Beef
Cape Town-based startup creates Africa's first cultivated lab-grown beef burger
John Maytham speaks to Brett Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Mzansi Meat Company.
The fast-food giant announced Tuesday that select restaurants in five US cities would be serving Whoppers made from "reduced methane emissions" beef.
Professor Frances Corner, the new head of Goldsmiths, said that she was taking the drastic action to pull beef from campus cafes and shops from next month because 'declaring a climate emergency cannot be empty words'.
New research showed that efforts to replace meat and especially beef could provide huge benefits for human health and the environment.
The Red Meat Producers Association says prices could decline in the short-term.
Lab grown beef burgers could provide solution to food shortages and climate change.
Major export markets for U.S. beef stayed open after America reported a case of mad cow disease.