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Meat cultivation: Inspired by nature
Aleph Farms’ unique platform for cultivating steaks effectively mirrors the natural process of tissue regeneration processes that occur in the animal’s body, but outside of it and under controlled conditions. The process is designed to use a fraction of the resources required for raising an entire animal for meat, and without antibiotics.
To successfully grow whole pieces of meat, compared to minced meat product, the company mimics the extra- cellular matrix found in animals with a plant-based matrix that enables the cells to grow and form structured tissues of meat. Its ‘cell-banks’ yield an unlimited source of pluripotent, non-GMO cow cells’ for growing large quantities of meat without the dependency on living animals. Aleph Farms has designed pa- tented tissue cultivators to facilitate the biological process occurring in vivo, providing the warmth and basic animal-free elements needed to build tissue in nature. This includes water, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vita- mins, and minerals.
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(Source: Aleph Farms)
GArowing Steaks in Space
leph Farms Ltd., the leader in
growing quality steaks directly from non-GMO cells, isolated from a living animal – is taking a bold new step toward accelerating extraterres- trial food production, which has been a main barrier for long-term space missions. The company announces the launch of its ‘Aleph Zero’ program. This project will forward its vision for advancing food security by producing fresh quality meat anywhere, inde-
pendent of climate change and of availability of local natural resources.
“‘Aleph Zero’ represents the mathe- matical symbol of the smallest infinite number, and how Aleph Farms brings space infinity closer by supporting deep-space exploration and coloni- zation of new planets. The term also represents the company’s vision for producing meat with near-zero natu- ral resources,” explains Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms.
(Source: Aleph Farms)
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