October 27, 2023

BYOB (Build Your Own Bioreactor) with our Open Source Design

We’re excited to share the designs for an open source bioreactor – a project six years in the making with many evolutions. Back in 2017, New Harvest Research Fellow Jess Krieger pioneered a new project to build a cultured meat bioreactor with an ambitious team of mechanical and materials engineering students at the University of British […]

October 27, 2023

Want to start a fellowship program? Here’s our Fellowship Toolkit

The New Harvest Fellowship program has been critical to building the field of cellular agriculture. We’re open sourcing how it is run so you can craft your own.

October 24, 2023

Fifteen New Original Research Publications

In April we shared 45 papers published by New Harvest’s donor-funded researchers. (Here’s part 1 of 7 on the blog.) There have since been 15 new peer-reviewed papers published! It is exciting to see the results of these projects, often many years in the making, come out into the world. The open sharing of research methods […]

April 11, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 7: Bioreactors

This paper is the first of many we hope to support that makes the scale-up conversation accessible to a wider audience.

April 5, 2023

Key takeaways from “Food safety aspects of cell-based food,” the FAO’s milestone paper

Safety is non-negotiable when it comes to cell-based foods. That is why I am so pleased to share the progress of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on this topic. Today, a milestone publication was made public which shares up-to-date technical knowledge on the food safety aspects of cell-based food production. This milestone […]

April 2, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 6: Scaffolds

Part VI is about scaffolds, the materials that cells (especially muscle cells) like to attach on to grow.

March 25, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 5: Media

Part V is about media: the liquid that cells grow and divide within, and its many components.

March 18, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 4: Cells

Part IV is about the cells of cellular agriculture. These are the building blocks of the field!

March 8, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 3: Food Safety

Part III is short and sweet: our single, highly influential paper on the safety of cultured meat.

March 2, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 2: Impact

Here’s part two of our seven part series sharing all 45** of the peer-reviewed publications supported by New Harvest. This second compilation of papers is all about assessing, measuring, and maximizing the potential impact of cellular agriculture on the world. We look at environmental and socio-political angles of the technology. These types of papers are […]

February 22, 2023

A Compilation of Our First 45 Publications, Part 1: Scientific Reviews

Did you know that New Harvest has supported 45 peer-reviewed scientific publications in cellular agriculture? As you know, building the scientific foundations of the field is a key part of our role as cellular agriculture ecosystem builders. That means funding fundamental, open research: the work that drives innovation, sparks follow-on government funding and investment, informs policymakers, […]

December 8, 2022

Launching the AI in Cell Ag Initiative

Our collaborative project, funded by Schmidt Futures

December 15, 2021

Announcing New Harvest’s cell ag crowdfunding challenge on Experiment.com

We’re teaming up with Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition and the Experiment Foundation to get “unfundable” projects off the ground.

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September 29, 2021

Why we don’t sign NDAs or Confidentiality Agreements

Impeding the flow of information misaligns with New Harvest’s role as a public charity.

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July 29, 2021

Announcing New Harvest’s 2021 Grantees

In 2021, New Harvest welcomed 10 new grantees to our research community, bringing our total number of active researchers to 30. Here’s a sneak peak of what they’re working on.

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December 28, 2020

Announcing New Harvest’s 2020 Grantees

In 2020, New Harvest welcomed 13 new grantees to our research community, bringing our total number of current researchers to 26. We were able to DOUBLE our research program—in a pandemic no less—thanks to the generous support of New Harvest donors.

Without further ado…meet New Harvest’s 2020 cohort of cell ag pioneers!