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FAQ & Mythbusting

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Food & Agriculture

Myth: Modern foods will not contain the same micro- and macro-nutrients as animal foods

Food & Agriculture

How does Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture water use compare to the animal agriculture it will replace?

Food & Agriculture

Why aren’t other modern food technologies disruptive in the same way that Precision Fermentation is?

Food & Agriculture

How much energy do Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture require?

Food & Agriculture

How can we avoid large-scale corporate control of these technologies?

Food & Agriculture

How much waste material is produced by modern foods, and are there any associated environmental risks?

Food & Agriculture

What if I never want to give up my meat?

Food & Agriculture

What will happen to all the cows?

Food & Agriculture

How can we avoid a sudden transition to the modern food system that could threaten the livelihoods of subsistence and artisan farmers and others that work in food production?

Food & Agriculture

Where will Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture technologies be most suited geographically?

Food & Agriculture

How much will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture cost?

Food & Agriculture

Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals

Food & Agriculture

Myth: The new modern food system will be centralized and corporation owned, just like the pharmaceutical industry

Food & Agriculture

How can we trust meat, milk or other animal products grown in a lab?

Food & Agriculture

Myth: The companies and products we see today are the future of the food industry

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Cultivated meat is not real meat

Food & Agriculture

What is the difference between Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture?

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Precision Fermentation is only a production method for making proteins

Food & Agriculture

Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals

Food & Agriculture

Where will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture come from?

Food & Agriculture

How much farmland acreage would be impacted by a transition to Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture food systems?

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Foods made with precision fermentation are GMOs

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Technologies like Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture will not be able to be scaled enough to feed our global population

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Modern foods will have the same environmental impact and drawbacks as animal-based foods

Food & Agriculture

Myth: A modern food system will demand too much energy to be viable

Food & Agriculture

How will the modern food disruption work in poorer regions and nations around the world?

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Modern foods are only able to replicate the animal products we already have

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Modern foods are, and will forever be, too expensive to compete with animal products

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