• Lab-grown food, such as cultivated meat, is increasingly seen as an ethical investment.
  • CULT Food Science (CULT.CN) is poised to bring investment in the future of food to the masses.
  • According to the U.N. the global food shortage is astounding.

At the moment, meat is the king of its own realm. With a $2.7 trillion global market by the year 2040, meat remains the most popular food choice for the majority of consumers and investors. But in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic with the traditional meat supply chain upended, food giants and startups alike are looking toward a new future featuring improved systems of food supply and production, as well as alternative options to conventional meat sources.

There’s another reason that lab-grown food, such as cultivated meat, offers such promise and it is much more ethically sound. From scientists to Silicon Valley, an idea is spreading, and people are beginning to ask, “could cultivated meat and other lab-grown foods end world hunger?” In this article, we’ll answer this important question by first taking a closer look at lab-grown meat and its promise, and then examining what it might take for this promise to become a reality.

Hunger is a large problem in the world today – research confirms that 12.5% of the world population is hungry. In 2020, the United Nations released a report called “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World,” which confirmed these disheartening statistics. Between 720 and 811 million people in the world face hunger, and nearly one in three people (2.37 billion) do not have access to adequate food.

At the same time, difficulties accessing nutritious food are contributing to the growing problem of obesity worldwide. Adult obesity is increasing sharply in all geographic regions. The world population is growing, and more food is being produced through farming, which is straining the resources of the planet. Meat production is currently the leading cause of environmental degradation. Over 70% of arable land is used in agricultural production. This has been a major contributor to deforestation, freshwater scarcity, lack of biodiversity and global warming.

However, technological advancements are being made every day, and some of them have the potential to provide a solution to food shortages as well as environmental concerns. One of them is lab-grown, or cultivated, meat. Cultivated meat may be one of our best shots at saving the environment. Studies show that it could lower gas emissions by 80%, reduce land use by 99%, and reduce water use by 85%.

But is cultured meat actually feasible – financially – to be the solution to world hunger? The first-ever hamburger grown from stem cells cost $330,000 to produce. There is no world in which the everyday consumer can afford to pay that amount for meat. This is why most clean-meat companies are now working harder than ever to find ways to cut costs and make cell-cultivated meat affordable. And their effort is paying off.

CULT Food Science, for example, is an innovative investment platform with an exclusive focus on clean, lab-grown food, and is proud to call “Just Eat” – the startup that recently garnered Singapore’s approval – one of the many alternative agriculture companies in its portfolio. The first-of-its-kind in North America, CULT Food Science’s main goal is to advance the development of novel technologies that will provide a sustainable, environmental, and ethical solution to the global factory farming and aquaculture crises.

What sets CULT Food Science apart from its competitors is the unprecedented exposure to the most innovative startup, private, or early-stage cultivated meat and cultured dairy companies around the world – and what that exposure means for individual investors. The debate around the effectiveness of cultured meat as a tool in the reduction of world hunger is certainly justified. All new ideas must be seriously scrutinized before earning approval and the right to be implemented on a global scale – and the lab-grown meat industry is still in the early stages of development.

But even as it sets out to change everything about meat production, the alternative agriculture industry will not have to change anything about the way we actually consume meat. This presents a spectacular opportunity for investors, and particularly those that can get in on the ground level. CULT Food Science is one of the most accessible and democratized pure-play platforms for cell-base foods and associated IP and research opportunities.

In December 2020, a U.S. startup called, “Just Eat,” became the first company in the world to gain government approval to sell its product to the public. This approval came from the government of Singapore, which means cultured meat will soon be available for purchase and consumption at restaurants there. This is a landmark development for the cultured meat industry. Following this approval, more governments around the world may choose to follow suit.

With its recent establishment of a global cellular agriculture advisory board to guide its pursuit of defendable cellular agriculture-focused intellectual property, patents, and royalty streams, CULT Food Science is poised to bring investment in the future of food to the masses. This, in turn, may provide the interest and capital necessary to cut production costs and make cultivated food a reality for the world over. For now, though, only time will tell.