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A revolution food begins

Anthony Browne

The Spectator

The sale of a plate of laboratory-grown chicken nuggets in a Singapore restaurant last December may have been the start of an “industrial, social and cultural revolution”, says Anthony Browne. Globally, more than 30 start-ups are working on laboratory-grown meat, including Britain’s Ivy Farm Technologies, which aims to sell around 25,000 tons of cultured sausages by 2025. Billions of dollars of investment are “pouring into the sector”. The arguments in favour of cultured meat are clear: animal

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