22. The Promise and Challenges of Cultivated Seafood

Cellular agriculture, or the cultivation of seafood and meat directly from cells, has emerged as a promising approach to offset the unsustainable practices and deleterious effects of our food system. Unlike plant-based approaches to recreate flavors, textures, and nutrition, cellular agriculture involves growing animal cells into familiar cuts of seafood in brewery-type systems, without the need for farming, fishing, or animal slaughter. The history, underlying technologies, and challenges for the field will be explored, in addition to its potential impact on the future of food. Our speaker, Aryé Elfenbein, co-founded Wildtype, a company dedicated to creating a clean, accessible seafood future. Wildtype has developed brewery-like systems to grow cuts of seafood directly from cells, without the need for fishing or farming. Aryé earned an MD and PhD at Dartmouth and Kyoto University, and completed his clinical training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Yale. Prior to co-founding Wildtype, Aryé completed a fellowship in cardiovascular regenerative medicine at The Gladstone Institutes / UCSF. A classically-trained cardiologist and musician, Aryé continues to practice critical care medicine and piano when he’s away from Wildtype. To learn more, go to: https://new-harvest.org/what-is-cellular-agriculture/ https://gfi.org https://wildtypefoods.com ⁠⁠More about the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley⁠⁠    Website: ⁠⁠Rotary.cool⁠ Meetings’ ⁠⁠Video Archive⁠⁠ YouTubeChannel⁠⁠  How to become a member in ⁠⁠this online Rotary eClub⁠⁠ ⁠⁠More about Rotary International:⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠www.Rotary.org⁠⁠ Find a ⁠⁠local Rotary club⁠⁠  Find an ⁠⁠online Rotary Club⁠⁠   Podcast and Zoom Host: ⁠⁠Rushton Hurley⁠⁠ Podcast Producer: ⁠⁠Elton Sherwin⁠⁠ Audio edited and enhanced with: ⁠⁠Descript Studio Sound ⁠⁠  #PositiveChange #Inspiration #Rotary