Area
Agriculture, Foodtech
Affiliation
DTU Bioengineering
Team
David Valbjørn, CEO
Matias Ankjær, CSO
Michelle Boutrup, Junior Scientist
Jonathan Niclis, Scientific Advisor
Henning Kempf, Scientific Advisor
Meat Tomorrow
Meat Tomorrow envisions a future where humans no longer depend on meat and ingredients derived from livestock in their daily lives, recognizing this dependency as a root cause of many environmental and climate-related issues. Through Meat Tomorrow’s embryonic stem cell technology, the upscaling of cultivated meat becomes both feasible and affordable, facilitating the transition towards sustainable meat production. The implementation of this solution on a large scale promises significant reductions in food-related emissions, improved treatment of animals, decreased spread of antibiotic resistance, and enhanced planetary health.
Why it Matters
Globally, agriculture, with 80% dedicated to animal feed, imposes numerous detrimental effects on humans, nature, and the planet. These include biodiversity loss from monoculture, eutrophication due to widespread fertilizer use, the emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogens, and deforestation in regions like the Amazon and Asia for soy protein production, contributing to 20% of global emissions annually. While cultivated meat holds vast potential to address these challenges, its complexity and cost hinder its scalability to large fermenters, primarily due to the utilization of sub-optimal cells. Meat Tomorrow addresses this issue by providing optimized cells for scaling, thereby expediting the journey towards sustainable meat production.