries importing almost 90 percent of the food they eat, Saudi Arabia is looking at innovative techniques to safeguard food security, ranging from the use of vertical farms to unlocking the potential of unexplored plant species…
With only 30 percent of the world’s available land deemed suitable for agriculture and experts warning of an increasing threat to soil quality, the experts called for an urgent focus on city farming to cut down the supply chain, and improve the quality of food and nutrients…
Some projects envisage using automation, biochemistry and tissue re-engineering, or developing cultured meat from cells. The process involves in vitro culture of animal muscle tissue rather than rearing whole animals. Just, a San Francisco-based food manufacturing company, is turning to nature by producing plant-based meat and eggs sold globally from its labs.
“We don’t need to overcomplicate food,” said Josh Tetrick, its CEO and co-founder. “The tools of the current food system make it hard for food to be good and sustainable, and for people to eat well. But there are tools available.” There are more than 20,000 species of edible plants in the world yet fewer than 20 species now provide 90 percent of our food, according to recent studies’. SOURCE…
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