Kat Eschner
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About Kat Eschner
Kat Eschner is a science and business journalist based in Toronto. She writes on current affairs, emerging technologies and what we owe one another for publications like Fortune Magazine, The New York Times and Popular Science. When not at work, she is often found outdoors in the company of her dog.
Could lab-grown meat ever be Indigenized?
“Once that land goes, or those ways of eating go, Indigenous food culture goes as well,” says Atlanta Grant, a UBC master's student working on Indigenous food sovereignty.
Raised in cattle country, Isha Datar now promotes cellular agriculture, meat grown in laboratories
Isha Datar has spent the last nine years pioneering New Harvest, a donor-funded American non-profit that’s a leading light of the lab-grown meat world.
Meat grown in labs could keep carnivores happy and lower the carbon footprint of food production
With enough research and development, cellular agriculture should be able to produce animal products in labs for human consumption.