Aleph Farms, in collaboration with the International Space Station, has successfully produced meat 248 miles away from natural resources.
The Israeli food company, which last year developed the world’s first lab-grown steaks, has taken one giant leap toward its goal of providing sustainable food security on Earth—and beyond.
Co-founded with food-tech incubator The Kitchen and Shulamit Levenberg of the Israel Institute of Technology, Aleph Farm’s method relies on mimicking a natural process inside the cow’s body. But under controlled conditions.
They tested that procedure in September on the Russian segment of the ISS, where scientists simulated the muscle-tissue regeneration occurring inside a cow’s body.
Outer space isn’t exactly teeming with water—more than 2,400 gallons of which is needed to produce 1 pound of meat. So it’s pretty amazing what researchers have achieved with a 3D bioprinter in microgravity conditions.
“This joint experiment marks a significant first step toward achieving our vision to ensure food security for generations to come, while preserving our natural resources,” Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia said in a statement.
“This keystone of human achievement in space follows Yuri Gagarin’s success of becoming the first man to journey into outer space,” he continued. “And Neil Armstrong’s 50th anniversary this year, celebrating the moment when the first man walked on [the Moon].”
Aleph Farms in December announced that it developed cell-grown minute steak, a new product generated from cultivating different types of natural beef cells, extracting them painlessly from cows, and nourishing the cells into a full 3D structure that replicates regular meat.
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have made headlines recently for their plant-based alternative to animal flesh. But Aleph’s lab-grown steak—its appearance, shape, and texture similar to conventional cuts—doesn’t claim to be vegetarian.
It does, however, insist its cell-cultured meal is slaughter- and antibiotic-free, and does not need the land, water, feed, or other factors required to raise cattle for meat.
“The mission of providing access to high-quality nutrition anytime, anywhere in a sustainable way is an increasing challenge for all humans,” according to Jonathan Berger, appropriately named CEO of The Kitchen.
“On Earth or up above, we count on innovators like Aleph Farms to take the initiative to provide solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as the climate crisis,” he added.
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